MAG Best Scores: 3 July 2012

Louis Smith (GBR)

Based on scores tracked throughout 2012, The All Around has compiled a list of best total and D scores for the year.

Methodology: All Around Total and D scores are from a single competition, rather than combining the highest individual event scores from different competitions. Due to differences in scoring from one competition to another, especially in national competitions, these lists provide an indicator of potential at future competitions rather than an absolute ranking. It should be noted that Japanese domestic competitions sometimes use a bonus system; due to a lack of other scores for most Japanese gymnasts, these scores are included in the total score, lists indicated with an asterisk(*).

Gerard Atzeni has computed the D scores (without bonus) of Japanese gymnasts at the National Championships and NHK Cup, and these have been added to the list and also marked with an asterisk, to give an idea of where the Japanese athletes stand.

Once again, there are few significant changes in the rankings. The most notable are Jake Dalton’s 16.100 on floor at the U.S. Olympic Trials, giving him the second highest score of the year, and Oleg Verniaiev’s 7.0 D score on parallel bars, which now leads that event, at the Ukrainian Championships. Verniaiev also performed two 7.0 vaults in finals at those  Championships, making him the third Ukrainian (with Igor Radivilov and Oleg Stepko) with two 7.0 vaults.