Although I can say Samarin didn't deserve to beat him at all, the overscoring at RusNats was outrageous. Just take a look at Alexander's 3A+3T landing and GOE vs Petr's 4S landing and GOE, and their PCS..Regarding the Samarin-Vs-Gumennik debate, it is true that Gumennik has better average score and average placement than Samarin, however it is also true that the two have gone head-to-head twice this season, at the 2nd stage of the Russian cup and then at Russnats, and both times Samarin placed above Gumennik, making it pretty hard to justify placing Gumennik on the team over Samarin.