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Did the rightful winner win? Yes, it's Anna.You've completely taken my argument out of context.
What i'm saying is it's not a good path to make this about the question wether PBs and WRs are appropriate anymore,
That derives the conversations from the real problem here: Biased marking in official competitions
It's kinda like arguing 6.0 vs. COP, Yes you can argue about it but the system is not the thing that matters most, It's who's operating it.
Were the scores too high if we compare them to other competitions? Yes.
Can we compare the scores from competition to competition? This is the issue. Because 140 of Anna couldn't be compare to 140 of Mao in another competition. So by looking at these numbers it does not mean that Anna at her best is as good as Mao at her best. But the judges can always say this: "Mao was not here in the same competition to be compare."
So how do we solve this? ISU should take into account that, scores in competition A shouldn't be compared to scores in competition Z. So There should be no comparison, no personal best, no world record. And judges should take note (or are informed) that not all 90s are the same, not all 70s are the same, that in fact these numbers should be just used for placements, and as long as placements are ok according to general people, it's acceptable.
But we all know that Personal Best and World Record list are used for commercial purpose. And this kind of taking big numbers for granted is the main reason for reputation judging. Scores of the previous competition affect scores of the next competitions and so on. This is the biggest issue I have with the current system.
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