Ruling on R12 at SBPLI Regional

[Gusman1188]

At the SBPLI regional one of our ramps deployed early by accident. The total length of the robot with the forks down was ~74 inches, outside of the 72 inch box. I know on the FIRST Forum they clarified this with the following:

The intent of Rule <R12> is that the robot must be able to fit within a 72" x 72" virtual box at all times when outside of the Home Zone. The orientation of the robot within the box is inconsequential.

We did all the calculations taking into consideration the width of our robot and forks and it all fits inside the box, consuming 78" of the 101.823". When we went to the refs with this info, their argument was that since we do not have a triangle on the back of the robot which would indicate the starting orientation being diagnol, it is a violation. I disagree in this ruling and was wondering if any other teams had info on rulings at other regionals or any other information. Thanks.