WAG for previous or current Xcel diamond athletes/coaches

[gymnasticsgymnast1]

What are the highest skills you've seen competed at competitions for Xcel diamond? preferably on each event, this is my first year Xcel diamond and I want to know what the competition is like, especially the higher end athletes.

 

[raenndrops]

Here are some of the things I've seen in Diamond the last 2-3 years.

Vault: Handspring on 1/1 Off was most popular, with some 1/1 on-1/2 off, a couple Tsuk - Back Tuck, a Yurchenko - 1/1, and a Yurchenko - Back Tuck.

Bars: Lots of Giants and CH-Handstand, giant 1/2, Toe on hecht, 1/2 pirouettes, 1/1 pirouettes, Straddle cuts, Uprises, straddle backs, Flyaway 1/2, Flyaway 1/1, one double back, and one toe on front dismount.

Beam: BWO-BHS, CW-RO, RO-BHS, FWO-FHS, Valdez, Back Tuck (1), Aerial (1), lots of switch leaps, split jump 1/2, cat leap 1/1, wolf 1/2, and straight jump 1/1, one switch side, one straddle 1/2, and on tuck 1/1, Arabian dismount, back layout 1/1, gainer layout 1/1, and a gainer tuck off the end of the beam.

Floor: ROBHS-Full, FT-FP, FT-FT, FT-FLO, FP-FLO, FT-Front 1/1, RO-BHS-Whip-Lay, and one RO-Whip 1/2-Front 1/1, Split jump 1/1, Switch side, Straddle 1/1, wolf jump 1/1, Shush, Shush 1/1, 2/1 turn, 3/2 turn w/ leg @ horizontal, and one 3/1 turn.

 

[That_Gymnast]

Also worth noting higher end diamonds at the top tier would probably now do sapphire versus diamond so overall the highest skill level you’ll mostly see in solid level 7-8 skills from what I’ve heard from teammates.

 

[GymnastPotterhead]

Is there an inherent difference in scoring? Are higher difficulty routines scored higher? Asking because I'm doing the bare minimums of diamond (low bar clearhip, high bar clearhip to flyaway, CW - RO - tuck on beam, RO layout and FHS-FT on floor, and 1/2 on 1/2 off on vault)

 

[Mthegymqueen]

Is there an inherent difference in scoring? Are higher difficulty routines scored higher? Asking because I'm doing the bare minimums of diamond (low bar clearhip, high bar clearhip to flyaway, CW - RO - tuck on beam, RO layout and FHS-FT on floor, and 1/2 on 1/2 off on vault)

Higher difficulty as in higher SV

 

[GymnastPotterhead]

Higher difficulty as in higher SV

Can you go over 10.0? I start with 10 on all of my events except vault, but with easier skills than the ones listed above.