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MBforevs
Good day!

I had a discussion in some page where in the scenario;

1. Black have rook and king
2. White only have king

But black runs out of time and white have 2mins

Is it a draw or white wins?
M3M3RIST

In the scenario you described, if black plays well, black should be able to force white in a position like this:

Thus, resulting in white getting checkmated.

Utake86
When black runs out of time the game immediately ends and white is granted the best possible result that could be obtained from the current position when black’s time ran out. Because in your example white only has a king, the best result white could obtain is a draw and the result is drawn up as that.
Compadre_J

Post #3 answered the question best.

Side Notes:

If you add 1 pawn to White in the scenario, White would be declared winner.