One Handed Pop?

[Cronus616]

¤ Question on the WCA regulations, cause I can't find it in there. But if you pop during one handed solve....do you have to repair it with one hand?

 

[KevinK]

C1b2) If a puzzle defect occurs, and the competitor decides to repair it, then repairing must be done with one hand, use of the surface is optional. Penalty: disqualification of the solve.

Yes, it has to be with one hand. Also, if you pop during BLD, you must repair the cube blindfolded. Read the regulations if you're going to compete.

 

[Cronus616]

ok thanks. one more question, because i dont want to waste space with another post, whats the difference between DNS and DNF? which is used where?

 

[Unknown.soul]

DNS- Did Not Solve
DNF- Did Not Finish

Examples:
BLD- If you fail to solve the cube, it is a DNF. If you choose not to solve at all, it is a DNS.

 

[Sa967St]

if you pop during one handed solve....do you have to repair it with one hand?

yup, I've had to do this 3 times actually , it's be even worse if you pop during a feet solve

 

[Hadley4000]

I ran into that first hand(so to speak) at US Nationals. Totally sucked.

 

[brunson]

DNS- Did Not Solve
DNF- Did Not Finish

Examples:
BLD- If you fail to solve the cube, it is a DNF. If you choose not to solve at all, it is a DNS.

Interesting, I thought it was "Did Not Start".

 

[Odin]

http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/ this might help. Also I'll see you at the austin spring comp!

 

[toast]

9f5) DNS (Did Not Start) is the result if a competitor skipped an attempt in a round.

:O too short.

 

[minsarker]

DNS- Did Not Solve
DNF- Did Not Finish

Examples:
BLD- If you fail to solve the cube, it is a DNF. If you choose not to solve at all, it is a DNS.

Haha, you're saying these mean the same thing...

DNS means did not start and DNF means did not finish

If DNF meant did not finish and DNS meant did not solve, it makes it sound like DNS means he was unable to solve it so basically a DNF lol.

 

[cuBerBruce]

DNS- Did Not Solve
DNF- Did Not Finish

Examples:
BLD- If you fail to solve the cube, it is a DNF. If you choose not to solve at all, it is a DNS.

A DNS more typically occurs when the competitor is not allowed to do the attempt, rather than because the competitor chose not to. For example, a competitor that fails to do the first solve in less then 10 minutes might not be allowed any more attempts, if the organizers of the competition made such a restriction for time constraint purposes. In this case, competitor gets DNF for first attempt, DNS for the 2nd "attempt" that was not allowed.

 

[Cronus616]

k i think i understand it now thanks ppl ^-^

 

[daniel0731ex]

C1b2) If a puzzle defect occurs, and the competitor decides to repair it, then repairing must be done with one hand, use of the surface is optional. Penalty: disqualification of the solve.

Yes, it has to be with one hand. Also, if you pop during BLD, you must repair the cube blindfolded. Read the regulations if you're going to compete.

what about feet and chopstick?

 

[pcharles93]

Feet - have you tried popping a cube with your feet?

Chopstick - Not an event and again, try popping a cube with chopsticks.

 

[ShadenSmith]

Feet - have you tried popping a cube with your feet?

I've done that on more than one occasion.

 

[pcharles93]

Feet - have you tried popping a cube with your feet?

I've done that on more than one occasion.

Were you going too fast or was the cube set to 2H tension?

 

[Mike Hughey]

Feet - have you tried popping a cube with your feet?

I've done that on more than one occasion.

Were you going too fast or was the cube set to 2H tension?

I popped a cube 3 times in one solve with feet once (for the weekly competition here). I fixed the pop twice, but didn't manage to get it fixed the third time before the stackmat ran out. I was using a cube that I had set for OH. Since then I've gone back to my ultra-tight, essentially unpoppable cubes for everything, so I can't pop it anymore. But I would say I would be in great danger of popping most of the competition cubes other people use when solving with feet.

Fixing a pop with feet is quite a challenge! But doable - definitely don't give up if you pop with feet! Just say no to DNFs!

It would be fun to try to fix a pop with chopsticks.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

DNS- Did Not Solve
DNF- Did Not Finish

Examples:
BLD- If you fail to solve the cube, it is a DNF. If you choose not to solve at all, it is a DNS.

A DNS more typically occurs when the competitor is not allowed to do the attempt, rather than because the competitor chose not to. For example, a competitor that fails to do the first solve in less then 10 minutes might not be allowed any more attempts, if the organizers of the competition made such a restriction for time constraint purposes. In this case, competitor gets DNF for first attempt, DNS for the 2nd "attempt" that was not allowed.

It can also happen on a mean of 3 event, like Megaminx, or square-1. When the first or the second solve is DNF'ed, the competitor may choose to not continue, because he knows that the average will be DNF. Just like on 3x3, or any other 3/5 event, when you have 2 DNF's, you can choose to stop.