![]() In practical terms, what does it mean that the three toughest quads – but especially the Lutz and flip – have lost value over the past several seasons? And the Lutz now will be worth just 1.5 more than the mundane quad toe loop after having been worth 3.3 more back in 2016. Next season, according to the scale-of-value list the International Skating Union published last week, the Lutz, flip and loop all will have a base value of 11.0. At that time, a quad Lutz was worth 1.3 points more than a quad flip and 1.6 more than a quad loop.īy last season, when Chen won his second straight world title with brilliant quad Lutzes in the short program and free skate, the jump’s value had been reduced to 11.5, compared to 11.0 for the flip and 10.5 for the loop. ![]() When Chen hit his first quad Lutz in 2016, the element had a base value of 13.6 points, the highest score for a jump anyone has landed in competition. His two highest-valued jumps, the quadruple Lutz and quad flip, no longer add up to much – or as much – of an advantage. In the ever-changing calculus of figure skating’s mathlympics, the latest recalculations change some of Nathan Chen’s formula for success.
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