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sydneyphoenix

Rinkside
Joined
Feb 20, 2010
Okay, any takers on more difficult protocol? I think I might also figure out optimal Men's Protocol while I am at it. Just add 1 to each number in ladies protocol, or put the limit at 4S (the hardest jump successfully done by anyone so far).
 
Joined
Jun 21, 2003
hmm that's true... you'd have to then do 3A+2Lo+2Lo, 3A, 3Lz+3T, 3Lz+3Lo, 3F, 3S, 2A ... then you are only repeating the 3Lz and 3A. Without a quad... that jump setup is probably the best you could get off.

Change 3A+2Lo+2Lo to 3A+3Lo+2Lo, and drop the 3Lo form the second Lutz combo. All you have lost is one 2Lo.

Now you have freed up an extra combo. Change solo 2A to 2A+2A sequence. I think this gains an extra 0.4 points overall (before second half bonus), even with the twenty percent sequence reduction.
 

screech

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 23, 2005
Robin Cousins said this as Yuna was skating, he said he'd been talking to Brian and he'd said there wasn't one step in her routine that hadn't been choreographed to gain points. I think this shows just how much he understands the CoP system and how to make the most of it with a very talented skater. The credit is that Yuna managed to make it look like she was living the routine, performing to that exquisite music and not just robotically going through the motions.

David Wilson IMO is the COP guru. He knows how to milk it for everything its worth. I mean, look at Jeff - he personified what COP was after. It helps that Jeff and Kim have the natural ability to work with most pieces of music in most every way, but they have a choreographer who knows their strengths and uses them to eek every tiny smidge of a point he can. He did the same thing when Dubreuil/Lauzon went to him and suddenly they jumped from 7th at worlds to 2nd (just barely missing the gold)
 

bethissoawesome

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 12, 2005
Change 3A+2Lo+2Lo to 3A+3Lo+2Lo, and drop the 3Lo form the second Lutz combo. All you have lost is one 2Lo.

Now you have freed up an extra combo. Change solo 2A to 2A+2A sequence. I think this gains an extra 0.4 points overall (before second half bonus), even with the twenty percent sequence reduction.

You are right.... your combination is 54.5 base, mine was 54.25. Match point goes to Mathman. :)
 

bethissoawesome

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 12, 2005
How about 4S+4T+4T, 4S+3Lo, 3A+3T, 3Lz, 3F, 3S, 2A, 2A.

Eek... completely forgot about the 4T. Although I think our skater would be on the ice dying or coming at us with their skate blade after trying to land a 4-4-4 combination, then 4-3, then a 3A-3 lol.
 

karenll

Rinkside
Joined
Jan 23, 2010
bekalc said:
Kim had more than just difficult footwork into just one jump. (Once again as I said in every jumping pass except the 3/3). Things like like footwork into her 3sal. Doing the 3lutz at the end of her program and doing a twizzle. After her 3flip, Yu-na did a move right after that jump. And I think she may have had footwork into her 3lutz as well.

If you're going to count vague "moves" as transitions, then every skater in the final flight had them. (In fact, I'd be surprised if they weren't moving before or after jumps!) Yuna's two clear transitions were the ina bauer into the 2A and the spread eagle into the 2A/3T. I didn't see significant footwork into any other jumping pass. Mirai's clear transitions were the spread eagle into a 2A, the ina bauer into the 3Lo-2A sequence, and the footwork into the second lutz.
 

bethissoawesome

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 12, 2005
And all of this would be after the halfway mark, of course. :)

And after our skater sweats blood with level 4 step sequences and spins, obviously we would need our skater to do difficult transitions between these jumps.... maybe throw one arm up into the air on that 3rd quad in the combination to gain some points too ;)
 

sydneyphoenix

Rinkside
Joined
Feb 20, 2010
Well I don't think I can top that!!
Hopefully Mathman will provide his own calculations, but as far as I can tell, the following is damn near to the optimum protocol.

*Ladies SP*
3A + 3Lo 11.00 + 3.00 = 14.00
3Lz = 6.00 + 3.00 = 9.00
2A = 3.50 + 3.00 = 6.50
FLSp4 = 3.20 + 1.50 = 4.70
CCoSp4 = 3.50 + 1.50 = 5.00
FCCoSp4 = 3.50 + 1.50 = 5.00
SpSq4 = 3.40 + 3.00 = 6.40
SiSt4 = 3.90 + 3.00 = 6.90

Total TES = 59.70

PCS = 10.00 x 5 x 0.80 = 40.00

Total = 99.70


*Ladies Free Skate*
FLSp4 = 3.20 + 1.50 = 4.70
CCoSp4 = 3.50 + 1.50 = 5.00
FCCoSp4 = 3.50 + 1.50 = 5.00
SpSq4 = 3.40 + 3.00 = 6.40
SiSt4 = 3.90 + 3.00 = 6.90
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3A + 3L = 13.2 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 17.52
3A = 8.20 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 12.02
3Lz + 3T + 2Lo= 11.50 x 1.1 + 3 = 15.65
3F = 5.50 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 9.05
3Lz = 6.00 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 9.60
3S = 4.50 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 7.95
2A + 2A + SEQ = 7.00 x 0.8 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 9.16

Total TES = 108.95

Total PCS = 10.00 x 5 x 1.60 = 80.00

Total Free Skate Score: 188.95


Total Competition Score= 99.70 + 188.95 = 288.65

Assumptions: GOE of 3.00 to every components, all PCS components 10.00, placing all the jumps in the second half in the free skate, The spins used are all valid without "no-count", etc.
Limitation: No quadruple jumps taken into consideration

Completion rate
-Ladies SP: 78.50/99.70 = 78.74% (2 d.p.)
-Ladies FS: 150.06/188.95 = 79.42%(2 d.p.)
-Ladies Total: 228.56/288.65 = 79.18% (2 d.p.)

P.S. Thanks for welcoming me into the forum with such an entertaining session of calculation fantasy!! Feel free to leave comments and discuss the matter further.
 
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ARipp42014

Medalist
Joined
Feb 1, 2010
Final tweets during the games:
JoRo: Back on Twitter, thank you everyone for all your kind words. It really meant a lot to me...
Mirai: posted a video of her (and Rachael) at their very first comp. when they were little tykes. Awww! http://hurdvideo.com/latest_news.htm
Rachael: Thank you EVERYONE! What an amazing adventure here in Vancouver!
 

bethissoawesome

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 12, 2005
Well I don't think I can top that!!
Hopefully Mathman will provide his own calculations, but as far as I can tell, the following is damn near to the optimum protocol.

*Ladies SP*
3A + 3Lo 11.00 + 3.00 = 14.00
3Lz = 6.00 + 3.00 = 9.00
2A = 3.50 + 3.00 = 6.50
FLSp4 = 3.20 + 1.50 = 4.70
CCoSp4 = 3.50 + 1.50 = 5.00
FCCoSp4 = 3.50 + 1.50 = 5.00
SpSq4 = 3.40 + 3.00 = 6.40
SiSt4 = 3.90 + 3.00 = 6.90

Total TES = 59.70

PCS = 10.00 x 5 x 0.80 = 40.00

Total = 99.70


*Ladies Free Skate*
FLSp4 = 3.20 + 1.50 = 4.70
CCoSp4 = 3.50 + 1.50 = 5.00
FCCoSp4 = 3.50 + 1.50 = 5.00
SpSq4 = 3.40 + 3.00 = 6.40
SiSt4 = 3.90 + 3.00 = 6.90
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3A + 3L = 13.2 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 17.52
3A = 8.20 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 12.02
3Lz + 3T + 2Lo= 11.50 x 1.1 + 3 = 15.65
3F = 5.50 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 9.05
3Lz = 6.00 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 9.60
3S = 4.50 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 7.95
2A + 2A + SEQ = 7.00 x 0.8 x 1.1 + 3.00 = 9.16

Total TES = 108.95

Total PCS = 10.00 x 5 x 1.60 = 80.00

Total Free Skate Score: 188.95


Total Competition Score= 99.70 + 188.95 = 288.65

Assumptions: GOE of 3.00 to every components, all PCS components 10.00, placing all the jumps in the second half in the free skate, The spins used are all valid without "no-count", etc.
Limitation: No quadruple jumps taken into consideration

Completion rate
-Ladies SP: 78.50/99.70 = 78.74% (2 d.p.)
-Ladies FS: 150.06/188.95 = 79.42%(2 d.p.)
-Ladies Total: 228.56/288.65 = 79.18% (2 d.p.)

P.S. Thanks for welcoming me into the forum with such an entertaining session of calculation fantasy!! Feel free to leave comments and discuss the matter further.

Math is wonderful :D That is definitely the maximum you can do unless we have a fantasy ambidexterous skater who can use a clockwise 3Lz at the end of combinations hehe. Thanks for the breakdown... it's interesting to see how the current scores stack up against what would be the highest possible scoring SP and LP.
 

bethissoawesome

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 12, 2005
I totally agree. Why is he so good?

Because he understands the system and how to fine tune it too each skaters' personality in a unique way. He's in the 3rd (I believe) episode of "Be Good Johnny Weir," and just from watching him interract with Johnny, you can also see that he knows how to "sell" the choreography in a way that the skater also wants to do it.... so he winds up creating something that works great with the system and the skater has fun practicing and performing with it day after day.
 

ManyCairns

Medalist
Joined
Mar 12, 2007
Country
United-States
I have wondered about the CoP and the fact that there doesn't appear to be any official statement about the maximum possible score for each discipline and division each season. Of course that would change with each rule change, but for me the system would be more meaningful if we knew where skaters were on a scale with a defined end as well as beginning rather than being open-ended, practically speaking. But I have to wonder if casual fans or potential fans would be turned away by knowing that even the gold medalists are only X number of points close to the maximum possible score. And I don't think officials want the calculation headaches -- or do they? I'm truly puzzled by this whole issue.
 
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