I know a lot of people were confused. How could she score more with a visibly more "flawed" program?
It's actually quite simple. First, let's look at the PCS. Ashley was visibly more exhausted at TCC. While she still interpreted the music far better than most the field, I will agree that the performance wasn't quite as spectacular as Worlds. Comparatively, the scores were correct in my opinion. At Worlds she received 73.78 for PCS and at TCC 72.08. Both very high, but giving her Worlds performance the edge. Now let's look at TES. Right off the bat, her total Worlds TES score was 68.45, and TCC was 71.72. Why was it higher? First we compare her 3F+3T. Both competitions were called < and received negative GOE. Worlds was -0.40 and TCC was -0.70(she two-footed this one). However, because she missed the combo at the beginning and did just a solo 3F at TCC, her combo had a 10% bonus(it was after the halfway point), thus causing it to actually score more, simply because of when she added it. Worlds- 7.90 TCC- 8.43 Ok, so we can start to see why her score was higher. Her 3Lo+1Lo+3S was well done at Worlds, being the highest scoring technical element of the entire event (Go Ashley!!) earning 12.20 points. She two-footed it at TCC, but was clearly all the way around. She received -0.28 and earned 10.72 points. Ok, so less than worlds. Not being overscored! Her 3Lz received an "!" at Worlds and no call at TCC. The only thing this affected was the GOE. Worlds- 6.90 TCC- 7.86 I actually felt her 3Lz was the best jump of her FS at TCC, it seemed the least worked and most airy. Now, quite probably the biggest reason she scored higher at TCC was the solo 3F. Remember her bobble at Worlds? Yeah, I do because it gave me a heart attack. (I saw her pick slip when she took off and immediately gasped when she started rotating off her axis. That's very hard to hold on to!) Anyway, at Worlds it was called < with negative GOE due to the underrotation and stepout. At TCC, she felt the landing was just a tiny bit off, and didn't do the combo off of it. However, she camouflaged her mistake well and still received positive GOE on it. Worlds: 2.77 TCC: 6.14 Total scores: Worlds: 142.23 TCC: 143. 20 And there you have it! Does it all make sense now? I sure hope so!!
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