Świerklany Open 2011 4 WRs

[Bob]

I suppose it's worth clarifying the consequences of breaking that rule as it has happened before. When rounds are held that should not be due to a lack of competitors, the rounds that should not have been held are deleted. The fact that a WR occurred is irrelevant and should not mean exemption to this rule. Similarly, if an organizer allows too many competitors to the next round (ie - doesn't cut 25%), competitors who should not have made the next round have those results deleted. We have been doing things this way since these rules went into effect and I don't expect to see a change to this methodology any time soon.

Please note that I am commenting in general for WCA competitions and not to this specific instance since I am not making the determination on what happens. What you can expect, though, is that if the round should not have happened, the entire round will be deleted. If the round was legally held, it will stand. It is that plain and simple.

 

[Ron]

The WCA delegate confirms that the 8th competitor competed BEFORE the 6x6 final started.

 

[Kirjava]

Looking at the results, it doesn't seem like he competed at all

 

[TMOY]

I don't know what ha actually did, but even if he did nothing else than starting the timer, stopping it and signing his DNF, he still counts as a competitor. Stretching the rules is not breaking them.

 

[Ron]

I don't know what ha actually did

The WCA delegate told us that the 8th competitor competed BEFORE Michal Halczuk in the first round.
The competitor had a POP during his first solve. Since there was a cut of 4 minutes and as an organiser the competitor wanted to run everything on time, he stopped finishing his solve. The competitor did not start his second solve so (DNF DNF DNS) should have been (DNF DNS DNS).

 

[Vincents]

Completely unreleated: why do we capitalize all the letters of POP? Does it stand for something?

 

[Kirjava]

Piece Out (of) Puzzle

 

[Bob]

Piece Out (of) Puzzle

I think I would prefer POOP.

 

[cookieyo145]

I think I would prefer POOP.

Like the shirt you were wearing at washington dc open 2011.

 

[qqwref]

Completely unreleated: why do we capitalize all the letters of POP? Does it stand for something?

I think it's because a long time ago it was standard to allow someone to do another solve if they popped during an unofficial average. So you will see averages like this: 14.69 13.08 POP 15.18 (12.70) (16.90) 15.21 15.79 15.55 14.26 14.14 14.18 15.86. I guess people would capitalize POP so you wouldn't confuse it with other stuff (it would be similar looking to DNF).

 

[Dene]

I think I would prefer POOP.

I'm with Bob.

 

[DavidWoner]

Reasonable explanation:

- Wojciech Fydrych competes in 6x6, does poorly with his DNF DNF DNS attempts.
- As the organizer, thinks "Whatever I won't even bother entering my results since they are so bad, I'll just throw my card away" or something similar.
- Realizes this results in there being too few competitors, enters his results later.

Again this is speculation, but it is a reasonable alternative to what people have been suggesting.

 

[Adam96]

http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=SwierklanyOpen2011

 

[JuGglEr]

Ok, so I finally got WR scramble, here is my reconstruction R U2 R D2 L2 U2 L' D2 F2 D F L R' B' U2 F D' B R U' L

y'zU'xU'RzyzU'2RU
z'U'RU'R2UR2U'R'U'2RUR'
UzUR'U'z'
URUyRU2R'U'RUR'F'U2 Damn, 8.00 first try at home, could have easily been sub 10 :< However I remember how my hands started to shake when I realized that it could be a skip.