still, for every judge to have identical preference to physiques that are close together is impossible
Not one thought, well Dorians arm looks terrible maybe Shawn has a better overall balance so give him the nod
Really, not once?
I'm sure Dorian most likely lost the front double biceps and a couple of other poses but seeing the high & low scores are tossed he could still lose a few poses and still wins with a ' perfect ' score. I remember when Chris Cormier lost the Arnold to Jay Cutler and he was lamenting he could concede losing the " muscularity " round to Jay but couldn't fathom losing the " symmetry " round to Jay with his clearly better symmetry. The thing is Chris didn't know how the actually judge contests. every round was a physique round , meaning every aspect was judged at the same time. Muscularity , Muscular Bulk , Symmetry , Balance , Proportion , Conditioning , etc in every round , in every pose , with all that in mind , No one came close to beating Dorian on paper and off. He simply fulfilled the criteria better than his competition.
One could argue he shouldn't represent what the ideal of what a Mr Olympia should embody and you could make a case but in terms of how judge contests none of his contemporaries were going to beat him.
