The discussion of Yuzuru's 3A made me kind of curious, so I looked back at the protocols to see the GOE's on all his axels in competition:
2009 Japanese Nats SP -2.50 on 3A
2010 NHK FS -0.71 on 3A
2010 Japanese Nats FS -3.00 on 3A
2011 CoC FS -3.00 on 3A+2T
2013 4CC FS -0.14 on 3A+2T
2013 Finlandia SP -0.60 on 1A
2013 Finlandia FS -1.00 on 3A
Excluding this past season's CoC (because that was just a complete disaster), Yuzuru has gotten negative GOE on only 7 out of the nearly 100 solo or in-combination axels that he's executed in his senior career so far. Not only that, but 2 of those 7 were at a senior B competition (Finlandia), and another 2 were at nationals (aka not an international competition). Also, only 3 were falls; the other 4 were either underrotated or had minor flaws (lack of flow out of the jump, poor air position, etc.), and he only popped an axel once. Of the 90 or so well-executed axels, Yuzuru received +2 or higher GOE for roughly a third of them (I'm just estimating here), and +1 or higher for about 80-90% of them. And from a broader perspective, he hasn't received negative GOE for a 3A or 3A combination since the beginning of the 2013-2014 season, which is a good sign. All in all, it's an amazing record. There's consistency, and then there's Yuzuru-and-his-3A consistency
Wow, thank you for providing such interesting stats! Yuzuru's 3A is certainly unique, his trademark jump IMO. One wouldn't believe it's almost like a quad with how easy he makes it look
but it would be something, that's for sure.
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