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Team chosen (INCYMI) Frederick Richard Shane Wiskus Danila Leykin Kameron Nelson Patrick Hoopes Let’s walk through the selection criteria To automatically be selected, a gymnast has to win the all-around and be top three on three events. No one did that in this competition. The next step is to run three types of team scenarios and look at the top 5 teams in each. If the top team is made up of the…
Link to USAG document There are two questions here: is the system working, and does it make sense? Let me say that USAG is transparent about the bonus. In the past, they were not. There was no table, and the bonus wasn’t reported in the final score. I don’t like the bonus system, but I’m not a coach or a gymnast and am not in a position to judge how well it works for development and motivation. As…
AI baloney by Nano Banana “It ain’t over till it’s over” - Yogi Berra But it is half over, and right now, this is where the US World Team situation is trending. There are four core members: Frederick Richard, Danila Leykin, Shane Wiskus, Cooper Kim, and either Patty Hoopes or Asher Cohen. The current top 3 men in the USAG points program are Danila Leykin, and Frederick Richard. Note the gap from…
This is actually Tucson, but close enough. Photo by author. 'It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.' - Yogi Berra In the case of the 2026 MAG Nationals, it’s actually not that hard. I predict Frederick Richard will win the All-Around and make the World Team. With only one relatively sure thing, the rest of it isn’t as clear. There are always surprises. Data set used for…
AI slop by Nano Banana I took the USAG 2026 MAG World selection criteria for a spin on results from Japan’s NHK Trophy. The driver was my robot friend Claude Opus 4.8. Let’s see who the machine picked! We also get a preview of what kind of numbers the Japanese may produce in Rotterdam. Get used to the machines. The day is coming when some federation uses AI to choose a team. There is no escape.…
This is old news, but it’s worth looking at how the situation was handled. The affected judges are required to attend a judge training program. The affected judges are allowed to continue judging, but with support. Typically, in sports, scores aren’t changed after the event, but in this case, Japan went ahead after discussing it with the athletes and their representatives. There will be further…
“They ain’t anything ‘til I call them” - Bill Klem, legendary Major League Baseball umpire. To deduct, or not to deduct — that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of a foot misplaced, Or to take arms against a sea of gray areas And, by opposing, end them? “What should happen in the following scenario? A gymnast lands his vault with one foot out of…
Full Results Finals full replay Regionals Session 1 full replay Regionals Session 2 full replay How it went down by the numbers Rotation 1 D and E scores are for the specified apparatus. They are not running scores. The running scores in this post do not match the PDF, as the PDF scores are not in the real-time meet rotation order. Stanford starts out on vault, its favorite place. Open a big lead…
By Dall E. The pommel guy in the background is getting some major deductions. In which I use a method used in the development of the H bomb ( Monte Carlo Simulations ) to figure out what everyone already knows - the race is between Oklahoma, Stanford, Michigan, and, possibly, spoiler Nebraska. The top 3 are fairly close in potential, so luck will likely have a large role in the result. Out of…
Teams congratulate each other after 2026 MPSF Championships. Overall, these meets went down about as expected. Michigan defeated its closest competition (Nebraska) in the Big 10s, and ECAC was a fight to the finish between the top three teams. Oklahoma was favored to win MPSF, but the margin was larger than I expected. NCAA Championship selections Results and Rankings at RoadToNationals B1G…
