Nope, not to set it as your default display preference.
I cannot believe that after three years the profile graphs are still wrong. Showing profile vs. time is nonsense. Should it be displayed just in one way, it must be distance, and not time!. What if spend more time any day in the same route. Should I get different profile graphs?. It's clear that it was developped by somebody who does not know much about geoinformation, cartography and/or maps.
I cannot believe that after three years the profile graphs are still wrong.
You have two ways to see the distance: