Section 10 · Floor Exercise
Floor: Lines and Time
The 12 m square, what a line judge reports, and the 70-second limit.
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Line and time judges · secretaries
The Floor Area
- Size
- 12 m by 12 m, edged by boundary lines or a change of colour.
- In
- The lines are part of the floor. Stepping onto a line is allowed.
- Out
- Stepping over the line, or onto the outside colour.
Two line judges sit at opposite corners. Each one watches the two lines nearest to him and reports to D1.
D1 · from the Final Score
Line Violations
- Landing or touching with one foot or one hand outside−0.1
- Touching outside with both feet, both hands, a foot and a hand, or any other part of the body−0.3
- Landing directly outside−0.3
- Landing a dismount with the feet apart and one foot out, then both feet out after closing them−0.3
- An element begun outside the floorby the D-JuryNo value
The steps needed to come back inside are not deducted. The E-Jury judges an element begun outside as normal.
A stick bonus can be awarded together with a line deduction.
Newsletter 4, p. 2 · in force from 1 September 2026
Decides the case where both feet are out after the gymnast closes them. Also allows a stick bonus together with a line deduction.
D1 · from the Final Score
Time
- Length
- At most 70 seconds. No minimum.
- Starts
- At the first movement of the gymnast's feet.
- Ends
- At the still stand after the dismount, legs together.
- Time judge
- Signals at 60 and at 70 seconds, and reports any excess to D1.
- Over 70 sec by up to 2 sec−0.1
- Over by more than 2 sec, up to 5 sec−0.3
- Over by more than 5 sec−0.5