Steph
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Coming back to the WRs topic you wanted to address...
You're telling us that Season Bests are fake, score comparisons are fake, etc, right?
Accumulating WRs is definitely relevant for all skaters! Be sure of one thing, being the very first couple to break the bar of 200 pts was among the major goals to reach this season for V/M (and P/C as well). You dramatically underestimate the power of numbers. When P/C broke the 200 pts at the Cup of China, this information was broadcast worldwide as a major event in the ice dance community. When P/C broke the D/W FD WR at Worlds in Boston in 2016, everyone immediately noticed it. Coaches, skaters and even former skaters like Charlie White reported it.
Not fake, but really, not meaningful. The current judging system still contains plenty of relative placement criteria, even though it holds itself out to be composed of absolute placement criteria. I've always cringed at the WR and season's best stuff -- it's pointless and misleading.