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Noodle compression as a result of smoothing BUMPER fabric is not considered deformed. Any compression beyond that, e.g. for the purposes of flattening the noodle, is deformation and a violation of R29-C.
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0.25" compression is arguable. That might be a reasonable amount to get bumper fabric tight. The thinner you go, the more likely you are to get flagged, though. I think 3847 was one of the teams responsible for this, they had a saran wrapping technique that compressed the pool noodles by up to an inch, I think. They Q&A'd it and were shot down on several points and this rule showed up the next year.