Seems like they took video with 25 fps and they calculated jump height in cm using 0.5*g*(frames/25)[SUP]2[/SUP] - assumed gravitational acceleration of -10 m/(s*s) although this is a slight overestimation (~2%). Someone on this forum also ran video files through MATLAB to calculate jump height using similar methodology. For anyone who wants to know the breakdown of each jump from 2A through 3A, here it is.
3Axel: Мао, 18 frames air time (0.72s, 63.6cm)
Lutz: 1-5. Tuktamysheva, Yuna, Pogorilaya, Gold, Adelina all tied at 16 frames (0.64s); 6. Carolina; 7-9. Lipnitskaya, Мао, Radionova (14.5 frames); 10. Miyahara; 11. Wagner (doesn't know how/unable).
Flip: 1. Carolina (2nd highest jump after Asada's 3A, 16.5 frames or 0.66s); 2-4. Tuktamysheva, Мао, Adelina; 5. Yuna; 6. Lipnitskaya (14.5 frames); 7-9. Gold, Wagner, Pogorilaya; 10. Radionova (13.5 frames); 11 Miyahara.
Loop: 1. Adelina; 2-3. Мао, Carolina; 4-5. Tuktamysheva, Pogorilaya; 6-7. Gold, Wagner; 8-9. Lipnitskaya, Radionova (13.5 frames); 10. Miyahara; 11. Yuna (doesn't know how/unable)
Salchow: 1. Мао; 2. Carolina; 3-5. Tuktamysheva, Lipnitskaya (14 frames), Sotnikova; 6-7. Yuna, Gold; 8-10. Radionova (12.5 frames), Wagner, Pogorilaya; 11. Miyahara.
Toe Loop: 1. Lipnitskaya (15.5 frames); 2-3. Mao, Adelina; 4-5. Tuktamysheva, Yuna; 6. Carolina; 7. Pogorilaya; 8. Gold; 9. Radionova (12.5 frames); 10 Wagner; 11 Miyahara.
2A: 1-2. Tuktamysheva, Mao; 3. Adelina; 4. Yuna; 5-7. Gold, Wagner, Pogorilaya; 8-9. Lipnitskaya (13.5 frames), Carolina; 10. Radionova (12.5 frames); 11. Miyahara.
Data for Caro, Yuna, Mao, and Adelina were all taken from the Individual Olympic FS. Radionova/Gold from the 2013 Skate America FS. Pogo/Wagner/Satoko from the 2013 Skate Canada FS. Tukt/Julia from 2013 CoC FS, except Julia's Flip was taken from the short and her Lutz was taken from the Team Olympic FS (?).
Note that none of the data are from this season so the exact numbers might be a little out of date for this year's GPF. I was surprised to see Mao's Salchow higher than everyone else's considering its reputation for inconsistency, and I wouldn't have guessed that Carolina's 3F was higher than any of the 3Lutzes. Seeing Miyahara consistently in last place is a little depressing though not surprising; she never gets above 0.50s of air time (31cm).
That Liza is tied with Mao on 2A height sounds promising for her chances to master the 3A if she puts the time into it (time she might not consider worthwhile). As for the Lip vs. Radio discussion, Julia jumps consistently higher than Elena except on the Lutz and Loop where they are tied. Radionova does have better technique but so far it seems she is getting by through rotation speed, she's only consistently ahead of Miyahara on jump height so if she grows bigger, I'm unsure of how long she'll keep all her jumps. RE Pogo and Wagner, Pogo matches up with the best of them on the Lutz and is usually middle-high in this comparison so I think her prospects aren't too bad. Wagner's jumping never really impressed me so I don't have much to say about her.
Anyone care to correct my analysis?
So, Elena must've really appreciated that.
for Yulia next week!
