Some info about the scoring. At the top of each results box you'll see the following abbreviations for singles and pairs:
TSS = Total Segment Score (Grand Total)
TES = Total Element Score (ie, Technical Score)
TCS = Total Component Score (ie, Presentation Score)
SS TR PE CH IN T = Skating Skills, Transitions, Performance, Choreography, Interpretation
TCS (Total Component Score) is supposed to be the sum of the five criteria listed after it, but as you can see if you add up the individual component scores listed for each skater it doesn't exactly work out that way. For example, if we add up Sasha's five component scores for the SP we get the following:
8.35
7.95
8.65
8.65
8.85
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42.45
However, the TCS listed for Sasha, which should be the sum of these five scores as explained by the ISU, is 33.96. The five component scores come out higher than the TCS for all the other skaters too, BTW. The only thing I can think of is that under Deductions 0.00 is always listed, so I'm assuming they can't show us the deductions since what they are showing us are the mean scores after the high and low scores have been thrown out.
If you want a good short article on the COP, try:
http://www.usfsa.org/news/2003-04/newjudging-summary.htm
An article on Skate America (so far) that discusses a little bit of the COP is at:
http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/c...4-3787-4771-layout46-129898-news-item,00.html
Also, if you're a member of FSU, they have a "quicky" on the COP at:
http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7659
I think people will get used to the COP as time goes on. It is lot of numbers compared to the 6.0 system, but I think we're seeing what many judges were basically doing in their heads or making notes on all these years with the 6.0 system. That is, thinking or noting "That 3Lutz is about a 5.6, the 3toe a 5.8, that combo spin is 5.4, final scratch is a 5.9; edges, speed, and flow 5.9; footwork 5.7, etc." for technical and same thing for presentation. Or perhaps some judges thought more in terms of overall jumps and skating skills. Anyway it all came down to the ordinal system in the end with the 6.0 system. IMO, I think the COP has taken the elements that some or perhaps many judges used in the heads or as notes to assess a skater's score or relative placement and put them into the COP.
Of course I wish we could see the breakdown for the TES too to see if there are any trends in the way a given skater's jumps are scored, for example. And of course I'd like to see breakdown of scores by identified judge (first choice) and right now I'd settle for a breakdown according to anonymous judge, just to see if there are any trends by some judges in the way they score a given element among various skaters. I know, wishful thinking. But I can dream, can't I?
Rgirl