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There is irreparable system mistake in 6.0 system. It allows you to evaluate a performace only in relation to other performances on the same event ...
This is the strength of the 6.0 ordinal system. The purpose of judging in any sport is to determine who performed best, who second best, etc.
It's inhonest, unjust and unfair system ...
On the contrary, what is dishonest is to pretend falsely that a judge can say, with coherence and consistency, that this performance earned exactly 7.75 worth of points in Musical Interpretation, not 7.50 and not 8.00, but 7.75.
But it is honest for a judge to say, I think this performance was better than that one with respect to intepretation of the music.
When you see a skate, you don't have to "leave a space" for what will come later ...
I think you misunderstand what those numbers, the 5.6s and 5.7s are used for in an ordinal system. They are temporary place-holders that summarize the judges evaluation of the performance (the judges also keep somewhat more detailed notes -- she did a pretty good triple Lutz; her layback was wobbly and she lacked overall speed). But The only thing that counts is the ordinal. Who skated best. Who skated second best. Who skated third best.
Obviously after the first skater performs, there is always the possibility that a later skater will do better (or worse). That is the judges' sole responsibility -- to decide, at the end of the day, whether this skater was better than that one. That is the very definition of ordinals. It would be dishonest to pretend otherwise.
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