Maybe in the first round, you don't ski too fast because you don't have competition next to you. You're focused more on synchronicity. If you seed well, you ski against a weaker team. In the finals, the competition gets harder and you need to ski faster and still hold it together.

Groomed isn't really what you want because when you go to the World Championships, the snow is heavy.

The guy in back should almost be able to predict what the guy in front does.