This is a DNF - why regulation F3 is so strange

[Samuel Baird]

TLDR clock is the only speedsolving event where you cannot place the puzzle on the mat in any orientation

 

[An Animating Cuber]

By doing this you, a very experienced delegate broke regulations:
2k6) Does not fulfill the event's requirements (e.g. not knowing how to solve the puzzle). A competitor should not compete with the expectation of a DNF result or an intentionally poor result.
By doing this you competed with the expectation to DNF

 

[Bingus Ringus McDingus]

TLDR clock is the only speedsolving event where you cannot place the puzzle on the mat in any orientation

On the WCA forums, there's a discussion about the WCA allowing clock pins to be changed during inspection, funny enough.

 

[An Animating Cuber]

On the WCA forums, there's a discussion about the WCA allowing clock pins to be changed during inspection, funny enough.

I think that’s why he made this video

 

[Samuel Baird]

By doing this you, a very experienced delegate broke regulations:
2k6) Does not fulfill the event's requirements (e.g. not knowing how to solve the puzzle). A competitor should not compete with the expectation of a DNF result or an intentionally poor result.
By doing this you competed with the expectation to DNF

Just for some context:
1. At this point in the competition we were ahead of schedule
2. I had already gotten poor results and wasn't going to be getting any good results for this average. I was just hoping for a good scramble for attempt 5 to potentially get a PR single (this wasn't pre-meditated).
3. This was a bad scramble so even if I attempted something on it, I wasn't realistically going to get a good result
4. When I saw the pins were all on one side I figured this would be a good teaching opportunity (which it has proved to be)
5. This didn't waste any competition time/resources. 2k6+ gives some additional context that Delegates should only use their discretion to prevent competitors from being a severe detriment to the competition

TLDR, it technically violates 2k6 but isn't an actual issue. That being said, yeah I probably shouldn't have done this

 

[Luke Garrett fan]

i wish i knew how to solve clock

 

[BirdCubing]

Why is this even a regulation to begin with? It's just so weird.

 

[Isaiah Scott]

i wish i knew how to solve clock

just learn its easy

 

[abunickabhi]

On the WCA forums, there's a discussion about the WCA allowing clock pins to be changed during inspection, funny enough.

It is good that this got implemented.

The moderator can close this topic now.