1.  Who is the winner of each event? The competitor who receives the highest point total from the Judges?

• NO == the competitor with the highest point total is not necessarily the winner

2.  If the highest point total does not determine the winner, what do the judges scores serve for?

• The scores are to establish the placements assigned by each judge to all the competitors. Consequently, we can have better placements with lower scores and vice versa. For example, judge #1 has skater X first with a score of 93 and judge #2 has that skater second with a score of 95)

3. What happens if a judge gives the same score to more than one competitor?

• The higher Artistic Impression "B" mark in the Long, or if necessary, in the Short Program, determines the better placement, excepting the singles combined event (Figures AND Freestyle) where the skaters with the same score are given the same placement.

4. Once all placements assigned by each judge to all the skaters are determined, how can we find out the winner?

• By comparing each skater or team with all the rest of the competitors, one at a time, on the base of the placements awarded by each judge, you can find the winner. In each comparison, the skater with a higher number of judges on his/her favor is assigned a win, the other skater is assigned a loss. When all the skaters have been individually compared, the one with the highest number of wins is the winner, the one with the next highest number of wins is second and so on.

5.  What happens if in a competition, there is no majority of judges in favor of a competitor (three judges are in favor of skater "A", three judges are n favor of skater "B". and one judge has the two skaters tied)?

• Both competitors are tied and each one receives half a point (one win = one point).

6.  What happens if more than one competitor has the same number of wins ("A" defeats "B"; "B" defeats "C"; "C" defeats "A")? All remaining results of their comparisons with the rest of the contestants are identical.

• There are four different subsequent ways to break those ties:

• First, consider the judge’s decisions referring to the tied skaters only, disregarding all the skaters with more or less wins (for example, "A" defeats "B" by unanimous decision; "B" defeats "C" with six judges in favor and one against; "C" defeats "A" with four judges in favor and three against. This means that their respective "goal average" is as follows:

Consequently, "A" is given the highest open place, and so on.

• Second; if the "goals averages" of some skaters are equal and we can not break their tie, then we consider the higher sum of all the Artistic Impression "B" marks in the Long Program, or if necessary, in the Short Program of the tied skaters. This system for breaking a tie cannot be applied either to the singles combined (Figures + Freestyle) or to the dance final events (Compulsory Dances + O.S.P. + Free Dance).
• The third way for breaking a tie is to consider the "total goal average" of the tied competitors, as it results by the comparison of each skater with all the remaining.
• Finally, the last way is determined by the total of the scores given by all judges to each competitor. If even the total points are the same, the involved skaters are give the same placement.

7. How long does it take to deliver the final results of each event, by this system of scoring?

• If the process has been computerized, the results are back in seconds.

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