Objectively evaluating an inherently subjective sport like women’s gymnastics is not a new challenge. From the most experienced international brevet
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Category: Judge’s Inquiry
Judge’s Inquiry: Taking Another Look at 10s From 2021-2022
Since starting Judge’s Inquiry during the 2023 season, I’ve looked at all of the 10s each year and rated them
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Judge’s Inquiry: She Never Got a 10. Should She Have?
The number of perfect 10s over the past few years is steadily increasing, but is it because the judging is
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Judge’s Inquiry: What Got Worse and What Got Better With Judging in 2024
From the 10-nessee Collegiate Classic to the 10-less NCAA national championships, we’ve had a roller coaster of a year in
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Judge’s Inquiry: Breaking Down Every Perfect 10 From Regionals
With regionals behind us, let’s take a look at the seven perfect 10s of the weekend. In the regular season,
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Judge’s Inquiry: Breaking Down March’s Perfect 10s
There were so. many. 10s this month. But how many of them were actually worthy of a perfect score? We
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Judge’s Inquiry: Taking Another Look at 9.975s—Which Judge Was Right?
This season, we have seen countless 10.0s flashed from at least one judge. However, when we compare different 9.975 routines,
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Judge’s Inquiry: Is DIII Really Judged Harder Than DI?
Division III scores on average tend to be lower than most Division I teams, as Division I teams have an
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Judge’s Inquiry: Using the College Code to Judge Sooner Recruits From the Nastia Liukin Cup
This year’s senior session of the Nastia Liukin Cup was packed full of four- and five-star recruits from the classes
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Judge’s Inquiry: Breaking Down February’s Perfect 10s
This month, we had 24 perfect 10s, but as fans, athletes, commentators, and seemingly everyone other than the judging panel
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