Figure L18
The Speed Trial
Speed Penalties and the One Bonus — Two Jurisdictions
In the Speed trial a fault costs seconds, not marks. Two rulebooks price those faults differently, so they are set out here in two separate blocks with two separate scales. Only one thing on the whole plate takes time off.
WAWE · International
Every second in this block is international. None of these figures applies in Portugal.
Seconds added — the WAWE scale, 0 to 30 seconds
Gate dropped and not replaced
+30 s
Zero — the line
Time removed — below the line
Ring speared and placed with the pole
−5 s
A different rulebook begins here
the two scales are not the same — read within a block, never across
Portugal · APSL
Every second in this block is Portuguese. None of these figures applies in international competition.
Seconds added — the APSL scale, 0 to 20 seconds
Bridge — part of the obstacle
+10 s
Zero — the line
Time removed — below the line
Ring threaded and deposited with the pole
−5 s
Faults that end the round rather than costing seconds
This band is deliberately empty. Each rulebook treats some faults as ending the round instead of adding time rather than pricing them in seconds — so none is printed here. Nothing has been carried across from one rulebook to the other.
WAWE · International
No ending-the-round fault is printed on this plate.
Portugal · APSL
No ending-the-round fault is printed on this plate.
Only one thing on this plate takes time off — the ring, carried away on the pole. Everything else adds.
Each block carries its own faults, its own values, its own scale and its own bonus. No figure above is shared between the two rulebooks, and no value on this plate is an average of them.
Fig. L18 · Speed Penalties and the One Bonus — Two Jurisdictions