Is starting on a different event allowed, as long as I finish all 8 events? Like for instance, I'd like to start on Triple Jump, because I enjoy listening the starting music on each events from Triple Jump to High Jump.
The rules say "Timer ends when one full loop is completed and the 100 meter dash appears."
So unless the rules are changed, you must start on the 100m. I personally think you should be able to start on whatever event you want. We all know when a full loop is completed regardless of which event you start on.
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I could change it in to "Timer ends when one full loop is completed and the event list appears."
It's that a good idea maybe? Because I agree on that you can start on whatever event, as long as you complete them all and qualify, it's fine.
I think this would all be equal time-wise, though part of me thinks there could be a discrepancy somehow. Like does it being loop 2 after high jump effect anything time-wise? I wouldn't think so... maybe skeet shooting? Does the pattern there change? I can't recall.
If you were to start after skeet shooting then you would possibly have an advantage due to the pattern change.
Another thing to consider is that possibly the opponent for 100M/110M would finish faster because it's a lower qualify time, but it's hard to say how that works.
This kind of thing just brings a lot of questions though probably not a big deal. I just feel like there could be time save/loss that isn't obvious. Just my 2 cents.
If someone puts in the work and finds a time save, we should accept it. I took a look at different starting events to see if the pause skip for the beginning music was any different from the 100m. The other events don't have pause skips that I know of other than cutting the sounds or music. They don't shorten the time on the event, but the 100m still has the pause time skip regardless of which event you start on. So I don't see any advantage. The CPU didn't run any faster, ending the 100m/110h any faster either. Qualifying times/distances were the loop 2 difficulty after the HJ, making that a bit of a disadvantage.
