Then you d proceed down the list to award the other positions. So first place was determined by counting who has the most 2 s. And Kaylee, even though she received fewer 1st place ordinals than Brittany and Christine, still had the most judges that thought she should place near the top. This example also demonstrates another rule, that of Greater Majority . So rather than immediately looking for 3 rd place ordinals after placing Kaylee, you use Brittany's lesser majority of 2 s to place her in second.
Ties are possible, and occur fairly often.
The Rulebook specifies several procedures by which ties can be resolved. The first mechanism used to resolve a tie is called Total of Majority , or TOM . Remember that when calculating the number of votes for a given level, you ve already mentally converted higher-value ordinals down to those representing the level you re trying to resolve. When you ve got a tie, you should favor the skaters who had some higher-place votes. And that s exactly what TOM does.