Our gyms rarely have girls repeat a compulsory level. It's been years since I can remember a girl repeating below level 7. And our teams have been so successful the past 3 years, it blows my mind! Our level 5 team (new 4) has won 15 straight meets, including 2 state titles, in 2012-2013. The 2013 team was a completely different team than the 2012 team. Our level3 team was undefeated until state (3rd in both novice and experienced) and that whole team is training the next level. So not all the gyms that win are using repeaters. They like to get the girls put of compulsories as soon as they can (safely and competently) to get to optionals. We score out of (old) 6 as well. At the optional level girls often repeat, but that is where they want them to repeat levels if they need to.