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I'm not sure that your example supports that conclusion, DG. It's not how many points you get that determines the winner, but whether you get more points than the other guy. If I get a million points and you get a million and 1, I still lose.Doggygirl said:Fumie & Yoshie's Tech scores:
Fumie: SP Jumps: 17.96, Non-Jumps 15.10
Yoshie: SP Jumps, 19.10, Non-Jumps 12.72
Fumie LP Jumps: 39.62, Non-Jumps 18.28
Yoshie: LP Jumps: 43.46, Non-Jumps 11.77
In this example, Jumps still carry more weight than all other elements combined.
In this example, in the short program, Fumie lost to Yoshie by only 1.14 points on jumps, but beat her by 2.38 in spins, MITF, etc.
In the long, Fumie lost on jumps by 3.84 points, but won on other elements by 6.51.
In both cases the differential was greater for the non-jump elements, and that is why Fumie won the Tech portion in both contests.
This has interesting implications for worlds. If all the top skaters do more or less the same jumps, then getting those spins and spirals up to a level 2 or 3 may turn out to be crucial after all.
Mathman