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Can patrick chan close the gap on yuzuru hanyu?

Blades of Passion

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A Mohawk-3-Mohawk into Hanyu's 4S is easier than a RBI-LFO Choctaw into a 3-turn (with "rhythm" if you will) that Chan does into his opening quad.

Chan does not do a Choctaw into his opening Quad. HUH? He does a crossover and a simple RBO to LFO step and the 3-turn.

For the 2nd quad, Hanyu does a Choctaw and then an extra step and then a forward 3-turn into his 4T. Chan does a Choctaw (RBI-LFO) directly into a 3-turn (no inbetween step like Hanyu) into the quad.. oh, and that Choctaw is preceded by Chan's RFO-LBO rocker too.

Chan does not do a choctaw into his second Quad either. Again, HUH? He does the rocker and then takes 5 seconds to jump, using the exact same RBO to LFO change of foot and 3-turn entry as the first Quad. Hanyu does a Choctaw and then takes half the amount of time as Chan to jump.

And the point is that the primary maneuver leading up into the sequence, ie flying counter, can compromise Chan's speed a lot worse than the pirouette can compromise Hanyu's speed because it is a harder maneuver.

Hanyu isn't only doing a pirouette, though, so stop saying that. And yeah, the flying counter is difficult, but Chan does two crossovers after it; that greatly reduces the difficulty in terms of how it affects the jump. It's not a jump entrance but an inbetween. The entire combo of Hanyu's movements can reduce his momentum since they are all linked together and go right into the jump, that is the point.
 

Kalina

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Well, it's easy enough. Yuzuru started delivering again, so he went back to being considered a serious contendent. He'd fallen a couple of notches down the reputation ladder after Skate Canada's half disaster, got one back in France, and went back to where he was last season at the Final -- around five points in PCS behind Patrick. Patrick last season was getting 90, now around 95-96, so if Yuzuru had competed somewhere else I think he would have got around 90 PCS for that program. The rest of it is home inflation.
Unfortunately he's still at that stage of his career where he needs to deliver consistently, competition after competition to see his PCS rise. He would have never beaten Patrick's record if he hadn't skated a clean short in France, for example.
 

qwertyskates

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A comparision between Julia and Hanyu is laughable. Hanyu has the best jumps in the World today, and everyone acknowledges this (well minus a few Chan ubers but they are a special breed who cant be helped). Julia has very consistent jumps, but not near the best quality or strongest ones. Furthmore Hanyu gets better PCS than most of the other top skaters, even if below Chan. Julia outside of Russia often cant even beat a flawed Gold on PCS.

If Hanyu and Chan both skated exactly like the Grand Prix final Hanyu will win easily, I guarantee it (perhaps in Russia, Chan might win the LP by a bit if both skate the Grand Prix final versions, but nowhere near enough to win overall if both skate short programs like that).

Actually, your comment about JL is is the truly laughable one here. Obviously FS judges think the complete opposite from you as she has received 3 Gold (for Finlandia & 2 GP) and GPF Silver this 2013-14, YH has 1 Gold 2 Silver and GPF Gold in *Japan*. If JL is doing so badly at internationals events then how is it that she got gold for all these competitions?


Unless you're one of the judges, you can't "guarantee" anything. To have made up your mind that a fall from YH vs a clean PC in the LP would guarantee an OGM for YH is mind boggling - you are assuming that YH would receive the same PCS for his flawed LP in Japan yet in another post you said 65% of PCS is home/reputation advantage, i.e. YH has been favored in the GPF in Japan by a powerful Japan Fed. Comparing the scores, I'd say even GOE for TES was marked in YH's favor at GPF. So in fact I am agreeing with you, except that I am applying the same standards and criteria consistently to all the skaters, PC, YH, JL, Mao, etc., no exceptions.


This means that there is no "guarantee" that YH would enjoy the same favoritism in Sochi, and JL probably would have home advantage instead of being underscored as at GPF. Getting Silver while skating a cleaner LP than Mao at GPF means that she is chasing Mao. JL=YH, both young talents chasing the front-runners, period.
 

Li'Kitsu

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qwertyskates said:
Comparing the scores, I'd say even GOE for TES was marked in YH's favor at GPF.

Haha, this should be fun - which GOE were so inflated? :biggrin:
 

CanadianSkaterGuy

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Haha, this should be fun - which GOE were so inflated? :biggrin:

It was mainly his PCS that was inflated, but if we get nitpicky his final spin in his SP should have gotten mainly 0's, considering the travelling and loss of speed although the first part was well executed. In the FS, his 3L wasn't deserving of 2's. And neither was his lutz sequence with the loss of speed and squeaked out salchow... but really those are the only three elements he was slightly overscored on in terms of GoE, IMO, and wouldn't have amounted to much.
 

Li'Kitsu

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CanadianSkaterGuy said:
It was mainly his PCS that was inflated, but if we get nitpicky his final spin in his SP should have gotten mainly 0's, considering the travelling and loss of speed although the first part was well executed. In the FS, his 3L wasn't deserving of 2's. And neither was his lutz sequence with the loss of speed and squeaked out salchow... but really those are the only three elements he was slightly overscored on in terms of GoE, IMO, and wouldn't have amounted to much.

That's good points I have no problems to agree with. I was just asking because the way qwertyskates worded his sentence he seems to think there are more than just two or three technical elements who received too many points ;)
 

CanadianSkaterGuy

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No way. The quality of Hanyu's elements in both skates (other than those few I mentioned) were fantastic. Certainly not fair to say he was overscored on GoE.
 

wallylutz

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Imagine Patrick and Yuzuru sitting on a couch and laughing while reading this thread (and its previous incarnation). That would make an excellent beginning to a fanfic ... :popcorn:

That wouldn't work for the yaoyi crowd given that Chan isn't exactly ambiguous and probably one of the reasons why many hate him for it. ;)

In any event, Hanyu had the highest TES at the 2013 Worlds Free Skate and still ended up off the podium. In fact, he couldn't even beat Chan in the Free Skate who fell 3 times despite having the highest TES.
 

wallylutz

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Non-Japanese judging? Pretty sure they were not Japanese judges at the GPF.

Oh? I guess these officials at the GPF are really Korean :rolleye:

Judge No.6 Ms. Sakae YAMAMOTO
Referee Mr. Kenji AMAKO
Technical Specialist Mr. Shin AMANO
Judge No.2 Ms. Mami MAEDA
Judge No.3 Ms. Tomiko YAMADA
Judge No.1 Ms. Kaoru TAKINO
Technical Specialist Ms. Ayako HIGASHINO

In fact, one should point out the referee of the Men's event is Japanese, who in turn oversaw the judges' marking for GOE and PCS. If one wants to make a case of home ice inflation, Hanyu not only had the location but also the referee being of his home country as well. For comparison, in TEB, the Referee at the Men's event is American and the tech caller, French. This is why the GPF result needs to be taken with a heavy dose of salt.
 

chloepoco

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Oh? I guess these officials at the GPF are really Korean :rolleye:

Judge No.6 Ms. Sakae YAMAMOTO
Referee Mr. Kenji AMAKO
Technical Specialist Mr. Shin AMANO
Judge No.2 Ms. Mami MAEDA
Judge No.3 Ms. Tomiko YAMADA
Judge No.1 Ms. Kaoru TAKINO
Technical Specialist Ms. Ayako HIGASHINO

In fact, one should point out the referee of the Men's event is Japanese, who in turn oversaw the judges' marking for GOE and PCS. If one wants to make a case of home ice inflation, Hanyu not only had the location but also the referee being of his home country as well. For comparison, in TEB, the Referee at the Men's event is American and the tech caller, French. This is why the GPF result needs to be taken with a heavy dose of salt.

I was replying to CanadaianSkaterGuy who made it sound like the ENTIRE panel of judges were Japanese. It was a mixed panel of judges, as it should be.
 

wallylutz

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Let's do a common sense test of what transpired between TEB and GPF so that it's obvious even to a 7 year old.

Hanyu's TEB total score : 263.59 Source : http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpfra2013/CAT001RS.HTM

Hanyu's GPF total score : 293.25 Source :http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpf1314/CAT001RS.HTM

Difference in total score = +29.66

Hanyu's SP Base Values : 43.76 (TEB) vs. 43.86 (GPF)
Hanyu's SP GOE : 8.96 (TEB) vs. 10.66 (GPF)
Hanyu's SP PCS : 42.62 (TEB) vs. 45.32 (GPF)

Analysis : BV shows us that the two skates are virtually identical technically and the GOE are not significantly different from each other as the difference is well within the +/- of a given performance or may simply be attributed to the leniency of the panel. Even though TES has not changed much, PCS showed a clear uptrend. When PCS moves up quite a bit faster than the corresponding TES, it's akin to a company reporting significant higher revenue without a corresponding increase in cash flows, which means the quality of the earning may be suspect. In skating terms, the reliability of the PCS increase here is suspect. Nevertheless, for a virtually identical performance merely 3 weeks apart, the scoring here is not out of ordinary.

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Hanyu's FS Base Values : 79.92 (TEB) vs. 88.52 (GPF)
Hanyu's FS GOE : 7.36 (TEB) vs. 13.51 (GPF)
Hanyu's FS PCS : 81.94 (TEB) vs. 92.38 (GPF)

Analysis : Hanyu in fact had one more error in the FS at GPF than TEB where one of his spins were downgraded to Lv 1 vs. three Lv 4 Spins in Paris. The higher BV is accounted for the actual rotation of the fallen 4S vs. 1S. In terms of GOE, we can see significant "increase" between the two events that are out of ordinary. First, the GOE of the first two Quads combined are only different by +2.52 between TEB and GPF. In other words, everything else being equal, Hanyu's GOE should improve by 2.52, not 6.00+ points that we are seeing. What's more puzzling is that Hanyu in fact lost GOE at GPF for botching the final spin, downgraded to Lv 1 and lost most of its GOE along with the downgrade. That should take off another 0.50 or so from this GOE. In other words, the 4.2+ in GOE have to be accounted for elsewhere from the Triples, 2 spins and 2 step sequences, a total of 10 elements. Is it possible? Sure, it's possible, just not likely. Hanyu skates those 10 elements, excluding the two opening Quads and the final spin virtually the same between the two competitions yet one is scored a wooping +4.2 higher than the other, which translates to almost +1.00 GOE gradient higher per element. Finally, the PCS has gone up by a wooping 10+ points despite a fall and a failed spin whereas Chan's PCS actually dropped by a point between the two competition.

PCS increase alone accounts for 44% of Hanyu's 29.66 points increase between the two competitions. GOE increase accounts for 26%. The two combined account for 70% increase in his total score. This 70% also represents discretionary marks that are awarded by the judges. Therefore, despite the myth that Hanyu won because of him having a higher BV, a closer look at the numbers demonstrate his win has little to do with the supposed increase in BV. In fact, let's add Hanyu's TEB Total Score (263.59) with the increase in BV for both SP and FS combined = 263.59 + 0.10 + 8.60 = 272.29 This is far below the 280.08 scored by Chan at GPF in order for Hanyu to win even after Chan made two mistakes in his SP and two more in the FS. 272.29 vs. 280.08 shows that Chan should still have room to spare but in reality, we know he didn't.

On the other hand, Chan's decreased total score can be almost entirely explained by the errors he made which resulted in lower BV and lower GOE while the PCS remained largely consistent between the two events. Therefore, it is pretty obvious whose score is of higher quality (aka. more consistent / reliable) than the other. Soon or a later, a company who is reporting much higher revenue without corresponding cash flow will have to fall down to earth.
 

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And for comparison, the referee at the men's event in Skate Canada was Canadian. The technical controller of the men's event, Worlds 2013 in London, was Canadian. Should I take those results with a grain of salt as well?
Or maybe we should ask Shin Amano why he keeps overlooking Mao's underrotations.
 

wallylutz

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And for comparison, the referee at the men's event in Skate Canada was Canadian. The technical controller of the men's event, Worlds 2013 in London, was Canadian. Should I take those results with a grain of salt as well?
Or maybe we should ask Shin Amano why he keeps overlooking Mao's underrotations.

If you can show that Chan or another Canadian Champion has suddenly got a boost of 30+ points vs. a similar skate less than 3 weeks earlier or to make it easier for you, just show a sudden jump of 10+ points in PCS for a single skate, then I'll take back what I said. Since you obviously can't find such example, maybe you should reconsider whether the GPF result is indicative or even likely to repeat.
 
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I think Hanyu has a chance. Why not? If he lands all his big tricks he could conceivably out-point Chan by 5 to 10 points in TES and try to hold the PCS margin to that much, countering Patrick's mature mastery with youthful enthusiasm.
 

CanadianSkaterGuy

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In any event, Hanyu had the highest TES at the 2013 Worlds Free Skate and still ended up off the podium. In fact, he couldn't even beat Chan in the Free Skate who fell 3 times despite having the highest TES.

Chan fell twice. Hanyu URed and had an edge call. Their TES/PCS scores were essentially the reverse of each other, although I would have had Hanyu slightly ahead of Chan in the FS.
 

Kalina

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If you can show that Chan or another Canadian Champion has suddenly got a boost of 30+ points vs. a similar skate less than 3 weeks earlier or to make it easier for you, just show a sudden jump of 10+ points in PCS for a single skate, then I'll take back what I said. Since you obviously can't find such example, maybe you should reconsider whether the GPF result is indicative or even likely to repeat.

No, I can't show you. Can you show me the tapes of the japanese referee bribing the other judges so that they overscore Hanyu? Probably not. Can you lend us a time machine, so that we might travel to the future and assure ourselves that what you said will definitely happen? Nope.
I've already explained what I think is the reason for such a big increase in PCS. That explanation makes sense to me, as I've seen the judging system work during these past years. If it doesn't make sense to you, it's your business. It's not like any of us can bring proof of what we're saying, here. Threads like these only exist for the sake of arguing.
 

chloepoco

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No, I can't show you. Can you show me the tapes of the japanese referee bribing the other judges so that they overscore Hanyu? Probably not. Can you lend us a time machine, so that we might travel to the future and assure ourselves that what you said will definitely happen? Nope.
I've already explained what I think is the reason for such a big increase in PCS. That explanation makes sense to me, as I've seen the judging system work during these past years. If it doesn't make sense to you, it's your business. It's not like any of us can bring proof of what we're saying, here. Threads like these only exist for the sake of arguing.

:agree:
 

qwertyskates

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You are an idiot. JL and YH are not comparable as first and foremost their biggest strengths arent even similar. Hanyu is the best jumper in the World today. Julia is a consistent jumper with small jumps, and whose LP doesnt have as high of base value as several of her competitors.

Julia is not considered a threat for gold in Sochi unless atleast 2 skaters bomb. If Hanyu skates well nobody but Chan even has a chance of beating him at this point, and even he isnt certain to. Thus the two are not comparable in their current situations just like I said.


Can you stop throwing insults ("idiot", "laughable") all the time at others when they disagree with you? Keep it classy, will you?

First of all, I was comparing YH vs PC and JL vs Mao at GPF, *not* JL vs Yuna & Mao.

It is about the odds of a younger newcomer to the Senior circuit vs an established OGM favorite Senior, as the thread implies.

Like I said, your personal and impolitely expressed opinion doesn't hold water against the *REALITY* of JL getting 3 Golds at international event this season and GPF Silver right behind Mao, awarded by judges. JL is chasing Mao, just as YH is chasing Chan.

The double standards you applied - one for YH vs PC and another for JL vs MA - do not help your stance.

Just a couple of months ago at TEB, in Europe (neutral territory), judges obviously felt that PC is the better skater. In Russia, another neutral territory, it is most likely that the criteria of judgment will be the same.

The debate is whether this GPF win by YH over PC is definitively showing that PC is now behind YH (neutral, unbiased judgment) or if there is home advantage at work and PC is still OGM frontrunner.

Every Fed will fight for their skater, Japan is no exception at GPF. To accuse PC of enjoying home advantage but making an exception for YH when he is skating in Japan is not rational. YH even expressed surprise at his own GPF record breaking scores - there were clearly a number of flaws.

My own judgment is that YH is better at jumps and is more flexible, however, PC has strong jumps and many other stronger skating qualities, SS, carriage, maturity, musicality, better edges, etc. that makes for a whole package. It's jumps vs whole skating delivery. YH is like JL, better technically but behind in many other aspects vs veteran champions.

To me, this GPF result, like others where the home favorite won, do not indicate the larger picture for Sochi.
 
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