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I don't know what 'gaps' have to do with scoring.
Here is an example. In 1972 figures counted 50% and free skating counted 50%. At 1972 Worlds the results were:
Gold, Beatrix Schuba, 1st in figures, 9th in freeskating.
Silver, Karen Magnussen, 2nd in figures, 2nd in free skating.
Bronze, Janet Lynn, 3rd in figures, 1st in free skating.
Since free skating and figures were weighted equally, 50-50, how can we account for results like this?
The answer is, the point gap between 1st, 2nd and 3rd in figures was very large, whereas the point gap between 1st through 9th (!) in free skating was small. If you did well enough in figures you couldn't lose, even if you -- well, finished 9th in free skating.
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