The Scores: Pre-Classic Edition

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)

Name	VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
Simone Biles	15.966	14.866	14.800	15.333	60.965
Grace McCallum	14.633	14.533	14.300	14.000	57.466
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
Kara Eaker	14.066	14.100	14.666	13.767	56.599
Morgan Hurd	14.633	14.466	13.466	13.933	56.498
Riley McCusker	14.266	14.500	13.733	13.366	55.865
Shilese Jones	14.833	14.133	13.033	13.800	55.799
Sloane Blakely	13.633	13.500	13.766	13.566	54.465
Trinity Thomas	14.200	14.433	13.433	12.367	54.433
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	–

Finally, let’s bring in all scores over the past 12 months at any meet. (Limited to those competing at Classic, and only on events where they have qualified to compete.)

Name	VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
Simone Biles	16.000	14.866	15.200	15.333	61.399
Riley McCusker	14.450	15.000	14.550	13.850	57.850
Grace McCallum	14.633	14.533	14.300	14.300	57.766
Sunisa Lee	14.250	14.800	14.300	14.333	57.683
Morgan Hurd	14.633	14.700	14.100	13.933	57.366
Leanne Wong	14.750	14.350	14.066	13.933	57.099
Kara Eaker	14.066	14.100	15.150	13.767	57.083
Emma Malabuyo	14.533	13.633	14.400	14.233	56.799
Jade Carey	15.066	12.950	13.750	14.600	56.366
Shilese Jones	14.833	14.133	13.300	13.800	56.066
Trinity Thomas	14.200	14.433	13.750	13.450	55.833
Sloane Blakely	13.800	13.500	14.850	13.566	55.716
Jordan Chiles	15.000	13.850	13.550	13.200	55.600
Faith Torrez	14.250	13.250	14.000	13.500	55.000
Emily Lee	13.800	12.500	14.500	13.800	54.600
Shania Adams	13.500	13.800	13.550	13.050	53.900
Aleah Finnegan	14.600	12.866	13.300	12.950	53.716
Alexis Jeffrey	13.350	13.800	12.800	12.800	52.750
Gabby Perea	13.567	12.900	12.367	13.333	52.167
Olivia Hollingsworth	13.550	12.550	12.100	13.500	51.700
Jaylene Gilstrap	13.550	0	13.25	12.900	–
Abigael Vides	13.950	0	12.400	12.700	–
Victoria Nguyen	13.250	13.750	0	0	–