Could you please do the same analysis for Rika's free skate from this year's nationals?
Let's pretend she was competing at RusNats too, I'm interested to know how you would score and place her in comparison to these girls.
4. Rika KIHIRA -- 142.6 points -- 78.6 TES, 64.0 PCS
4S +2, 'q' on the rotation but great speed and flow
3A< +1, shows good control despite a landing that could flow out better, and not a particularly big jump
3F+1Lo+3S +3, the flip gets a bit tilted and doesn't have ideal rotation but she carries the flow well through the combo and nails the salchow
3Lo +2, nice and clean but nothing special about it
FCSp4 +2, the positions are all pretty good but not amazing, and this can definitely be faster
ChSq +1, a weak ina bauer into a change edge spiral that shows fine speed and edging but uncontrolled form during the edge change and lack of hold on the final position
2A+3T +2, not a strong exit on the 3T but essentially clean and good rotation on each jump
StSq3 +3, well controlled throughout with good flow, aside from one series that could have been faster/cleaner and cost her a level, and she needs to extend some of the positions more to create a bigger effect
3F+3T +1, clean but small and not ideally rotated on either jump, could have more speed out
2A +2, pretty good lift on the jump but the landing seems slightly lacking in control, the turning hop out of it seems maybe improvised to disguise the landing edge being too swingy to hold
LSp3 -1, traveling a lot, does not have great positions, especially on the biellmann there is wobbling and it's not sufficiently held
CCoSp4 +2, not a good back sit position, not a ton of speed or relation to the music, the last position is very nice though hitting an upward note of music as she reaches full extended position and being held out
Skating Skills - 8.5 - generally good speed and control throughout, solid edges but can still be deeper and more powerful
Transitions - 8.0 - not especially complex and can improve the exits on a few elements, but still has a good amount of smoothness and speed into all of the jumps
Performance - 8.25 - seems into the performance most of the time and shows very good expression during the footwork sequence, but needs to push it further, more completeness of movement and attention to good form or conveyance of emotion at all times
Choreography - 7.75 - a generally nice floaty quality but disrupted by some underwhelming spin positions and lack of extension or more exquisite movement, needs to be both more delicate and more fully radiant
Interpretation - 7.5 - she commits to portraying the softness and hopefulness of the music pretty well, but needs to hit more of the highlights (several of the faster piano chords or fluctuations are ignored) and truly embody the reserved sensitivity of the softer aspects, the ending is underwhelming