Silly Judges!

[Stefan]

I had a pop and stopped so I could take a DNF but instead the judge took it back and got me the same scramble. I didn't learn you could do this until I asked Mike during the Indiana Winter Open if I could get a rescramble. Silly judge.

That doesn't make sense and sounds wrong. You didn't learn you could do this until you asked Mike? So you did learn it then? You most certainly didn't, as it's not true. And if it were true, the judge wouldn't be silly.

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.

How was that silly?

 

[masterofthebass]

Me a silly judge i think. I gave Dan Cohen a +2 when he accidentally stopped the timer and he was holding the puzzle. The side was misaligned, so you could call that a +2 if he wasn't holding the puzzle.

what are you talking about?

 

[Yes We Can!]

At WC 2011, I did my first 4x4 BLD attempt. I memo, I solve, I take off the blindfold: cube is solved. I look at the stopwatch: 'wut sub-10?!... nah that can't be right'
...
turned out that the judge had stopped the stopwatch immediately when I donned the blindfold. I was pissed.

 

[a small kitten]

I don't know if this is more silly or creepy but a judge once moved their head really close to my head while I was solving. Ew.

 

[MagicYio]

How was that silly?

Because he didn't know what to do, and the fact that we were both flabbergasted.

 

[Cheese11]

This judge once brought a competitor a solved Pyraminx.

That silly judge was me.

Lol, Chris Olson once brought me a solved Pyraminx! We both broke into laughter when he brought it to me.

 

[emolover]

That doesn't make sense and sounds wrong. You didn't learn you could do this until you asked Mike? So you did learn it then? You most certainly didn't, as it's not true. And if it were true, the judge wouldn't be silly.

I am serious about that. It happened at the UIndy Open 2011.

 

[Stefan]

I am serious about that. It happened at the UIndy Open 2011.

Good job not addressing the issue.

 

[aronpm]

Good job not addressing the issue.

I think he meant "I didn't learn you couldn't do this".

 

[emolover]

Good job not addressing the issue.

Sorry. I didn't know about it at the time.

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

This judge once brought a competitor a solved Pyraminx.

That silly judge was me.

Every Malaysian judge is silly, because I'm sure every Malaysian judge has brought a solved puzzle to a competitor before. I've done it like.. at least 5 times.

Once a judge DNF-ed me for a +2. Silly judge! Silly me as well.

 

[Stefan]

I think he meant "I didn't learn you couldn't do this".

I suspect that, too. But as he keeps avoiding the issue, I'm still not sure he doesn't think you can get replacement solves.

Sorry. I didn't know about it at the time.

You're still avoiding the issue...

I suspect you misunderstood my "That doesn't make sense and sounds wrong" as referring to the replacement solve, but it really referred to your post.

I suspect you misunderstood my "not addressing the issue" as referring to the replacement solve, but that still referred to your initial post.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I am serious about that. It happened at the UIndy Open 2011.

I wonder what Mike you're talking about. Certainly not me - I wasn't present at UIndy Open 2011.

That's relieving, since I would hope I would never do something that awful. Just to be clear - you may not get a replacement scramble for a pop, and even in those (other) situations where you might be able to get a rescramble, it should never be the same scramble.

Edit: Oh. I see you said you asked me about it later at my competition. I'm sure if I told you that, I must not have understood your situation. There are situations where it is possible for you to get rescrambles. A pop is not one of them.

 

[Xishem]

In OH, the judge set down the cube, asked if I was ready. I said yes, he removed the cover and began inspection (with two hands) and he quickly yelled at me "IT'S ONE-HANDED", to which I had to reply "not during inspection". Then, during that same solve, he proceeded to say something "wow, you're fast!". Silly judge!

 

[cityzach]

at Princeton Fall 2011, i got a +2 on a 3x3 solve, and the judge wrote down the time with the +2, and then gave me ANOTHER +2, so i ended up with a +4.
Silly judge!

 

[stricgoogle]

In OH, I started the solve holding the cube. I didn't even get a DNF.
Silly Judge! (also silly me for doing the mistake in the first place...)

 

[cubernya]

In OH, I started the solve holding the cube. I didn't even get a DNF.
Silly Judge! (also silly me for doing the mistake in the first place...)

You shouldn't have gotten a DNF...it's a +2

 

[Sa967St]

You shouldn't have gotten a DNF...it's a +2

Article C: One-handed Solving
C1a) During the solve the competitor must only use one hand. Penalty: disqualification of the solve

 

[hcfong]

Article C: One-handed Solving
C1a) During the solve the competitor must only use one hand. Penalty: disqualification of the solve

I think he meant he was holding the cube with one hand when he started the timer, which is +2 for 2 reasons, as holding the cube makes it pretty much impossible to start the timer in the correct way with hands flat and palms down.

 

[antoineccantin]

Me being silly:

A competitor had just finished his first solve and I wrote it as the second on the scorecard. The scramblers then got quite confused. Silly Judge!
When I was judging a Blindsolve, I accidentally hit the sheet (the one to make sure they are not cheating) on the competitors face. It turned out being the winning solve. Silly Judge!
Somebody did a 2x2 solve, but I had forgot to reset the timer from the previous solve. Silly Judge!

An other judge being silly:

I got a time that was over the cutoff and the judge tried to DNF me. I had to call up the delegate. Silly Judge!
While my brother was doing a 5x5 solve the judge was dosing off, resting her head on the table. We he was done, my brother slammed his cube on the table which sure woke up the judge. Silly Judge!