On a different note, can I please let it be known that I would like to adopt Jenna McCorkell. She is from my patch, after all.
CaroLiza_fan
And, although it took over a month (I wanted to get my other Fan Fests completed first), I have now started
the thread for Northern Ireland's most successful figure skater.
But, I came across a problem.
As you know, Jenna had a VERY long career. So long that she competed under the 6.0 System.
I only started watching figure skating during the transition period. And I didn't pay attention to the scores back then. Consequently, I don't understand the 6.0 System. Well, I understand that each of the Judges give you marks out of 6. But, how are the positions worked out?
Is it by adding all the scores up?
Is it by working out the mean of the scores?
Is it by taking the modal score?
Is it by taking the median score?
Is it by removing the highest and lowest scores and then adding up the rest?
Is it by removing the highest and lowest scores and then working out the mean of the rest?
Is it by removing the highest and lowest scores and then taking the modal score?
Is it by removing the highest and lowest scores and then taking the median score?
As you can see, for somebody who doesn't know, there are a lot of options available. And those are only the options I can think of off the top of my head.
And, unfortunately, it is not clear on the
Wikipedia page on the 6.0 System or the results tables.
I see from the results tables that there is a Points column. These seem to be set values based on the positions that the skaters finished in – the Points increase by a set increment as you go down the table. The increments are bigger for the Free than the Short, but do not seem to be the same values at every competition.
For example, at the
2002 Junior World Championship, the Points for the SP went up by 0.6 as you went down the table, while the Points for the FS went up by 1.0.
Yet at every other competition Jenna competed in that season (e.g. the
2001 Trofeo Rita Trapanese), the Points for the SP went up by 0.5 as you went down the table, while the Points for the FS went up by 1.0.
And at the
2003 Junior Worlds, although the Points increased by the same increments in the SP and the FS as the previous year, the points for the Qualifying Round increased by only 0.4 as you went down the table.
So, I'm completely lost!
Since I don't understand how all this works, I have decided to just put the Points values into my table for competitions that used 6.0. For the simple reason that, as you read across the row, it is obvious that to get the Total Points, you add together the other Points values (Short and Free; or Qualifying, Short and Free)! :agree:
Hopefully that will turn out to be the right decision...
CaroLiza_fan
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Boyang 
excellent!
