Cascading AA then E then D

Break all-around ties using cascading score comparison, then fall back to execution and difficulty.

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How It Works

1. Two gymnasts have the same all-around final score.

2. Cascading comparison — Sort apparatus scores highest to lowest, drop the lowest, compare sums. Repeat until broken or one score remains. (Same as Cascading All-Around.)

3. If cascading doesn't break the tie, compare all-around execution scores (total E across all apparatus). Higher execution wins.

4. If execution is also tied, compare all-around difficulty scores (total D across all apparatus). Higher difficulty wins.

5. If still tied → the gymnasts share the same rank.

This is the most thorough all-around tiebreaker — it uses three layers of comparison before declaring a tie.

Example

Two gymnasts tie with an all-around of 52.000, and cascading comparison also fails to separate them:

Gymnast	AA Total	AA E Score	AA D Score	Result
Alice	52.000	34.200	18.800	1st
Bob	52.000	33.800	19.200	2nd

After cascading comparison produces the same sums at every step, Alice wins because her total execution (34.200) is higher than Bob's (33.800).

When to Use

• When you want the most comprehensive all-around tiebreaker.

• Elite or high-level competitions where ties should be broken whenever possible.

• When cascading alone might not be enough (e.g., gymnasts with very similar apparatus distributions).

Compared to Cascading All-Around

Tiebreaker	After cascading fails
Cascading All-Around	Declares a tie
Cascading AA then E then D	Falls back to E then D comparison

Related

• Tiebreaker: Cascading All-Around — without the E/D fallback

• Tiebreaker: Compare E then D

• How do tiebreakers work?

• How to configure individual score settings