[Official] 7.8x 3x3 single epic fail

[Sajwo]

 

[Lucas Garron]

Aw, that does not look fun. :-(

I've had the same happen to me, but never this bad.

Is there a reason Stackmats have a propensity to do this on important solves? Is it that competitors just let go too fast, and "near misses" are more likely to turn into actual misses?

 

[KiwiCuber]

Maybe he could try actually putting his hands down on the timer for longer than 1 millionth of a second. Ive had a gen3 timer for a year now and after countless solves had never had a stopping fail, random reset/turn off or had it fail to start.

 

[ILMZS20]

Maybe he could try actually putting his hands down on the timer for longer than 1 millionth of a second. Ive had a gen3 timer for a year now and after countless solves had never had a stopping fail, random reset/turn off or had it fail to start.

well, he had a fail like that though. nice that you hadnt had that happen but as you can see he hitted the timer with both hands and it didnt stop, it wasnt his fault.

 

[Ninja Storm]

...And that's why I prefer gen 2 timers. At Starlight I was able to put both hands on the timer without the timer stopping about ten times before the timer actually stopped.

 

[Stefan]

as you can see he hitted the timer with both hands

No we can't.
One of the pads is hidden behind the cube cover.

Is there a reason Stackmats have a propensity to do this on important solves? Is it that competitors just let go too fast, and "near misses" are more likely to turn into actual misses?

Another possible explanation is that people might have a propensity to point this out and show around on important solves.

 

[cubernya]

I've also seen it reset itself, but it wasn't a fast solve by any means, so it was a resolve (it was under .05 anyway)

This really sucks though

 

[Coolster01]

Probably a july 2012 timer, as I always say during my fail at hillsdale I checked and sure enough, it was july 2012 and those timers failed earlier too such as in drew brads's video.

 

[NZCuber]

TRough luck dude.

 

[ChristianSena]

same thing happened to me on a 4x4 solve :/, too bad about the timer fail