diff --git a/app/features/scrims/ScrimPostRepository.server.test.ts b/app/features/scrims/ScrimPostRepository.server.test.ts
index d577b9e63..cce116bf1 100644
--- a/app/features/scrims/ScrimPostRepository.server.test.ts
+++ b/app/features/scrims/ScrimPostRepository.server.test.ts
@@ -314,6 +314,56 @@ describe("findUserScrims", () => {
 	});
 });
 
+describe("findById", () => {
+	const WINDOW_OPENS_AT = dbTs(BOOKED_AT) - 3600;
+	const WINDOW_CLOSES_AT = dbTs(BOOKED_AT) + 3600;
+
+	beforeEach(async () => {
+		await users.create(2);
+	});
+
+	test.each([
+		{
+			why: "the accepted request's chosen start",
+			request: { isAccepted: true, startsAt: dbTs(BOOKED_AT) },
+			expected: {
+				startsAt: dbTs(BOOKED_AT),
+				rangeEndsAt: null,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			why: "the window start when the accepted request chose none",
+			request: { isAccepted: true, startsAt: undefined },
+			expected: { startsAt: WINDOW_OPENS_AT, rangeEndsAt: null },
+		},
+		{
+			why: "the window while no request is accepted",
+			request: { isAccepted: false, startsAt: dbTs(BOOKED_AT) },
+			expected: {
+				startsAt: WINDOW_OPENS_AT,
+				rangeEndsAt: WINDOW_CLOSES_AT,
+			},
+		},
+	])("starts at $why", async ({ request, expected }) => {
+		const { id } = await ScrimPostFactory.create(
+			{
+				startsAt: WINDOW_OPENS_AT,
+				rangeEndsAt: WINDOW_CLOSES_AT,
+				users: [{ userId: users.id(1), isOwner: 1 }],
+			},
+			{
+				requests: [
+					{ ...request, users: [{ userId: users.id(2), isOwner: 1 }] },
+				],
+			},
+		);
+
+		const post = await ScrimPostRepository.findById(id);
+
+		expect(post).toMatchObject(expected);
+	});
+});
+
 describe("findAcceptedScrimsBetweenTwoTimestamps", () => {
 	beforeEach(async () => {
 		await users.create(2);
diff --git a/app/features/scrims/ScrimPostRepository.server.ts b/app/features/scrims/ScrimPostRepository.server.ts
index 8c0e0d790..4c1a3d963 100644
--- a/app/features/scrims/ScrimPostRepository.server.ts
+++ b/app/features/scrims/ScrimPostRepository.server.ts
@@ -432,13 +432,14 @@ const mapDBRowToScrimPost = (
 		canceled,
 	};
 
-	if (!Scrim.isAccepted(result)) {
+	const acceptedRequest = result.requests.find((r) => r.isAccepted);
+	if (!acceptedRequest) {
 		return result;
 	}
 
 	return {
 		...result,
-		startsAt: Scrim.getStartTime(result),
+		startsAt: acceptedRequest.startsAt ?? result.startsAt,
 		rangeEndsAt: null,
 	};
 };
diff --git a/app/features/scrims/actions/scrims.$id.server.ts b/app/features/scrims/actions/scrims.$id.server.ts
index c9bb5bfd3..7f9ad7393 100644
--- a/app/features/scrims/actions/scrims.$id.server.ts
+++ b/app/features/scrims/actions/scrims.$id.server.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export const action = defineAction(
 				errorToastIfFalsy(Scrim.isAccepted(post), "Scrim is not accepted");
 				errorToastIfFalsy(!post.canceled, "Scrim is already canceled");
 
-				if (databaseTimestampToDate(Scrim.getStartTime(post)) < new Date()) {
+				if (databaseTimestampToDate(post.startsAt) < new Date()) {
 					errorToast(
 						"Cannot cancel a scrim that was already scheduled to start",
 					);
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ async function loadMapByMapContext({
 
 	if (
 		Scrim.isTrackingLocked({
-			startTime: Scrim.getStartTime(post),
+			startTime: post.startsAt,
 			maps,
 			mapLists,
 		})
diff --git a/app/features/scrims/actions/scrims.server.ts b/app/features/scrims/actions/scrims.server.ts
index de66ca426..91cbe657d 100644
--- a/app/features/scrims/actions/scrims.server.ts
+++ b/app/features/scrims/actions/scrims.server.ts
@@ -190,9 +190,7 @@ export const action = defineAction(
 					);
 
 					try {
-						const bookedAt = databaseTimestampToDate(
-							Scrim.getStartTime(fullPost),
-						);
+						const bookedAt = databaseTimestampToDate(fullPost.startsAt);
 						const startTime = dateToDatabaseTimestamp(
 							sub(bookedAt, { hours: SCRIM.AUTO_CANCEL_WINDOW_HOURS }),
 						);
diff --git a/app/features/scrims/components/ScrimMatchBanner.tsx b/app/features/scrims/components/ScrimMatchBanner.tsx
index 705290c97..206e1a78b 100644
--- a/app/features/scrims/components/ScrimMatchBanner.tsx
+++ b/app/features/scrims/components/ScrimMatchBanner.tsx
@@ -76,10 +76,7 @@ export function ScrimMatchBanner() {
 function ScrimMatchBannerTopRow() {
 	const data = useLoaderData<typeof loader>();
 
-	const acceptedRequest = data.post.requests.find((r) => r.isAccepted);
-	const scheduledAt = databaseTimestampToDate(
-		acceptedRequest?.startsAt ?? data.post.startsAt,
-	);
+	const scheduledAt = databaseTimestampToDate(data.post.startsAt);
 
 	return (
 		<MatchBannerTopRow>
diff --git a/app/features/scrims/core/Scrim.test.ts b/app/features/scrims/core/Scrim.test.ts
index d6efb6bf0..45e76f199 100644
--- a/app/features/scrims/core/Scrim.test.ts
+++ b/app/features/scrims/core/Scrim.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
 	applyFilters,
 	defaultFilters,
 	filtersAreDefault,
-	getStartTime,
 	isAccepted,
 	isParticipating,
 	isTrackingLocked,
@@ -1024,40 +1023,6 @@ describe("Scrim.resolvePoolCode", () => {
 	});
 });
 
-describe("Scrim.getStartTime", () => {
-	const POST_STARTS_AT = 1_000;
-	const REQUEST_STARTS_AT = 2_000;
-
-	const postWithRequest = (request: {
-		isAccepted: boolean;
-		startsAt: number | null;
-	}) =>
-		({
-			...createPost([{ id: 1 }], [{ ...request, users: [{ id: 2 }] }]),
-			startsAt: POST_STARTS_AT,
-		}) as ScrimPost;
-
-	test.each([
-		{
-			why: "the accepted request's chosen start",
-			request: { isAccepted: true, startsAt: REQUEST_STARTS_AT },
-			expected: REQUEST_STARTS_AT,
-		},
-		{
-			why: "the post's start when the accepted request chose none",
-			request: { isAccepted: true, startsAt: null },
-			expected: POST_STARTS_AT,
-		},
-		{
-			why: "the post's start while no request is accepted",
-			request: { isAccepted: false, startsAt: REQUEST_STARTS_AT },
-			expected: POST_STARTS_AT,
-		},
-	])("$why", ({ request, expected }) => {
-		expect(getStartTime(postWithRequest(request))).toBe(expected);
-	});
-});
-
 describe("Scrim.defaultFilters", () => {
 	test("sets no filter", () => {
 		expect(defaultFilters()).toEqual({
diff --git a/app/features/scrims/core/Scrim.ts b/app/features/scrims/core/Scrim.ts
index 35a17a473..fc6d512a6 100644
--- a/app/features/scrims/core/Scrim.ts
+++ b/app/features/scrims/core/Scrim.ts
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ export function participantIdsListFromAccepted(post: ScrimPost) {
 		.concat(acceptedRequest?.users.map((u) => u.id) ?? []);
 }
 
-/** The scrim's actual start: the accepted request's time when the post has a range (rangeEndsAt set), else the post's start. */
-export function getStartTime(post: ScrimPost): number {
-	const acceptedRequest = post.requests.find((r) => r.isAccepted);
-	return acceptedRequest?.startsAt ?? post.startsAt;
-}
-
 /** Display name of a scrim side: the team name, else "{ownerUsername}'s pickup". */
 export function sideDisplayName(side: {
 	team: { name: string } | null;
diff --git a/app/features/scrims/loaders/scrims.$id.server.ts b/app/features/scrims/loaders/scrims.$id.server.ts
index c04cfe5c4..1bbf7b536 100644
--- a/app/features/scrims/loaders/scrims.$id.server.ts
+++ b/app/features/scrims/loaders/scrims.$id.server.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async function resolveMapByMap({
 	const currentMap = maps.find((m) => m.reportedAt === null) ?? null;
 	const viewerSide = Scrim.sideOfUser(post, user.id);
 	const locked = Scrim.isTrackingLocked({
-		startTime: Scrim.getStartTime(post),
+		startTime: post.startsAt,
 		maps,
 		mapLists,
 	});
diff --git a/app/features/scrims/scrims-types.ts b/app/features/scrims/scrims-types.ts
index 2d62788a2..49e2dffc7 100644
--- a/app/features/scrims/scrims-types.ts
+++ b/app/features/scrims/scrims-types.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export type ScrimSide = "ALPHA" | "BRAVO";
 
 export interface ScrimPost {
 	id: number;
+	/** When the scrim starts. For an accepted post this is the booked time, not the window start. */
 	startsAt: number;
 	rangeEndsAt: number | null;
 	createdAt: number;