Silly Judges!

[Sa967St]

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.

Oh, I assumed me meant he started solving holding the cube (with both hands), then switched to one hand.
Even if he started the timer with the cube in his hand(s) I believe it would be a DNF. I can't find it in the regs under 'Inspection' or 'Starting the solve' though.

 

[cubernya]

It's a +2. On mobile now so it'll take a few minutes to find it in the regs.

 

[samkli]

A4b1) The competitor must not have any physical contact with the puzzle before he starts the solve. Penalty: 2 seconds.

 

[cubernya]

A4b1) The competitor must not have any physical contact with the puzzle before he starts the solve. Penalty: 2 seconds.

Edit: Ninja'd

 

[Sa967St]

A4b1) The competitor must not have any physical contact with the puzzle before he starts the solve. Penalty: 2 seconds.

I saw that, and I can see how that would apply if the cube were touching his fingertips while his palms were on the timer, but I'm not too sure if that applies that if he were holding the whole cube in his hand. It seems that that's too much for just a +2 penalty to suffice.

 

[insane569]

Silly me!
I was judging 2x2 at a competition and instead of removing the cover on the cube I let the competitor remove it like you would do in BLD which i competed in right before.
Alot of competitors were like "o.O you started inspection?"
Totally my fault for not remembering the rules and getting mixed up with BLD rules.

 

[Tomas1988]

My cube popped during a Z-perm and the judge helped me pick up the cubies which had exploded.

 

[AJ Blair]

At Kansas Cube-off, Xishem was DNF'd a BLD solve, the judge brought the unsolved cube to the scramble table, turned around to look at something, then turned around again, picked up the same cube, at the same DNF'd state and gave it to Xishem to solve. He got like a 2:24.xy on it, but it didn't count... Silly Judge!

 

[TheMachanga]

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Silly Judge

 

[Czery]

At Princeton Fall, I got a two move scramble and broke the WR.

Silly judge!

 

[AustinReed]

At Princeton Fall, I got a two move scramble and broke the WR.

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Silly judge!

AWWW D:
I would be so mad. I would demand that it should count.

 

[brandbest1]

what are you talking about?

In my memories, I think that's what happened. Hackley.