Osananajimi to wa LoveCome ni Naranai - Vol. 10 Ch. 90 - Romcoms don‘t happen even when you‘re quick on your feet

[jubuttib]

So THAT'S what those things are for. I always wondered what was the point of the devices at those tracks at the starting line.

Well the main point is that you can launch better from them than flat ground, but over time they added electronics.

It's actually slightly worse than just "if you start before the gun":

1st, it's not even about starting, it's about generating force above a certain limit on the starting blocks. There have been a couple of instances of someone just jolting a bit, but not starting, which has triggered the system.

2nd, if you start running within a 100ms/1 tenth of a second after the start gun has gone off, you get a false start. It's been decided that you can't react faster than that, so it's a false start. I've seen many races where someone got disqualified for starting like 85 ms AFTER the gun.

 

[Rowdy91]

Wow, such bull.