At regionals, we had 11 perfect 10s, but as fans, athletes, commentators, and seemingly everyone other than the judging panel has acknowledged, not all 10.0s are created, or distributed, equally. With regionals, we have the benefit of a four judge panel. This means that the high and low score are dropped for each routine, and the two middle scores are averaged to generate the final score. Because of this, to score a perfect 10 the gymnast would need at least three out of four judges to award a 10.
Hopefully that means more four and five-star 10s this time around, but you never know! Here I’ll break down the deductions I saw when watching the videos in real time and rank the 10.0 from one to five stars. As a reminder, here’s my rating scale:
⭐ This was clearly not a 10.0 routine (but still very good!)
⭐⭐ There was definitely a deduction there, but maybe the judges blinked?
⭐⭐⭐ 10.0 vibes, but not actually perfect
⭐⭐⭐⭐ It was a “college 10”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 100% a perfect routine
Disclaimer: The video quality on some of these routines is not great due to the nature of the quad box, so I apologize in advance for the sometimes-blurry screenshots/GIFs and trouble. It’s possible there may be some small execution deductions like…
