Totally disagree that 6.0 was reputation-based. If there was a problem with the system, it was cheating judges (some of whom are still judging). In singles, at least, the best skater almost always won. If reputation played into it at all, it was that young skaters sometimes were held back. I am thinking of Michelle Kwan in 1995. But that didn’t hurt Tara Lipinski in 1997 and 1998. There was more emphasis on skating clean under the old system, especially in the short program. Anyone who thinks Michelle’s five World Championships were just based on reputation needs to go back and revisit the competitions, especially 2000 and 2001, where she had to come from behind to beat both Irina and Maria.