AvGalen
Premium Member
That depends on the judge. If the timer didn't start because you didn't wait untill the green light comes on it isn't a timer malfunction so I would DNF you.Yes.Peter V:
2x2x2: 9.71, 10.76, (8.36), (12.34), 11.30 = 10.59 avg.
Comment: Good.
3x3x3: (28.20), 32.98, 30.07, (33.42), 33.30 = 32.12 avg.
Comment: Not so good, but at least consistent.
The timer didn't start on the third 2x2 solve, so I re-applied the scramble and solved again. Should this be counted as a DNF?
Shucks. Why do I always DNF easy scrambles?
In competition the way it works if the timer doesn't start is that they will ask you to solve the cube (or if you're REALLY slow they'll get someone faster to do it) and then give you a different scramble. Because a timer malfunction is not considered to be your fault, you get a re-do instead of a DNF.
I wouldn't consider it a DNF because you didn't know the rules and because this is just practice, but next time, redo the solve with a new scramble (from CCT or cubemania or something like that).
If the timer really didn't start (never happened to me before). You should be stopped by the judge and he will provide you with an alternate scramble (most of the time that would indeed be the inverse of the regular scramble)
If the timer shuts down during the solve you should get another attempt, but sometimes (especially during blind solves) the stopwatch from the judge will be used
Most timer malfunctions happen because hands are not lifted from the timer entirely correct so the timer registers a 0.02 time (only happened to me once). This might get judges as a DNF, but most of the time you will get a replacement attempt with the inverse scramble