[Official] The world’s first +16 Penalty

[W1tcher]

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)

Counting one kekw

 

[White KB]

Counting one kekw

Yeah, the creator of that video shared that with me in the CubeHead Discord. He's Sarp on there
Also, at the end they said it was changed to DNF

 

[Mike Hughey]

Also, at the end they said it was changed to DNF

That appears to not be the case - or, at least, it has not been recorded as such yet. It's still listed as a valid solve (7x7x7; 11:01, which matches the scorecard in the video):

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[Eli Apperson]

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.

A competition is a place to have fun. Certainly you can take them seriously, but there is no harm in joking around once in a while. Cubing isn't supposed to be strict and only for the competition.

 

[PapaSmurf]

Chris Mills got a +6 in the finals at UKC 2019.

Is this the highest accidental penalty?

 

[thomas.sch]

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

Cubehead also showed his disrepect for competitions and the wca when he "tried" Skewb on a German competition witout knowing how to solve the puzzle in 2021.

 

[White KB]

Chris Mills got a +6 in the finals at UKC 2019.

Is this the highest accidental penalty?

I've seen that video and it's a pretty bad penalty, but there were a few people at my comp who got +6s and one person even got a +8 (albeit unintentionally). Not sure if anyone's gotten higher on accident.

 

[Abram Grimsley]

This is insane. Never thought anyone would try it. My hat is off to White KB for being so brave. And I'm pretty sure you wouldn't get banned (at least, in my opinion you wouldn't).

 

[Swamp347]

I know my brother, back when he still cubed, once got a +10 unintentionally and got the state record of highest penalty.

 

[Kit Clement]

A competition is a place to have fun. Certainly you can take them seriously, but there is no harm in joking around once in a while. Cubing isn't supposed to be strict and only for the competition.

Yes, but having to deal with incidents is one of the main reasons competitions fall behind schedule. Delegates have plenty of things to be doing during a competition, and attending to someone pulling a stunt they saw CubeHead suggest is just a giant waste of my time. You can't get banned from the WCA for doing this (unless it was a repeat occurrence, then WDC could get involved), but this is a clear waste of competition resources, a giant annoyance to delegates, and ends up making the group you are in run slower.

 

[Eli Apperson]

Yes, but having to deal with incidents is one of the main reasons competitions fall behind schedule. Delegates have plenty of things to be doing during a competition, and attending to someone pulling a stunt they saw CubeHead suggest is just a giant waste of my time. You can't get banned from the WCA for doing this (unless it was a repeat occurrence, then WDC could get involved), but this is a clear waste of competition resources, a giant annoyance to delegates, and ends up making the group you are in run slower.

That's fair enough.

 

[White KB]

Yes, but having to deal with incidents is one of the main reasons competitions fall behind schedule. Delegates have plenty of things to be doing during a competition, and attending to someone pulling a stunt they saw CubeHead suggest is just a giant waste of my time. You can't get banned from the WCA for doing this (unless it was a repeat occurrence, then WDC could get involved), but this is a clear waste of competition resources, a giant annoyance to delegates, and ends up making the group you are in run slower.

Makes sense

 

[bulkocuber]

Counting one kekw

He has been rewarded

 

[White KB]

He has been rewarded

Aw I'm sad I didn't get the free cube

But gg to @Sarp from the CubeHead Discord for getting a counting plus 16

*internally is still a little sad*

EDIT: At least I got the Walkerverse premiere stream recommended at the end

 

[Gamerwhocubes]

My god why

 

[White KB]

My god why

I blame CubeHead for triple-dog daring the world to get a plus 16

 

[Imsoosm]

I blame CubeHead for triple-dog daring the world to get a plus 16

Congrats to @White KB for being the world's first person to have CubeHead owe him a cube.

 

[White KB]

Congrats to @White KB for being the world's first person to have CubeHead owe him a cube.

Thanks haha

 

[White KB]

New update: The guy who got the free cube DM'ed me on Discord and said it's not over. As an admin of the CubeHead Discord, he says that CubeHead told him he's going to contact me soon.

To be continued.

 

[gsingh]

New update: The guy who got the free cube DM'ed me on Discord and said it's not over. As an admin of the CubeHead Discord, he says that CubeHead told him he's going to contact me soon.

To be continued.

Did he ever do it?