Lost my concentration during pattern in comp

Hi guys,



So here's what happened. As mentioned elsewhere I took part in my first TKD comp a couple of weeks ago, and totally hashed up my pattern.



What's bugged me is that I somehow lost concentration during my pattern and 'noticed' the judges; this took me out of pattern thought for literally a split second but when my mind returned to my pattern I couldn't recall where I'd got to and somehow invented a new sequence of moves for the second half :) Does that seem weird/stupid? I hadn't felt particularly nervous, ok a little tension of course but nothing like as nervous as other people were telling me they were feeling. When I walked onto the mat my head was clear/ definitely in the right place and I felt confident in what I was about to do. I learned my pattern over and over, did a rehearsal in front of my instructors and class and so on. I totally knew the pattern and in short I don't know how I could have prepared any more for it. So when I made the mistake I did feel rather disappointed and more than a bit embarrassed.



So has this happened to others here or students or yours? I'm hoping it's just a beginner thing and that with the experience of the comp under my belt and a few more gradings untill the next one it won't happen again. I hope. But are there certain concentration methods (ways to avoid distraction and so on) to use or is it really just inexperience that caught me out?