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The technical panel determines the levels for all elements -- the judges don't have input into the levels nor even know what levels are being called by the tech panel.
The calling guidelines that the tech panel applies aren't deciding "who has better technical ability" or "who performed the element better" but merely whether the element met the requirements for the attempted level as spelled out in the rules.
They need to make yes/no decisions about each of the requirements attempted. Most of the time the answer is obvious. In "gray areas" -- where the skaters' attempt sits on the borderline between almost but not quite or just barely meets the requirements -- then different tech panel members who might be more or less strict in their understanding and application of the rules might disagree which side of the line the attempt ended up on.
The quality decisions are left to the judges and are more subjective by design.
Yes. And my question was why skaters who only meet reqirements (levels) better but dont meet GOE bullets should be pronounced as winners and the not opposite ones? I was arguing what is percieved as a better skater (by more broader audience) and that is not necessarely the one who hit the highest levels, but those with better GOEs.... Thats why i find this reworked system better where GOEs in ice dance weight more...