MAG: What's Your Country's Worst Event?

When Coach Rick asks you a question, you answer him. That's the first rule of gymternet etiquette.

So, when he asked me this…

…I put together some sexy data for him. As you look at the charts below, please keep in mind the following:

1. If you click on the image, it gets bigger!
2. I'm looking at the averages from the team competitions at the Olympics and the World Championships.
3. The charts include only the counting scores. So, if the competition was 4-up, 3-count, then, the averages included in the chart reflect only the 3 counting scores.

With that disclaimer out of the way, let's look to see which events the world sucks at, shall we?

Men's UTRS: The Best Scores of 2014 Updated April 27

The All Around is going to do their handy dandy rankings this year for the women. If they take on the men, I will stop my UTRS (Uncle Tim Ranking System). Again, for those who care, "UTRS" is pronounced "uterus."

As per usual, take these rankings with a grain of salt. (Pro Tip: Never bet your life savings based on my numbers–or my predictions for that matter.) I recognize that judging varies from meet to meet, but sometimes, it is evident that the judges are smoking something. Earlier this year, the American judges at the Houston Invitational were higher than the attendees of Woodstock. So, I decided to drop those scores from the UTRS. Sorry.

But before we begin, here's a fun fact:

At the 2014 Tokyo World Cup, Kohei Uchimura's total D score was a 38.6. That's 0.5 harder than his routines at the 2013 World Championships. 

Men's All-Around Rankings: Best Scores

Name	Country	Score	Meet
1. Kohei Uchimura	Japan	92.898	Tokyo World Cup
2. Fabian Hambuechen	Germany	90.231	Tokyo World Cup
3. Sam Mikulak	USA	90.098	American Cup
4. David Belyavskiy	Russia	89.899	Russian Nationals
5. Sergio Sasaki	Brazil	89.550	Brazilian Friendly
6. Ryohei Kato	Japan	89.397	Tokyo World Cup
7. Max Whitlock	Great Britain	89.000	British Championships
8. Shogo Nonomura	Japan	88.965	American Cup
9. Daniel Purvis	Great Britain	88.899	American Cup
10. John Orozco	USA	88.065	American Cup
11. Daniel Keatings	Great Britain	88.000	Brazilian Friendly
12. Kristian Thomas	Great Britain	87.950	English Championships
13. Nikita Ignatyev	Russia	87.933	Russian Nationals
14. Frank Baines	Great Britain	87.900	Brazilian Friendly
15. Sam Oldham	Great Britain	86.900	British Championships

Best Score of 2013: Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine, 92.165, Stuttgart

Men's UTRS: The Best Scores of 2014 Updated April 6

The All Around is going to do their handy dandy rankings this year for the women. If they take on the men, I will stop my UTRS (Uncle Tim Ranking System). Again, for those who care, "UTRS" is pronounced "uterus."

As per usual, take these rankings with a grain of salt. (Pro Tip: Never bet your life savings based on my numbers–or my predictions for that matter.) I recognize that judging varies from meet to meet, but sometimes, it is evident that the judges are smoking something. Earlier this year, the American judges at the Houston Invitational were higher than the attendees of Woodstock. So, I decided to drop those scores from the UTRS. Sorry.

But before we begin, here's a fun fact:

At the 2014 Tokyo World Cup, Kohei Uchimura's total D score was a 38.6. That's 0.5 harder than his routines at the 2013 World Championships. 

Men's All-Around Rankings: Best Scores

Name	Country	Score	Meet
1. Kohei Uchimura	Japan	92.898	Tokyo World Cup
2. Fabian Hambuechen	Germany	90.231	Tokyo World Cup
3. Sam Mikulak	USA	90.098	American Cup
4. Ryohei Kato	Japan	89.397	Tokyo World Cup
5. Max Whitlock	Great Britain	89.000	British Championships
6. Shogo Nonomura	Japan	88.965	American Cup
7. Daniel Purvis	Great Britain	88.899	American Cup
8. John Orozco	USA	88.065	American Cup
9. Kristian Thomas	Great Britain	87.950	English Championships
10. Sergio Sasaki	Brazil	87.797	Tokyo World Cup

Best Score of 2013: Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine, 92.165, Stuttgart