Junior ladies with programs as difficult if not more difficult than senior ladies existed for so many years. Comparing the PCS of Junior ladies who dominated the Jr circuit (Winning all GP events, JGP+J World titles) for their senior debut GP PCS: Mao(53.92); Yuna (55.20); Adelina(54.52); Julia (57.43);Elena (58.90); Evegenia (68.93). Evegenia is special, but not "10+ points PCS than everyone else special". But I think the judges are doing the right thing. The second mark should reflect how someone skated and not how many years they have skated.
I agree with you even if Shoma's very consistent, his PCS can not reach Yuzu's. Yuzu and Patrick are in a league of their own in terms of PCS.
I'm more troubled with his StSq2 level at SCAC. But I'm sure Yuzu and his team will figure this out.
PCS rise over time due to inflation, rule change and also because program today are much more difficult than 10 years ago. That's why you can't compare scores over time. I don't look at the face value of the PCS. I usually just look at the gap between the PCS within the same competition and see if it's a reasonable gap. I think with the ladies you mentioned, the PCS gaps between junior turned senior and veteran seniors are pretty small, 1-3 points when they skate an equally difficult program well. If there was a really big PCS gap, I think that was more due to the veterans having too much reputation in a weak field. The fields today are a lot more competitive than the previous two quads. No one has an enormous reputation advantage over others.
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