Back when Evgeny Plushenko and Alexei Yagudin were at their peak, they were doing triple-triple combinations. What were the ladies doing?
Sarah Hughes was doing UR 3-3s. Sasha Cohen and Michelle Kwan were doing 3-2 combos, but were "planned" 3-3s (that they almost never actually did).
It took a long time for the 3-3 to become standard for elite ladies. Kristi Yamaguchi was doing 3Lz-3T in 1992, but after she and Midori retired, the technical standard kind of went down for a few Olympic cycles.
Tara Lipinski had a 3Lo-3Lo in 1998. I think she also had a 3-euler-3 combo at that time as well.
Sarah Hughes was doing UR 3-3s. Sasha Cohen and Michelle Kwan were doing 3-2 combos, but were "planned" 3-3s (that they almost never actually did).
It took a long time for the 3-3 to become standard for elite ladies. Kristi Yamaguchi was doing 3Lz-3T in 1992, but after she and Midori retired, the technical standard kind of went down for a few Olympic cycles.
Tara Lipinski had a 3Lo-3Lo in 1998. I think she also had a 3-euler-3 combo at that time as well.
Then during the 90s skaters started having the full set of triples and the 3Lz+2T became more common than the 3T+3T, and harder 3+3s started to make the appearance. But the factored placements under 6.0 meant that the risk of doing a 3+3 in th short program was kind of pointless. Maybe it would get you first place in that segment if you landed it, but you’d be just as well off in second or third, and probably place much lower if you missed it.