It's stupid. They didn't know someone would retroactively try to change the rules. Maybe someone was chatting with referee in their inspection time. Maybe someone just look at the cube for a second and then spend 10s with breathing exercise or relaxing.
They didn't and couldn't possibly know you will change the rules and judge them retroactively.
What if you try to count time to sit on chair next, should they preemptively start to sit really fast in competitions in case you decide in the future to change the rules?
The time they made were made with current rules, you cannot deduce absolutely anything from them. Maybe the fastest total guy is just really stressed and to be done with it. Maybe the slow total guy is just enjoying the show, maybe he's watching his friend doing his best time on next table. Or maybe he's checking if his camera is recording. It's just totally unfair and meaningless.
Also if you count inspection time, referee can now deliberately slowly reveal the cube to slow down someone's inspection.
I closed the video about 4 minutes in because the presentation, while great, was incredibly redundant. The video could be condensed to two sentences. (Note that I'm not claiming to be the target audience, just giving my two cents).
Also, retroactively judging competitors based on a completely different objective does not make sense for determining world records. Maybe the current fastest solver would still be the fastest (inspection+solve)er, but they have had no incentive to demonstrate it so far.
They didn't and couldn't possibly know you will change the rules and judge them retroactively.
What if you try to count time to sit on chair next, should they preemptively start to sit really fast in competitions in case you decide in the future to change the rules?
The time they made were made with current rules, you cannot deduce absolutely anything from them. Maybe the fastest total guy is just really stressed and to be done with it. Maybe the slow total guy is just enjoying the show, maybe he's watching his friend doing his best time on next table. Or maybe he's checking if his camera is recording. It's just totally unfair and meaningless.
Also if you count inspection time, referee can now deliberately slowly reveal the cube to slow down someone's inspection.