[Official] The world’s first +16 Penalty

[White KB]

I said I would do it and then was unsure, but now we have the world’s first +16 penalty.
(Officially a DNF because it was intentional, but the first person to try)

 

[Cuber2s]

gg

 

[thomas.sch]

I he tries something it would be fair to try this with an experienced judge.

 

[Ben Whitmore]

Not the first, I watched Thom Barlow get a +16 in pyraminx in 2013

 

[cuberswoop]

why

 

[Theoruff]

I he tries something it would be fair to try this with an experienced judge.

Yeah that kid judging looked lost.

 

[Stock_Fish109]

this is amazing
if that little kid was like a more experienced WCA judge or delegate this would be even more amazing
ggs

 

[GenTheSnail]

I remember Brandon Harnish talking about getting a +16 on the cubecast podcast.

 

[White KB]

I remember Brandon Harnish talking about getting a +16 on the cubecast podcast.

The only reason why I did it is because CubeHead said he would give a free cube to the person to try this... Also, I dislike(d) Skewb.

 

[AJT17]

you are a madman, congrats

 

[White KB]

you are a madman, congrats

Ah yes, thank you sir

 

[CFOP INC]

When cubehead said this I never thought anybody would do this.

 

[White KB]

When cubehead said this I never thought anybody would do this.

Neither did I, and then I accidentally oops-ed it.

(That was a bit of a joke, as shown by this quote:

"It's hard to follow all of the rules,
But it's even harder to break all of them."
-Keenan Bruce, 2022

And this one:

"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly."
-Dalai Lama XIV, year unknown)

Basically, in order to get all 8 of the +2 penalties, I needed to do all of the following:

1. Make sure that the cube was off the mat at the beginning of the solve.
2. Make sure that inspection took 15-17 seconds. Any shorter, and no +2. Any longer, and it's a DNF.
3. Start the timer while touching the cube...
4. ...and with palms up.
5. Make sure the cube was 1 move off when I ended the solve.
6. Stop timer while touching cube...
7. ...and with palms up.
8. Then the fun part. I needed to touch the cube before the judge OK'ed it, which was pretty easy in this case since he had to call in a delegate.

Anyway, it was a blast but also something I'm not doing again since I don't want to burden the delegate/judge again. I had actually had the idea before my second competition (this one was my third) but decided not to since I had too much on the line. In this case, however, I just didn't like skewb and also knew I would be able to improve at my next competition anyway. Since that competition, I've learned a good sledge and a rotationless U Perm and I hope to get a sub-6 single and sub-10 average.

 

[brodawg]

I said I would do it and then was unsure, but now we have the world’s first +16 penalty.
(Officially a DNF because it was intentional, but the first person to try)

Better achievement than WR

 

[PapaSmurf]

I remember Brandon Harnish talking about getting a +16 on the cubecast podcast.

Cubecast, that was good. Also, I respect the skewb trolling.

 

[Batsy_who_laughs]

now i can die in peace knowing that someone got an official +16

 

[Klaudiusz Szyprocinski]

Really cool, but that's not +16. It's a DNF.

 

[abunickabhi]

Its really in bad spirit that you try to get a bad solve. You could potentially get banned from competitions as well.

 

[White KB]

Its really in bad spirit that you try to get a bad solve. You could potentially get banned from competitions as well.

I wouldn’t have done it if it weren’t for CubeHead. And I’m never doing it again.

Also, I don’t know why people keep saying I’ll get banned. The regs clearly state in Section 2, Rule 2k6 that the penalty for an intentionally poor result is a DNF, not getting banned. I had had no penalties before this, and hope to get no penalties after this.

 

[abunickabhi]

I wouldn’t have done it if it weren’t for CubeHead. And I’m never doing it again.

Also, I don’t know why people keep saying I’ll get banned. The regs clearly state in Section 2, Rule 2k6 that the penalty for an intentionally poor result is a DNF, not getting banned. I had had no penalties before this, and hope to get no penalties after this.

You will not get banned immediately. But this intent is not in good spirit.

It is fine to fool around while solving at home. But in actual competitions you should always try your best and not waste attempts. I am sorry if this sounded harsh to you, but this is the way to go.