--- In [email protected], Joël van Noort
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On the first generation stackmat, I did not have any problems in
> competitions, and I don't think there ever was a clear rule about
> how to start (well, not about where to put your hands on the
> timer)... So this is just the way I start :p. Judges never had a
> problem with the way I start in competition, and the way I do it
> when I am at home should be correct if I want to send my records to
> the UWR list. (Because timing with JNetCube (starting with hands
> flat on the table) is also allowed).
>
> Cyou!
>
> Joël.
That's cause the judges don't know better :-). But you'll be in
trouble if Ron judges you. Well, I guess he'd just tell you before the
solve to pull your hands backwards if you started like that.
For the cubes it's less important I guess, but for Rubik's Magic it
matters quite a bit, cause picking up the puzzle is a large part of
the total time. I just say this because the Magic is the reason I
discussed this with Ron a bit more in detail, but the idea is of
course valid for all puzzles.
I agree the rules text can be misunderstood. The "fingers touching the
sensors" means the fingers, not the palm, should be on the sensors.
This is both for start and end of the solve. Maybe we should just have
"good" and "bad" pictures in the rules for this, like we have for
misalignments?
I hope you didn't understand it as a mean accusation, it was just
meant as a warning. I also warned Quinn about it when I saw his Magic
videos a while ago, so he could practice the legal way. Later Ron was
his judge for his Magic world record and told him his ending was close
to illegal (somewhat the middles of his hands stopped the timer I
think) but alright. So just be aware :-)
Cheers!
Stefan
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