With US Classic coming up on Saturday (!), I’m taking this opportunity to look at recent scores recorded by US gymnasts to get a sense…somewhat of the hierarchy as it currently stands but mostly of what kind of score it’s going to take this summer to be a thing when it comes to team selection, and who has the chance to achieve that score.

What kind of bars score does it take to be considered a bars gymnast for team selection? (I’m going to say 14.500.) What kind of floor score does it take? (Last year, my answer to that was anything verging on a 14. This year the bar has been raised by a couple of the newer seniors, so it seems like it’s going to take the ability to go a couple tenths over 14.)

Oops. Spoilers? I guess? Anyway, the scores.

First, a chart of the top scores recorded on each event at international assignment/FIG meets in 2019 for those competing at Classic. The top three scores across the field on each apparatus are in bold.

Name	VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
Simone Biles	15.400	14.300	14.200	14.900	58.800
Sunisa Lee	14.200	14.700	14.150	14.333	57.383
Emma Malabuyo	14.533	13.633	14.400	14.233	56.799
Leanne Wong	14.666	14.100	14.066	13.933	56.765
Grace McCallum	14.566	14.200	13.833	13.866	56.465
Kara Eaker	14.066	14.100	14.666	12.466	55.298
Morgan Hurd	14.233	14.300	12.933	13.633	55.099
Sloane Blakely	13.633	13.500	13.766	13.566	54.465
Shilese Jones	14.700	11.600	13.033	13.800	53.133
Riley McCusker	13.133	14.400	12.166	13.366	53.065
Aleah Finnegan	14.400	12.866	12.533	12.866	52.665
Gabby Perea	13.567	12.900	12.367	13.333	52.167
Jade Carey	15.066	0	0	14.600	–

Now, let’s bring in international meets from the fall of 2018 as well (so, that now includes worlds and Pan Am Championships)

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