The cheesiest routine by a medal contender at the Worlds??

[Denn]

Daniel Marinov got 4th place AA in prelims.

This exercise is TOTAL CHEESE. It got 3.1 D-score and 9.266 E-score. 12.366 is waaaay better than earned by many gymnasts who tried way more.

• Lever (A) — Total cheese. Little kids do this move, LOL. No deduction
• Kip to L (B) bent arms -.3 but it's worth it for the element group.
• straddle press HS (B) wavering in HS -.1
• Giant HS (C) arch -.1, adjustment –.1 swinging cables -.1. He's REALLY swinging those cables, but it's just 0.1 off.
• Giant (B) arch -.1
• double double (E) stuck + 0.1 bonus
• He's missing a swing to strength — the easiest possibilities are all Cs, and it's common for juniors to miss that group, too.

He gets partial credit for element groups 2 and 3, so it's. 1.6 for the requirements and 1.5 for the lettered elements. Total of 3.1 D-score. I'd have him at 9.3 in the E-score, and the judges were around the same.

And with the new rules, if you do 6 elements, there's no penalty! The bidding starts at 5. Talk about cheesing!

 

[Passion]

And he got the stick bonus lol.

 

[Angelika]

Code whoring at it's best - some gymnasts/coaches could learn from this!

 

[BB12]

It's so smart.

 

[phoenix7]

I thought this was going to be cutesy floor routines - updating vocabulary! But that is a really interesting question and fun and educational to see the breakdown. I suppose MAG AA often includes one weak element?

 

[Denn]

I thought this was going to be cutesy floor routines - updating vocabulary! But that is a really interesting question and fun and educational to see the breakdown. I suppose MAG AA often includes one weak element?

Often, but not that weak — not even close. I would think that, at minimum, a top AAer would have something like a 4.5 D-score.

It's so funny because the dismount is a big boy dismount, but the rest... Even the giant to (held) handstand seems like a 14 year old because of the way he does it. LOL

But hey, he qualified 4th to the AA final of Worlds. So it worked!!

 

[irichluck21]

You've been telling people for YEARS to go for easier difficulty and max out on E score.

Someone finally listening and you call it a "cheesy routine".

At least you gave him credit and said this strategy worked.

 

[Denn]

LOL, yes, but by calling it cheese, I am NOT criticizing him at all.

Granted, what he's doing is a bit extreme, but it's a legit strategy and it worked.

Moreover, the rules that you only earn 0.3 for an A, B, or C is designed to discourage this kind of routine, yet it was STILL an effective strategy for him.

Kudos to him. I am wondering if he's injured actually. A gymnast at his level really should be able to do a D swing-to-strength. It reminds me of Nemov in a way... He learned the inverted cross, and his rings routine suddenly was enough to get him AA gold.

 

[Puffin]

It reminds me of watching the early subdivisions at the Commonwealth Games

Gymnasts who performed routines they could manage with decent form - sort of level 6-8 in the US system with D scores between 3 and 4 were scoring approx 11-12.5

Then others were chucking skills they really couldn't do with D scores in the 4.5-5.2 range ... were also scoring 11-12.5.........

 

[Aeris]

Love this. Rings suck. Focus on the other events. His shoulders are happier.

If I were to image the most code whored WAG floor for someone of modest skill:

Double Twist (C)
Arabian (B)
Triple Wolf (E)
Double Tuck/Pike (D)
Tuck/cat leap full (B) to Split full (C)
Straight double jump (C) + Moerz (C)

4.7 D isn't too bad...

 

[eanda]

Injury may be the reason behind this routine in Jakarta. I found this from a few years ago.