But you stopped the timer. Stopping the timer is the recognition that you are happy with the resting state of the cube. If you were more careful, you could put the cube down, take a couple seconds to examine everything, and then stop the timer. Instead, because you choose to stop the timer quickly, you risk suffering those consequences.
Tyson Mao Astrophysics '06 California Institute of Technology On Mar 18, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Craig Bouchard wrote: > Hey Lars, > > What I am describing is when you have finished the cube, you go to let > go of it to stop the timer, and you accidentally pull a piece out. > Its not in any way a result of the solve... > > Craig > > --- In [email protected], Lars Petrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> I think what's described happened to me at the last competition. >> >> The cube popped during my final move, and before I realized it I had >> stopped the timer. >> >> And that's a DNF, of course Technically, the solve isn't over until >> you've stopped the timer. >> >> /Lars >> >> On Mar 17, 2006, at 12:44, Chris Hunt wrote: >> >>> My guess is that it would be a DNF because the timer is stopped and >>> when the judge looks at the cube, it's not solved. >>> >>> -Chris >>> >>> On 3/17/06, Craig Bouchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> If you go to stop the timer and as you stop the timer a piece comes >>>> out of the cube, like you pull it out as you let go of the >>>> cube...Does >>>> that count as a pop??? Cuz its technically after the solve is >>>> over... >>>> >>>> Thanks for reading my nonsense, >>>> >>>> Craig Bouchard >>>> May the Cube be with you... >>>> >>>> PS: Go Clancy, oh, and I like ur car too :p >> > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
