What a score did to a set
A form score sounds like the honest option. In practice it did two bad things. It turned every rep into an argument between the athlete and the phone, and it punished the camera's blind spots as if they were the athlete's fault. A push-up whose feet slipped out of frame for a second could lose points for something nobody did wrong.
That is the design problem we chose to address. A missed landmark should not become a verdict about the athlete.
The rule now
A completed physical cycle counts. Stand, squat, stand: one rep. The only things that can refuse a count are physically impossible ones.
- A twitch too fast to be a movement.
- A jump with no flight.
- A pull that never reached the bar.
Missing evidence abstains
If the camera loses a landmark, the counter waits instead of deciding against you. It never says “not counted” for something it simply did not see. A frontal push-up whose feet disappear still counts once the cycle closes.
Where the detail went
Depth, range, tempo and camera angle are still measured. They live in the recap after the set: how many counted, how long it took, the pace, the pauses, whether the second half held up. Facts you can use on the next set, not a verdict you have to defend.