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- Aug 25, 2017
SfM - I never understood how this Russian Cup Group Stage works. Do they get points like in the GP events? And then top pointers go through to RusNats? I guess the scores are the tiebreaker?
Yes, but the points assigned are different (I can't remember exactly though). The ones qualifying with top points qualify to RusNats and yes, scores are usually the tiebreakers, IIRC. Since some events are more stacked than others, though, starting at an event with fewer skaters often helps, which is why many who qualify end up skating at the first/second stages. So it's not just the strongest skaters, but those that skate at the most advantageous events for them.