Pls help - simple rule does not work!

[john2014]

what happens when you run

Code:

hashcat64.exe -m 2500 -a3 crackme.hccapx password123

?

Try the example hccapx file: https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=example_hashes

Just did.
These are the steps (I assumed the password is "hashcat") I performed:

1) edited the wordlist file as:  hashc
2) edited the rules file as: $a$t

Run and result: FAILURE

But then I populated the wordlist only with "hashcat" and removed the rule
Result: failure!!

So, what gives? Isnt the password for "hashcat.hccapx" the passpharse "hashcat" as noted at the top of the page? ("Unless otherwise noted, the password for all example hashes is hashcat.")