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Originally Posted by Ian Mackenzie
By the original wording of the rules, you are (partially) correct; any small amount of backing off before the 10-second mark ended the count. (I've called it that way myself, however much I didn't like it.) However, at the drivers' meeting on Thursday, it was stated that the pinning count would not stop until the pinning robot had backed off a full 3 feet for a full 3 seconds, which I'm quite sure was not the case. Also, the orientation of the robot is immaterial; pinning a robot sideways is still pinning, which is defined as "inhibit[ing] the movement of another ROBOT while in contact with a field element or border".
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Even though they did not back up for the required amout of time 1114 moved with 48's robot and during that amount of time there was free movement of both robots, therefore the count ended after each backup of team 48. If 1114 stayed where they were the case would be different, but since they moved with 48 away from the rack I think they had the freedom of movement.