nowadays, if easy flips(such as half twist) are included in the combination, they can't get additional point. they should do like double twist - double and half twist. Rules are changed many times.
Why do u say that it is more difficult?? Technically speaking with today's regulations, he is doing too many skills, 12 in fact, so taking out the two easiest skills, his start value is a 6.5, two tenths lower than his London games floor final routine, which was a 6.7, and his worlds routine last year was a 6.8.