[Neil Jones]

I did notice the off timing of the whistles on The Wall and Eliminator.
I’m not entirely convinced that the whistles are being blown accurately by referee Mark, as John Anderson would use a stopwatch to time the whistles back in the day, and it appears that Mark is doing it blind or upon a prompt.

Maybe a stop watch will appear when there is a more substantial head start, something like more than five seconds. At the moment its relatively easier to estimate up to a second or so (and of course "injury time" in football is relatively flexible, as Mark no doubt knows!). IIRC the all time record was something like 14 seconds on The Eliminator, such was one contestant's domination at the time.

Im hoping its all a result of editing issues/limitations, as we're just assuming the graphics are right in the first place. Which they may not be. Don't think we need to be sticking a GoPro on a referee's watch though!