I'm brilliant I never mispunch

[AndyC]

From EYOC thread -epocian seconded so let's see who is truthful and who isn't my answer is "b" honest!

[madmike]

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[frog]

Don't recall having mispunched, tend to be ultra cautious with emis and stand there for several seconds, plus I'm never in with the medals so have no need to push the limits when punching. Doesn't mean I don't cock up though, putting out some Ochils controls today realised I had the stick I'd collected from the site of control 91 and also control 91 whilst assembling a different control. Whoops, back to control 91. At least the control and SI unit I'd put out there matched, even if they were both wrong!

[Scott]

I'm relatively proud to say that I've only ever mispunched once through failing to check the control code, and that was at my first ever sprint event (JK2007 - although the two controls in question weren't particularly close together).

On the other hand, I have mispunched on multiple occasions through successfully navigating to a control but then forgetting to actually punch it

[Gnitworp]

I seldom mispunch but miss controls in urban and sprint events so often that I feel a sense of triumph when I get them all.

[mappingmum]

I mis-punched at the 11PR last year in Aberdeen through not checking the code and that is the only time. Normally I meticulously check the codes.

[frog]

Just remembered a mispunch, actually a missing out of the penultimate control completely. Was at a SOL so was pissed off with myself.

[andypat]

Ever since a Tinto Twin some years ago where the control number was wrong and I spent ages running round trying to figure out where I was if I wasnt where I thought I was, I havent been quite so diligent about checking numbers (except in relays). I can only remember mp twice since then so it cant be that much of an issue - once in a colour coded where there were two similar controls about 30m apart (grrrrrrrr ) and last week in my home town urban race (sheer overconfidence - missed out a control completely) although in the latter "fortunately" I had to retire injured sparing my blushes.

[Gnitworp]

On the other hand, I have mispunched on multiple occasions through successfully navigating to a control but then forgetting to actually punch it

I did that last Wednesday at Drayton Down because the control was a map exchange. The very kind Planner/Organiser didn't disqualify me because I'd obviously been to the site and picked up the next map. He's a very nice man

[Monte]

Mispunch 1: My 2nd event, on a piece of parkland. 2 controls on distinctive trees within 30m. I did check the code and hesitated, when the experienced orienteer who was just behind me on my course arrived and punched I followed suit. Only later did I learn that he was a notorious mispuncher.
Mispunch 2: Spectator control on a relay with a Tyvek control card. The box was the one in the bottom corner and the floppy 'card' probably folded when I punched leaving just one pin prick. I realised at the next control that there was likely to be a problem but no way was I going back to a spectator control. I found out a few weeks on that I'd been photographed at the control - could that be used as evidence for a reinstatement?
[I normally backed Tyvek with tape to stiffen it but on this occasion I'd switched to an earlier relay leg because the guy who should have been on it was late getting to the event - may have influenced my decision not to go back to the control]

[Tatty]

No.
At the BOC Relays in Sheffield in the late 90's Tim Tett was DSQ as he had no punch registered at the final control, despite being seen by one and all. Rules state that it is up to the competitor to ensure they have punched correctly.
Seem to recall that Tom Hart was DSQ'd at JWOC in similar circumstances.
Yvette likewise for not having all the pin pricks inside the box.

[drobin]

I did that last Wednesday at Drayton Down because the control was a map exchange. The very kind Planner/Organiser didn't disqualify me because I'd obviously been to the site and picked up the next map. He's a very nice man

He is indeed . . . .

[Gnitworp]

I believe orienteering at your maximum speed is a good example of being on the cusp of a catastrophy curve: 'balancing' at the point where you are just in control; more speed/haste tips you over the cusp into the catastropy zone. Mispunching or missing controls, especially in people with a predisposition for haste, can be a manifestation of being 'over the cusp'.

I think this theory is particularly applicable to sprint races. For example (and I hope they won't mind me citing this for illustration purposes) Mike Hampton (currently British M65 Sprint and Long Champion) missed a control in the WMOC 2010 M60 Sprint A Final. and Nick Barrable (Reigning World M35 Sprint Champion) also missed a control in a BEOC Sprints Heat this year.

I missed a control in this year's M65 British Sprint A Final. We're both going to get all the controls in Hungary, aren't we Mike?

[IanD]

I'm more likely to miss out a control altogether or to make a 'punch' which does not register than I am to punch the wrong control without checking the code. I have done the last of these, but not often.

Unregistered punches are a particular problem for me at SI events where b*****s (no apologies for the abusive language, I feel it is appropriate here) stick labels over the flashing light, happy that they hear well and will detect the bleep.

[jjjl]

I found out a few weeks on that I'd been photographed at the control - could that be used as evidence for a reinstatement?

I also believed this happened at WOC sprint last year, Scotia missing out on a top ten

http://live.woc2010.com/lists/sprint-fi ... ale-m.html