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That reminds me of the so-called "halo effect" in Psychometric Theory, a cognitive bias whereby the perception of one trait (PCS in this case) is influenced by the perception of another trait (being in the final group or "reputation") of that person. Since to err is human, I don't think such cognitive bias can be totally eliminated from judging where a certain degree of subjectivity is involved. I nevertheless agree with you that the degree of such bias might have been over-exaggerated.That said, one skater I know was told by the judges that they needed to get themselves into the final warm-up group at competitions, because once they made the final flight, their PCS would go up by leaps and bounds. Again, that shouldn't be the case, but this was a senior elite skater in conversation with an ISU GP judge.