Incident: Competitor got a time below 0.06 because of shaky hands

DISCLAIMER: Since the resolution of this incident, A6b1 has been changed, to better state how incidents with a timer stop under 0.06s should be handled.

A competitor got a timer stop with a time less than 0.06s. An extra was given for malfunctioning equipment, but the judge said it could have been the competitors fault because of shaking hands.

The WRC determined that the most likely reason were the shaky hands of the competitor and that the result should therefore be DNF'ed, in accordance with A6b1, because the cause was not a timer malfunction:

A6b1) If the timer stops before the competitor has solved the puzzle and the timer shows a time strictly below 0.06 seconds, then the attempt is replaced by an extra attempt. A competitor forfeits the right to the additional attempt if the WCA Delegate determines that the timer was stopped deliberately.

After an appeal to the WRC Board, the Board decided to overturn the decision by the WRC, citing that shaking hands do not count as stopping the timer deliberately. The DNF was therefore changed to the time of the extra solve.