Rulebook

Proposal 59: Accuracy of published results (new rule) [ Revision 3 ]

Committee: Track
Submitted on 2019-05-20
Status: Passed on June 10, 2019

Background

The World Record Committee has established accuracies with which the world records will be published, the result lists of the competitions should have the same accuracy and therefore we should prescribe in the rulebook with which accuracy results are to be published.

Proposal

Old Rule:

No rule

New Rule:

2D.10 Accuracy of results

For all track races, unless the time is an exact 0.01 second, the time shall be converted and recorded to the next longer 0.01 second, e.g. 14.533 s shall be recorded as 14.54 s.
In the event that there is a tie where an award and/or a place in the final is at stake, if a Photo Finish system was used, the image of this system shall be used to decide on the placings. In this case, the note (Photo Finish: +0.00X) is printed on the results list next to the official time. In other cases it shall be determined to be a tie and the tie shall remain and gets published as such.

Example: If two riders have reached a time of 0:07.08 and the image of the Photo Finish System shows a difference of 0.006 seconds, the following will be printed on the result list:
1st Place Rider 1 0:07.08
2nd Place Rider 2 0:07.08 (Photo finish: +0.006)

3D.3 Accuracy of results

For all Gliding and Coasting disciplines where the distance is mesuared, unless the distance is an exact 0.1 meter, the distance shall be converted and recorded to the next shorter 0.1 meter, e.g. 34.56 m shall be recorded as 34.5 m.
When two riders reach the same distance, it shall be determined to be a tie and the tie shall remain and gets published as such.

For all Slow disciplines (3B.6.4, 3B.6.5, 3B.6.6) and Stillstand (3B.6.7), unless the time is an exact 0.1 second, the time shall be converted and recorded to the next shorter 0.1 second.
When two riders reach the same time, it shall be determined to be a tie and the tie shall remain and gets published as such.

For all other events mentioned in this chapter, unless the time is an exact 0.01 second, the time shall be converted and recorded to the next longer 0.01 second.
In the event that there is a tie where an award and/or a place in the final is at stake, if a Photo Finish system was used, the image of this system shall be used to decide on the placings. In this case, the note (Photo Finish: +0.00X) is printed on the results list next to the official time. In other cases it shall be determined to be a tie and the tie shall remain and gets published as such.

Body

For more information and the the improvement of the proposal please look and comment into discussion#113: "Accuracy of published results (new rule)".

References

Discussion

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Change Log:

Revision 3 changed by Jan Vocke (31 May 15:38): Updated the text: "In the event that there is a tie for the placings, if a Photo Finisch system was used, the image of this system shall be used to decide on the placings. In this case, the note (Photo Finish +0.00X) is printed on the result list as an addition to the official time. In other cases it shall be determined to be a tie and the tie shall remain." because the wording in the proposal was unclear and somewhat confusing. Klaas proposed a wording that reflects the intention of the sentence more clearly.
Revision 2 changed by Jan Vocke (25 May 01:37): Adding a description of what to do in the event of a tie.
Revision 1 changed by Jan Vocke (20 May 16:13)

Votes on this proposal:

9 out of 10 voting members have voted.

Agree: 9, Disagree: 0, Abstain: 0.