Scored Wrong

[user]

I was at my friends house, and I was showing them how to use the powerball, and then I got 15,385rpm. I knew this couldn't be right because the highest I got was 11k I tried to take a picture but my camera was dead. So in panic I wanted it to shut off and save the score. But I pressed clear by accident. Is it possible that the score can glitch?

Chris Williams
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Our comments:
Hi Chris - and thanks for your question. Please click here (http://www.powerballs.com/faq.php?q=15) - it should give you more information on this. Regards Rory

[Josh]

I'm pretty much sure that would of been a glitch, it says somewhere on the questions and answers that, that can happen but ive been using my powerball for some time now and its never had a ridiculously bad reading. I also hear it can double the actual score too.

[dai007]

15360rpm Powerball score
this score can appear from time to time on the counter display (perhaps once in every 1000 sessions).

Unfortunately, this is only a temporary corruption in the counter (which causes it to display such an amazing score) and is not the result of your superhuman efforts!

Yeap it can, very rarely tho.

[Obiw4n]

Only got a 17k+ once on a counter :D, the Techno is a lot more unprecise on some scores ( a lot of faulty 14k+ and 15k+)

[Adrena1in]

Still never had any faulty readings for any of the Powerballs I've ever used...and I do use them quite a lot. I'm just a very stable person I guess! :D

[Obiw4n]

There are no errors in the first counter mode, I know that's the mode you use the most, isn't it?

[Adrena1in]

Do you mean the Total Accumulated Revs mode? I don't use that one very much...only did a few weeks back when I wanted to clock over 10,000,000 revs. No, I mostly use the Top RPM mode and the Strength Index modes.

Actually, I say I've never had any errors, but I did see a glitch on one of my Powerballs recently. I had it on the counter mode I NEVER use, the Current RPM mode, and I was spinning it and watching the counter. I got it up to about 7k and noticed the score would regularly drop down to about 5k, then back up to 7k for a bit. Then it would briefly drop again. I was keeping the speed constant, so it was definitely a glitch of some sort.

[Obiw4n]

Never had an error in endurance mode, but in speed, often when I get to 13k, there's only 12k displayed on the counter, I cheked that with my spectro. This happens even if you stay at max speed a long time.

[nerval]

unless the counter gives you false scores sometimes, i would be placed over Akis on the Top RPM scoreboard :P hit 16659 with my friends powerball earlyer today.. recorded the score with the cam on my phone for fun.. if anyone want it, i guess i can try to fix it from 3g to avi some day...

[Adrena1in]

unless the counter gives you false scores sometimes, i would be placed over Akis Then I guess the counter did give an incorrect reading. If you have a video of yourself actually speeding the Powerball up then by all means send it to scoreadmin@powerballs.com - I'll tell you what sort of speed you were really doing.

If videos weren't required for top speed scores, I would have submitted 18454...the highest I've managed to "achieve". :p

[nerval]

exatly ;) my score of 16659 is ofcourse a false reading. i mean, i dont go from just breaking the 12k barrier with my right hand, to setting 16659 with my left one :p