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WCA rules for DNFs?

sergei740

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Let's say that you like screwed up your Pll and your time goes wayyyy off. Can you just stop the time randomly during the solve and accept the DNF? Does that mean that your worst time from your 4 will count as that one?
 
To add a bit to what TDM said, never do this. Please. Unless you've completely exploded your cube, always finish the solve. It's always possible to have a timer fail later on, which would give you a dnf average. A bad average is better than no average at all.
 
To add a bit to what TDM said, never do this. Please. Unless you've completely exploded your cube, always finish the solve. It's always possible to have a timer fail later on, which would give you a dnf average. A bad average is better than no average at all.

What if your average already is DNF?
 
To add a bit to what TDM said, never do this. Please. Unless you've completely exploded your cube, always finish the solve. It's always possible to have a timer fail later on, which would give you a dnf average. A bad average is better than no average at all.

Or unless it's your last solve. I've done this a lot of times when continuing the solve was pointless anyway.
 
Someone will probably eventually make the statistic of highest percentage of successful 3x3 solves (# non-DNF / total # of solves), so it would probably still be a good idea to take a very slow solve over another DNF. :)
If someone did that, there would be a lot of 100%s from people with very few comps...
(unless you mean as a statistic on the WCA website - I was thinking something in the stats request thread - in which case you're right)
 
Or unless it's your last solve. I've done this a lot of times when continuing was pointless anyway.

Well yeah that's the exception. If it's the last solve and definitely the worst, you could DNF it.

Stefan, if you're failing a solve and you already have a DNF average then obviously another DNF wouldn't do anything.
 
percentage of successful 3x3 solves (# non-DNF / total # of solves)

DNF is not a solve, so I'd say solves/attempts.

(Now I just need a good name for solves+DNFs+DNSs, preferably one that strengthens the usage of "attempts" for solves+DNFs (because solves+DNFs+DNSs could be called "attempts" as well))

If someone did that, there would be a lot of 100%s from people with very few comps...

Yeah, about 20000 :)

I'll do sub-100% instead (which also fits my premise of the average already being DNF):

Using data from WCA_export486_20141008 and Stefan's WCA Statistics Tools.

[TABLE="class:grid,align:left"]
[TR][TD]personId[/TD][TD]Attempts[/TD][TD]Solves[/TD][TD]Solves[/TD][TD]DNFs[/TD][TD]Competitions[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Bob Burton[/TD][TD="align:right"]841[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.88%[/TD][TD="align:right"]840[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]102[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Kalina Brzezińska[/TD][TD="align:right"]675[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.85%[/TD][TD="align:right"]674[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]48[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Tim Reynolds[/TD][TD="align:right"]1259[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.84%[/TD][TD="align:right"]1257[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]96[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Leyan Lo[/TD][TD="align:right"]628[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.84%[/TD][TD="align:right"]627[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]48[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Corey Sakowski[/TD][TD="align:right"]563[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.82%[/TD][TD="align:right"]562[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]52[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Jeremy Fleischman[/TD][TD="align:right"]1031[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.81%[/TD][TD="align:right"]1029[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]79[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)[/TD][TD="align:right"]494[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.80%[/TD][TD="align:right"]493[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]62[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Bence Barát[/TD][TD="align:right"]928[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.78%[/TD][TD="align:right"]926[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]66[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Andreas Pohl[/TD][TD="align:right"]460[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.78%[/TD][TD="align:right"]459[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]36[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Darren Kwong[/TD][TD="align:right"]428[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.77%[/TD][TD="align:right"]427[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]33[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Lars Vandenbergh[/TD][TD="align:right"]1222[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.75%[/TD][TD="align:right"]1219[/TD][TD="align:right"]3[/TD][TD="align:right"]100[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Marcin Stachura[/TD][TD="align:right"]405[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.75%[/TD][TD="align:right"]404[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]29[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Louis Cormier[/TD][TD="align:right"]400[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.75%[/TD][TD="align:right"]399[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]28[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Michał Halczuk[/TD][TD="align:right"]733[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.73%[/TD][TD="align:right"]731[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]52[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Felix Lee[/TD][TD="align:right"]358[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.72%[/TD][TD="align:right"]357[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]30[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Anthony Hsu[/TD][TD="align:right"]356[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.72%[/TD][TD="align:right"]355[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]28[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Mike Hughey[/TD][TD="align:right"]349[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.71%[/TD][TD="align:right"]348[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]40[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Tim Habermaas[/TD][TD="align:right"]346[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.71%[/TD][TD="align:right"]345[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]34[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Arifumi Fushimi (伏見有史)[/TD][TD="align:right"]345[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.71%[/TD][TD="align:right"]344[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]27[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Yuji Suse (巣瀬雄史)[/TD][TD="align:right"]345[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.71%[/TD][TD="align:right"]344[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]38[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Reinier Schippers[/TD][TD="align:right"]330[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.70%[/TD][TD="align:right"]329[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]25[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Piotr Alexandrowicz[/TD][TD="align:right"]327[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.69%[/TD][TD="align:right"]326[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]27[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Vidar Klungre[/TD][TD="align:right"]325[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.69%[/TD][TD="align:right"]324[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]28[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Everett Kelly[/TD][TD="align:right"]325[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.69%[/TD][TD="align:right"]324[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]27[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Ravi Fernando[/TD][TD="align:right"]319[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.69%[/TD][TD="align:right"]318[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]23[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Kamil Mieńko[/TD][TD="align:right"]315[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.68%[/TD][TD="align:right"]314[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]26[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Aurelien Souchet (高凡)[/TD][TD="align:right"]308[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.68%[/TD][TD="align:right"]307[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]31[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Ming Zheng (郑鸣)[/TD][TD="align:right"]308[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.68%[/TD][TD="align:right"]307[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]36[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Greg Austin[/TD][TD="align:right"]308[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.68%[/TD][TD="align:right"]307[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]29[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Bruno Vervoort[/TD][TD="align:right"]300[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.67%[/TD][TD="align:right"]299[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]23[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Berit Brüster[/TD][TD="align:right"]300[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.67%[/TD][TD="align:right"]299[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]39[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Philippe Virouleau[/TD][TD="align:right"]595[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.66%[/TD][TD="align:right"]593[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]48[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Matic Omulec[/TD][TD="align:right"]295[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.66%[/TD][TD="align:right"]294[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]22[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Erik Johnson[/TD][TD="align:right"]292[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.66%[/TD][TD="align:right"]291[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]22[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Yohei Suzuki (鈴木洋平)[/TD][TD="align:right"]291[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.66%[/TD][TD="align:right"]290[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]39[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Markus Pirzer[/TD][TD="align:right"]286[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.65%[/TD][TD="align:right"]285[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]50[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Nikhil Mande[/TD][TD="align:right"]286[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.65%[/TD][TD="align:right"]285[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]22[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Karina Grandjean Beck[/TD][TD="align:right"]285[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.65%[/TD][TD="align:right"]284[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]23[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)[/TD][TD="align:right"]553[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.64%[/TD][TD="align:right"]551[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]57[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Guillermo Conde Gil[/TD][TD="align:right"]280[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.64%[/TD][TD="align:right"]279[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]23[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Jan Bentlage[/TD][TD="align:right"]820[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.63%[/TD][TD="align:right"]817[/TD][TD="align:right"]3[/TD][TD="align:right"]65[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Forte Shinko[/TD][TD="align:right"]270[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.63%[/TD][TD="align:right"]269[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]22[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Mateusz Burnicki[/TD][TD="align:right"]267[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.63%[/TD][TD="align:right"]266[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]24[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Piotr Frankowski[/TD][TD="align:right"]529[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.62%[/TD][TD="align:right"]527[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]41[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Kirstine Buus Aagaard[/TD][TD="align:right"]265[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.62%[/TD][TD="align:right"]264[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]47[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]José Leonardo Chaparro Prieto[/TD][TD="align:right"]265[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.62%[/TD][TD="align:right"]264[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]19[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Chung-Han Hsu (許鍾瀚)[/TD][TD="align:right"]260[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.62%[/TD][TD="align:right"]259[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]23[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]István Kocza[/TD][TD="align:right"]517[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.61%[/TD][TD="align:right"]515[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]75[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Olivér Nagy[/TD][TD="align:right"]254[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.61%[/TD][TD="align:right"]253[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]37[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Bryan Logan[/TD][TD="align:right"]251[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.60%[/TD][TD="align:right"]250[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]25[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Jr-Wei Jang (張智瑋)[/TD][TD="align:right"]250[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.60%[/TD][TD="align:right"]249[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]19[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Anton Goryachikh[/TD][TD="align:right"]250[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.60%[/TD][TD="align:right"]249[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]26[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]James Donahue[/TD][TD="align:right"]250[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.60%[/TD][TD="align:right"]249[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]20[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Sittinon Sukhaya (สิทธินนท์ สุขายะ)[/TD][TD="align:right"]248[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.60%[/TD][TD="align:right"]247[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]23[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Clément Gallet[/TD][TD="align:right"]1210[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.59%[/TD][TD="align:right"]1205[/TD][TD="align:right"]5[/TD][TD="align:right"]111[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Dave Campbell[/TD][TD="align:right"]737[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.59%[/TD][TD="align:right"]734[/TD][TD="align:right"]3[/TD][TD="align:right"]67[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Dharmesh Shahu[/TD][TD="align:right"]242[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.59%[/TD][TD="align:right"]241[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]19[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Máté Horváth[/TD][TD="align:right"]241[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.59%[/TD][TD="align:right"]240[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]23[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Piotr Michał Padlewski[/TD][TD="align:right"]475[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.58%[/TD][TD="align:right"]473[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]46[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Marcos Ameijeiras Moreno[/TD][TD="align:right"]240[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.58%[/TD][TD="align:right"]239[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]22[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Alex Thielemier[/TD][TD="align:right"]240[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.58%[/TD][TD="align:right"]239[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]22[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Kengo Kageyama (蔭山賢吾)[/TD][TD="align:right"]239[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.58%[/TD][TD="align:right"]238[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]23[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Yi Wei (危毅)[/TD][TD="align:right"]236[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.58%[/TD][TD="align:right"]235[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]19[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Mario Laurent[/TD][TD="align:right"]470[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.57%[/TD][TD="align:right"]468[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]39[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Harris Chan[/TD][TD="align:right"]465[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.57%[/TD][TD="align:right"]463[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]31[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Nakai Velasquez[/TD][TD="align:right"]235[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.57%[/TD][TD="align:right"]234[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]21[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Jonathan Tan Wei Xiat[/TD][TD="align:right"]230[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.57%[/TD][TD="align:right"]229[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]16[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Ludwig Choi[/TD][TD="align:right"]230[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.57%[/TD][TD="align:right"]229[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]17[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Benjamin Wong[/TD][TD="align:right"]225[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.56%[/TD][TD="align:right"]224[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]18[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Shaden Smith[/TD][TD="align:right"]225[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.56%[/TD][TD="align:right"]224[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]22[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Mateusz Adamczyk[/TD][TD="align:right"]225[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.56%[/TD][TD="align:right"]224[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]20[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Fabian Simon[/TD][TD="align:right"]225[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.56%[/TD][TD="align:right"]224[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]18[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Jose Angel Montesa Solaz[/TD][TD="align:right"]225[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.56%[/TD][TD="align:right"]224[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]17[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Antonie Paterakis[/TD][TD="align:right"]225[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.56%[/TD][TD="align:right"]224[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]17[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Nathan Kearney[/TD][TD="align:right"]225[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.56%[/TD][TD="align:right"]224[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]28[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Daiki Matsumoto (松本大輝)[/TD][TD="align:right"]224[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.55%[/TD][TD="align:right"]223[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]19[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Sanae Omyo (大名佐苗)[/TD][TD="align:right"]223[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.55%[/TD][TD="align:right"]222[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]43[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Ramble Tandar[/TD][TD="align:right"]220[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.55%[/TD][TD="align:right"]219[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]18[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]John Brechon[/TD][TD="align:right"]640[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.53%[/TD][TD="align:right"]637[/TD][TD="align:right"]3[/TD][TD="align:right"]47[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Dan Dzoan[/TD][TD="align:right"]621[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.52%[/TD][TD="align:right"]618[/TD][TD="align:right"]3[/TD][TD="align:right"]50[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Fumiki Koseki (古関章記)[/TD][TD="align:right"]415[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.52%[/TD][TD="align:right"]413[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]63[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Abdelhak Kaddour[/TD][TD="align:right"]210[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.52%[/TD][TD="align:right"]209[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]16[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Ilya Tereshko[/TD][TD="align:right"]210[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.52%[/TD][TD="align:right"]209[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]18[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Rodrigo Septién Rodríguez[/TD][TD="align:right"]210[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.52%[/TD][TD="align:right"]209[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]14[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Menglin Xu (徐梦麟)[/TD][TD="align:right"]210[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.52%[/TD][TD="align:right"]209[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]15[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Emanuel Rheinert[/TD][TD="align:right"]210[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.52%[/TD][TD="align:right"]209[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]14[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Alessandro Manopulo[/TD][TD="align:right"]205[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.51%[/TD][TD="align:right"]204[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]15[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Georgy Vershinin[/TD][TD="align:right"]205[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.51%[/TD][TD="align:right"]204[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]14[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Dan Harris[/TD][TD="align:right"]205[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.51%[/TD][TD="align:right"]204[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]19[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Olivier Polspoel[/TD][TD="align:right"]200[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.50%[/TD][TD="align:right"]199[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]34[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Grzegorz Łuczyna[/TD][TD="align:right"]393[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.49%[/TD][TD="align:right"]391[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]32[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Chris Dzoan[/TD][TD="align:right"]391[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.49%[/TD][TD="align:right"]389[/TD][TD="align:right"]2[/TD][TD="align:right"]32[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Marvin Llaneta[/TD][TD="align:right"]198[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.49%[/TD][TD="align:right"]197[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]19[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Alexander Yu[/TD][TD="align:right"]195[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.49%[/TD][TD="align:right"]194[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]14[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Patrick Kern[/TD][TD="align:right"]195[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.49%[/TD][TD="align:right"]194[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]15[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Kanneti Sae Han (คันธ์เนตี แซ่ห่าน)[/TD][TD="align:right"]580[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.48%[/TD][TD="align:right"]577[/TD][TD="align:right"]3[/TD][TD="align:right"]41[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Kohta Matsumoto (松本滉太)[/TD][TD="align:right"]193[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.48%[/TD][TD="align:right"]192[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]28[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇)[/TD][TD="align:right"]193[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.48%[/TD][TD="align:right"]192[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]14[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Andrew Sopchak[/TD][TD="align:right"]190[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.47%[/TD][TD="align:right"]189[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]15[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Tomasz Kaczorowski[/TD][TD="align:right"]190[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.47%[/TD][TD="align:right"]189[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]16[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Leopoldo Andrés Ibarra Fuentes[/TD][TD="align:right"]190[/TD][TD="align:right"]99.47%[/TD][TD="align:right"]189[/TD][TD="align:right"]1[/TD][TD="align:right"]14[/TD][/TR]
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[NOPARSE]SELECT personId, Solves+DNFs Attempts, solves/(solves+DNFs) 'Solves[%]', Solves, DNFs, Competitions
FROM
 (SELECT
    personId,
    sum((value1>0)+(value2>0)+(value3>0)+(value4>0)+(value5>0)) Solves,
    sum((value1=-1)+(value2=-1)+(value3=-1)+(value4=-1)+(value5=-1)) DNFs,
    count(distinct competitionId) Competitions
  FROM Results
  WHERE eventId = '333'
  GROUP BY personId
  HAVING DNFs) tmp
ORDER BY 3 desc, 2 desc
LIMIT 101;[/NOPARSE]
 
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Someone will probably eventually make the statistic of highest percentage of successful 3x3 solves (# non-DNF / total # of solves), so it would probably still be a good idea to take a very slow solve over another DNF. :)

But someone might take a statistic for a competitor's average of all solves (not counting DNF/DNS), so in that case, the competitor should just take the DNF.
 
I was just about to be an advocate of stopping the timer during a bad solve (I'm sure a lot of people have got frustrated during a terrible solve and just stopped the timer on the spot)

But then I saw I'm very high on your list with 308/309 solves correct.

That 1 DNF was a J-Perm I mistook for a PLL skip btw :/
 
But someone might take a statistic for a competitor's average of all solves (not counting DNF/DNS), so in that case, the competitor should just take the DNF.

True. These stats are competing, and one cannot go for both when in an average with at least 2 DNFs already and in a solve that is going poorly. It comes down to what the competitor values, that is minimizing total number of DNFs or minimizing their global average.
 
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Unless you want to be like Sarah Strong, don't DNF if you don't need to.
Well, thanks. :P

I prefer a DNF average than a bad average for personal reasons, but I hope I'm not encouraging it for the wrong reasons.


On topic: There's no regulation preventing you from finishing your solve in any case, but it's encouraged that you finish your solve anyway.
 
I read the entire WCA regulations the night before my first comp, and I never had to ask a question ever again. It doesn't take long, and will benefit you a lot. The only reason I'm saying this is because I've noticed you've asked this a couple of times already, including making a new thread, so please just read the regulations.
 
I'm more with Sarah.

It's interesting, because deliberately DNFing was brought up recently (I'm pretty sure it was only amongst the delegates, can't remember), and Lucas Garron seemed extremely opposed to it, almost to the point where he was thinking of changing the regulations to prevent it. I thought that rather odd, as I much prefer to DNF a horrible solve than have the time on my profile. I don't care if that means getting a DNF average.
 
I would rather get horrible times than have a DNF. I think the point of competing in competitions is to successfully solve puzzles, so purposefully DNFing for any reason other than a major explosion would be against the reason for competing.


After I broke my wrist last spring, I was constrained to only using one-hand for solving Rubik's cubes. I still attended Dixon Spring 2014 and did all my events one-handed. I got a 36 average for 3x3 even though I average sub-20.
 
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