trophy awards

Are all trophies strictly "predefined criterias-based" and can't be awarded per user "manually"? (except for building long list of usernames separated by commas under "Username is:" criteria in trophy settings). Can I create new trophy without any criteria checked under "Award this trophy if...

It's a strange behaviour that trophies don't get awarded the moment a user does a behaviour that should trigger it. Instead, it often takes hours to see it get awarded. Recently I had to manually run a cron job after none got added for many hours.

If you are interested a Extra Trophy Awards System for Xenforo 2 then let me know. The more people willing, the price will be lower. This will be optimized for Xenforo 2 or