Getting a low score doesn't mean you don't belong at that level. Sometimes a kid can get stuck on a skill but meets all the other criteria for the routines. In our gym, your score is a measure of what you've learned and what goals need to be accomplished. Sometimes repeating a level is necessary, but what if a child can do a back tuck on the beam, but scores low on vault because they are 45 pounds and 3 feet tall? My daughter fell off the beam 5 times at one meet. She got a 6 something with that. Next meet she nailed the routine and got a 9.7 with no falls. At level 5 she didn't get her kip until last week. The whole gym went wild and celebrated! She has one more chance to qualify for states this weekend. She continually got 7's in her bar routine with no kips. I think that's pretty darn good. I can't wait to see her routine with the kips this weekend! So her all arounds were low arond 31.8 I think. The point is that she knows at 9 years old to set her own personal goals and meet them. Not everyone is going to take first place! She has placed plenty of times on floor and beam and I think our coaches made the right decision moving her up.