I went back and watched the SPs and checked out protocols. Irina's combo looked pretty typical for Irina-lots of speed into the jump, good height, and little speed out. I don't think Irina ever intended to do a 3/3 in the SP, maybe a 3lz/2lp at the most, but she did a clean 3lz/2. Shiz was the one who was planning a 3lz/3lp but had a tight landing on the 3lz, so tacked on a 2t. While the 3 were practically tied, both Shiz and Irina scored higher on TES than Sasha due to more points earned on jumps and they also had 3 level 4's and 1 level 3 on spins/spirals/FW, while Sasha had 2 level 3's, 2 level 4's. Sasha did score highest in PCS, so the judges did prefer her overall.Irina's combo was not perfect either. She had no speed going into the second jump which is why she only did a double. The fact that she was practically tied with Sasha was absurd, but the judges just ate her up.