[Official] Feliks Zemdegs: 9.16 avg, final round of Australian Nationals 2010

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No. The rule says there is maximum of 1 penalty for each state, in my understanding it rather means a DNF, then only one +2.

No, that is completely incorrect. If the regulations wanted you to get a DNF when enough penalties were amassed, it would say so. If there is a maximum of 1 penalty that means that no matter how many penalties you should get for that stage, you are only actually given one.

Come to think of it, the rule says the penalties are not commutative for each state: starting and ending a solve. So if someone starts the solve after a 16 seconds inspection (which is a +2) and stops it with both hands not being flat (also a +2) is it a +4? Again, in my understanding it should be a DNF rather then a +2 or a +4.

Of course it's a +4. That's what two +2 penalties gives. Why would you ever think that two two-second penalties would equal a DNF? A DNF is clearly more severe than any number of penalties.

 

[Olivér Perge]

No, that is completely incorrect. If the regulations wanted you to get a DNF when enough penalties were amassed, it would say so. If there is a maximum of 1 penalty that means that no matter how many penalties you should get for that stage, you are only actually given one.


Of course it's a +4. That's what two +2 penalties gives. Why would you ever think that two two-second penalties would equal a DNF? A DNF is clearly more severe than any number of penalties.

Thank you for clearing that up. That was the answer I was looking for.