Silly Judges!

[Rpotts]

uh wat^^

+2

 

[Alcuber]

There's nothing silly about this. There nothing in the regulations that say the judge can't pick up the cube and look at it. He can't apply moves or align the layers, but picking it up is okay. And he correctly gave you a DNF.

He didn't correctly give him a DNF. U2 away = +2 which it states in the regulations

Edit: ninja'd

 

[hcfong]

He didn't correctly give him a DNF. U2 away = +2 which it states in the regulations

Edit: ninja'd

I've looked it up and you're right. Thanks for pointing that out. I assumed that a U2, anything 2 counts as two moves, rather than 1. Never done FMC you know. Luckily I never had that case myself as a judge, but now I know it for next time.

 

[Rpotts]

The WCA uses HTM as their standard turn metric, meaning half turns such as U2 count as one turn, like a U or U'.

Slice turns count as 2 moves, so M would be R L' and M2 would be R2 L2, meaning a cube that is off by a slice turn is a DNF.

 

[JianhanC]

This judge once brought a competitor a solved Pyraminx.

That silly judge was me.

 

[Rpotts]

A silly judge once asked someone to hand them a pen. That someone was in the middle of a OH solve. That silly judge was me.

 

[qqwref]

I would have handed you a pen anyway, unless I was near the end of the solve

 

[Goosly]

I also let someone start solving (me being judge) and noticed halfway that the time was still registered from the previous time, because someone forgot to clear (my fault?). I had to tell him, "Dude, sorry man, DNF".

Your fault, the judge is responsible for resetting the timer (though mostly the competitor does it when arriving at the table)

 

[TMOY]

I did a 4:37.xx 6x6x6 solve at Nationals this year, the cut-off to finish the average was sub-4:30. My judge wrote my time down as a DNF, and we had a mini squabble about the fact that it wasn't a DNF, I just didn't get to do the full average. Sirry Judge!

Same for me at Worlds. I got a 2:02 on my second megaminx attempt and my judge wanted to DNF me because he thougnt the time limit was 1:45 (it was the cutoff, the hard limit was 2:30). When I said "OK, let's call the WCA delegate", he backed up and wrote my time. The funny thing was that a time slower then 2:02 was already written on my scoresheet and he just didn't care about that. Silly judge.

(As a general rule: when you don't agree with a judge's decision, always call the delegate. He has the final word and he usually knows better than some random clueless judge what to do.)

 

[waffle=ijm]

Judge almost +2 me on 2x2 since it wasn't fully aligned at the end of the solve. Thanks kian for pointing it out to the silly judge. silly judge!

 

[Laura O]

Last weekend a judge told me after 4 seconds of the inspection time.
After my solve I asked him if I heard that right and he replied: "Yes, of course. I know the rules!".

 

[chrissyD]

someone didn't Dnf one of my 2x2 solves when they should have I won't name them.

 

[JianhanC]

This is seriously fun. Once during BLD event, Mazei leaned over and whispered to this judge: 'Are we going to take the best of 3?' That judge was trying hard not to tickle the competitor's nose with the paper and randomly babbled a reply. He meant to say 'The best out of 3 solves' but it came out as 'Uhhh, the best of 1.' That silly judge is me.

 

[Sebastien]

During WC I finished one of my Pyraminx Solve with 2 tips off by ~90°. The judge was about to just write down my time. So I said "No, this is a DNF!" The judge seemed confused and went fetching some kind of main judge. He was looking at those tips for a while (which where both off by like exactly the same degree clearly > 60°) and said "It is +2".

 

[Muesli]

I had a judge trying to DNF me for having a layer about 30 degrees out of alignment.

 

[Dene]

I love every judge even if they make mistakes. helpers

 

[coinman]

Once when I was judging a girl who did not competed so many times before, I asked as usual if she was ready (for inspection then that is). She said yes and I lifted the cup. Right after I lift the cup she put her hands on the timer and started it and then began to inspect the cube. I did not understand what she was doing so I stopped the timer and said it was me who would take time for inspection by the stopwatch. Then she began to complain to me and said that she did did not want any inspection time but want to solve directly (which she did not, she inspected when I stopped the timer).

Silly judge (or something)

 

[MagicYio]

Once during pyraminx, the judge lifted the cup and we found out that one of the side layers was turned exactly half a turn. So we were both looking confused at each other, not knowing how the layer should be turned. He went to get Ron. Ron walked to the pyra, hit it with his fist on the top so that the layer turned, and walked away, not saying a word. It was awesome.

Silly judge.

 

[collinbxyz]

I was judging at my first competition like a year ago, and I was judging BLD... I had to be told by the competitor that i wasnt supposed to lift the cover from the cube, and that he was... Embaressing

silly judge!

 

[Sa967St]

I was about to do some solve (I forget what it was), and the judge asked if I was ready. I said "No." but he lifted the cube hat and started the stopwatch anyway. Silly judge!