Right forward inside triple three

RFI → RBO → RFI → RBO: 3 turns on one foot.

combinationentry RFIexit RBO3 turnsone foot throughout

On RFI · 7 other entries

LFOLFO → LBI → LFO → LBI: 3 turns on one foot.
RFORFO → RBI → RFO → RBI: 3 turns on one foot.
LFILFI → LBO → LFI → LBO: 3 turns on one foot.
RFI (this page)RFI → RBO → RFI → RBO: 3 turns on one foot.
LBOLBO → LFI → LBO → LFI: 3 turns on one foot.
RBORBO → RFI → RBO → RFI: 3 turns on one foot.
LBILBI → LFO → LBI → LFO: 3 turns on one foot.
RBIRBI → RFO → RBI → RFO: 3 turns on one foot.

Not checked yet. The mechanics on this page are a first draft by a non-expert, and no coach has seen them yet. Read them as a starting point and check them with a coach. Corrections are very welcome.

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outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

RFI → RBO → RFI → RBO. A skater who rotates the other way traces LFI: the same element, generated from this one.

Three three turns on one foot, entering forwards, with nothing in between them. Each turn shortens the lobe it is standing on, so the third has the least edge under it and the least speed to work with. That is the whole difficulty, and it is a matter of arithmetic.

Where the free foot goes decides it. Two turns can be absorbed by a free side that swings a little each time; three cannot, and a leg that has drifted by the third turn takes the shoulders with it. Hold it still and turn under it.

The tell is a pivot. A third turn forced round by the body leaves a scrape where the cusp should be, and the tracing shows all three marks side by side for comparison.

Derived

RFI is three letters (foot, direction, edge): right foot, forwards, inside edge. Every edge in the guide is written that way, so RBI is a right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge.

RFI, three turn to RBO, then three turn to RFI, then three turn to RBO. 3 turns on one foot, and the skater finishes on RBO.

Nothing above is stored on this page. The cluster records its entry edge and the order of its turns; every edge in between is chained out of the same rule that draws a single turn.

A skater who rotates the other way does the same thing from LFI. Same element, mirrored.

Build on

Right forward inside three turnRFI to RBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Right backward outside three turnRBO to RFI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

From RFI

Right forward inside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
Right forward inside step wideexits LFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside change of edgeexits RFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside mohawkexits LBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward inside rockerexits RBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside choctawexits LBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside bracketexits RBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward inside counterexits RBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside loopexits RFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from RFI

Right forward inside double three-mohawkRFI → RBO → RFI → LBI
Right forward inside bracket-counterRFI → RBO → RFO
Right forward inside rocker-counterRFI → RBI → RFI
Right forward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleRFI → RBI → RFI → RFI
Right forward inside bracket-cross rollRFI → RBO → LBO
Right forward inside counter-mohawkRFI → RBI → LFI
Right forward inside counter-threeRFI → RBI → RFO
Right forward inside counter-2½ twizzleRFI → RBI → RFO
Right forward inside double threeRFI → RBO → RFI
Right forward inside rocker-choctawRFI → RBI → LFO
Right forward inside rocker-mohawkRFI → RBI → LFI
Right forward inside three-mohawkRFI → RBO → LFO
Right forward inside choctaw-three-rockerRFI → LBO → LFI → LBI
Right forward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFI → RBO → RBI → RBI

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In the UK's grades

None of the British level lists in this guide name it outside the Skills tests below.

No test syllabus recorded yet.