Editing Ice dance (section)

===Time===
Judges penalize ice dancers one point up to every five seconds for ending their pattern dances too early or too late. Dancers can also be penalized one point for up to every five seconds "in excess of [the] permitted time after the last prescribed step" (their final movement and/or pose) in their pattern dances. If they start their programs between one and thirty seconds late, they can lose one point.<ref name="ISU 2022-18"/> They can complete these programs within plus or minus ten seconds of the required times; if they cannot, judges can deduct points for finishing their program up to five seconds too early or too late. If they begin skating any element after their required time (plus the required ten seconds they have to begin), they earn no points for those elements. If the program's duration is "thirty (30) seconds or more under the required time range, no marks will be awarded".<ref name="ISU 2022-80"/>

If a team performs a dance lift that exceeds the permitted duration, judges can deduct one point.<ref name="ISU 2022-19">S&P/ID 2022, p. 19</ref> White argues that deductions in ice dance, in the absence of a fall or interruption, are most often due to "extended lifts",<ref name="nbcolympics"/> or lifts that last too long.<ref name="nbcolympics" />