I might be in the minority, but I think rather than an all around minimum score, there should be a minimum move up score on each event. There is a prolific IG poster with a really young kid who jumped from 3 to 6, and her bars are barely passable for 5. The free hip is still a back hip circle. Why would a gym be scoring out all those levels and particularly a young kid if the bars are not ready? Her beam is nice, but it’s not unusual to see a kid with strengths on certain events. I’m not a coach, but I don’t think it makes sense to move kids, and especially not young kids, up multiple levels based off of one or two events that pulls up the AA score.
Our "Zone" of YMCA gymnastics (Think similar to State plus a few out of state teams OR Region) used to have MANDATE scores. IF a gymnast made this score 2 in a season, they HAD to move up the next season or petition to repeat.
Old L4 had both an AA score AND an event score... and the AA score had to be earned in the same meet that all 4 event scores were met. The other levels only had AA scores at first. A couple years after we joined team, they added event scores for all levels. Then, for 2013-14 season, they finally eliminated the mandate scores because we were the only Zone that had them, so we moved girls up before they were as ready as girls from other areas of the country. We had the most girls at Nationals (and the highest percentage), but we didn't get as many medals as a Zone as other areas did.
Here are our OLD Mandate Scores (adjusted to reflect the new levels)... which were used in conjunction with USAG Minimum Mobility scores to determine move ups.
L3 - 33.0 with 8.25 on each event as the meet in which the 33 was earned. 2x.
L4 - 34.0 with 8.0 on each event as the meet in which the 34 was earned. 2x.
L5 - 33.0 with 7.75 on each event as the meet in which the 33 was earned. 2x.
L6 - 34.0 with 8.0 on each event as the meet in which the 34 was earned. 2x.
L7 - 34.0 with 8.0 on each event as the meet in which the 34 was earned. 2x.
L8 - 34.0 with 8.0 on each event as the meet in which the 34 was earned. 2x.
L9 - No Mandate score because the Zone doesn't compete L10.
XLG - 34.0 with 8.25 on each event as the meet in which the 34 was earned. 2x.
XLP - No Mandate score because the Zone doesn't compete XLD... HOWEVER, we came up with one our area uses to transitions into L6/L7. Since our team is not competing USAG sanctioned meets, our coaches can place girls where appropriate at the beginning of a season.
XLP - 36.0 with 8.5 on each event as the meet in which the 36 was earned. 2x.
You may notice that other than L3, the event scores do NOT add up to the AA score. This allows a girl to have a "bad" event and still move up.