US Figure Skating is not the the only one not strictly following Nationals placements. Roman hasn’t been named to the worlds team for Canada, even though his margin of winning over Nam was significantly larger than Tomoki over Vincent, and neither Nam or Keegan are world medalists. Adam in his book described his laser focus on fulfilling the body of work criteria (which was clearly laid out and he thoroughly memorized) to give the best chance of his making the Olympic team.