It keeps competitors trying to outdo one another. Athletes aren't perfect. But kids certainly do some near-perfect things.
Perfection is a personal goal never reached.
It's a journey that encourages those who travel it to take it up where it was last left off. Most of the time we are so focused on correcting flaws, we fail to see the genuineness of excellence. If we look for it, we usually find bits and pieces of faultless things. After fifty years involvement with youth in activities, we accept perfection as only temporary, but realize it is only a whisper away. Perfection is an accumulation of near-perfect giving.