The Power of Nancy's Free Skating

In the short program Nancy skated really well. Tanya finished in 10th place after skating to the Machadoop about nothing soundtrack. In the free program that was where Tanya had the famous trouble with her skate lace. And she, just like Nancy had six weeks earlier, looked like a kid who's been holding it together during a long day at the fair. The same kind of tiny Nancy paradox of like, how do you score two different yet equally skilled skaters?