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<span style="display: block; text-align: right;">[[de:12edo]][[es:12 EDO]][[12平均律|日本語]]</span>
<span style="display: block; text-align: right;">[[12平均律|日本語]]</span>


12[[EDO|EDO]], perhaps better known as 12et since it really is a temperament, is the predominating tuning system in the world today. It achieved that position because it is the smallest equal division which can seriously claim to represent [[5-limit|5-limit]] harmony, and because as 1/12 Pythagorean comma (approximately 1/11 syntonic comma or full schisma) meantone, it represents [[Meantone|meantone]].
12[[EDO]], perhaps better known as 12et since it really is a temperament, is the predominating tuning system in the world today. It achieved that position because it is the smallest equal division which can seriously claim to represent [[5-limit]] harmony, and because as 1/12 Pythagorean comma (approximately 1/11 syntonic comma or full schisma) meantone, it represents [[meantone]].


It divides the octave into twelve equal parts, each of exactly 100 cents each unless octave shrinking or stretching is employed. Its has a fifth which is quite good at two cents flat. It has a major third which is 13+2/3 cents sharp, which works well enough for some styles of music and is not really adequate for others, and a minor third which is flat by even more, 15+2/3 cents. It is probably not an accident that as tuning in European music became increasingly close to 12et, the style of the music changed so that the defects of 12et appeared less evident, though it should be borne in mind that in actual performance these are often reduced by the tuning adaptations of the performers.
It divides the octave into twelve equal parts, each of exactly 100 cents each unless octave shrinking or stretching is employed. Its has a fifth which is quite good at two cents flat. It has a major third which is 13+2/3 cents sharp, which works well enough for some styles of music and is not really adequate for others, and a minor third which is flat by even more, 15+2/3 cents. It is probably not an accident that as tuning in European music became increasingly close to 12et, the style of the music changed so that the defects of 12et appeared less evident, though it should be borne in mind that in actual performance these are often reduced by the tuning adaptations of the performers.


The seventh partial ([[7/4|7/4]]) is "represented" by an interval which is sharp by over 31 cents, and stands out distinctly from the rest of the chord in a tetrad. Such tetrads are often being used as dominant seventh chords in functional harmony, for which the 5-limit JI version would be 1/1 - 5/4 - 3/2 - 16/9, and while 12et officially supports septimal meantone via the [[Vals_and_Tuning_Space|val]] &lt;12 19 28 34|, its credentials in the 7-limit department are distinctly cheesy. It cannot be said to represent 11 or 13 at all, though it does a quite credible 17 and an even better 19. Nevertheless its relative tuning accuracy is quite high, and 12edo is the fourth [[The_Riemann_Zeta_Function_and_Tuning#Zeta EDO lists|zeta integral edo]].
The seventh partial ([[7/4]]) is "represented" by an interval which is sharp by over 31 cents, and stands out distinctly from the rest of the chord in a tetrad. Such tetrads are often being used as dominant seventh chords in functional harmony, for which the 5-limit JI version would be 1/1 - 5/4 - 3/2 - 16/9, and while 12et officially supports septimal meantone via the [[Vals and Tuning Space|val]] &lt;12 19 28 34|, its credentials in the 7-limit department are distinctly cheesy. It cannot be said to represent 11 or 13 at all, though it does a quite credible 17 and an even better 19. Nevertheless its relative tuning accuracy is quite high, and 12edo is the fourth [[The Riemann Zeta Function and Tuning#Zeta EDO lists|zeta integral edo]].


In terms of the kernel, which is to say the commas it tempers out, it tempers out the Pythagorean comma, 3^12/2^19, the Didymus comma, 81/80, the diesis, 128/125, the diaschisma, 2048/2025, the Archytas comma, 64/63, the septimal quartertone, 36/35, the jubilisma, 50/49, the septimal semicomma, 126/125, and the septimal kleisma, 225/224. Each of these affects the structure of 12et in specific ways, and tuning systems which share the comma in question will be similar to 12et in precisely those ways.
In terms of the kernel, which is to say the commas it tempers out, it tempers out the Pythagorean comma, 3^12/2^19, the Didymus comma, [[81/80]], the diesis, [[128/125]], the diaschisma, [[2048/2025]], the Archytas comma, [[64/63]], the septimal quartertone, [[36/35]], the jubilisma, [[50/49]], the septimal semicomma, [[126/125]], and the septimal kleisma, [[225/224]]. Each of these affects the structure of 12et in specific ways, and tuning systems which share the comma in question will be similar to 12et in precisely those ways.


==Rank two temperaments==
==Rank two temperaments==
[[List_of_12et_rank_two_temperaments_by_badness|List of 12et rank two temperaments by badness]]
* [[List of 12et rank two temperaments by badness]]
 
* [[List of 12et rank two temperaments by complexity]]
[[List_of_12et_rank_two_temperaments_by_complexity|List of 12et rank two temperaments by complexity]]
* [[List of edo-distinct 12f rank two temperaments]]
 
[[List_of_edo-distinct_12f_rank_two_temperaments|List of edo-distinct 12f rank two temperaments]]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! | Periods
! Periods <br/> per octave
 
! Generator
per octave
! Temperaments
! | Generator
! | Temperaments
|-
|-
| | 1
| 1
| | 1\12
| 1\12
| | [[Ripple|Ripple]]
| [[Ripple|Ripple]]
|-
|-
| | 1
| 1
| | 5\12
| 5\12
| | [[Meantone|Meantone]]/[[dominant|dominant]]
| [[Meantone|Meantone]]/[[dominant|dominant]]
|-
|-
| | 2
| 2
| | 1\12
| 1\12
| | [[Srutal|Srutal]]/[[pajara|pajara]]/[[Injera|injera]]
| [[Srutal|Srutal]]/[[pajara|pajara]]/[[Injera|injera]]
|-
|-
| | 3
| 3
| | 1\12
| 1\12
| | [[augmented|Augmented]]
| [[augmented|Augmented]]
|-
|-
| | 4
| 4
| | 1\12
| 1\12
| | [[Diminished|Diminished]]
| [[Diminished|Diminished]]
|-
|-
| | 6
| 6
| | 1\12
| 1\12
| | [[Hexe|Hexe]]
| [[Hexe|Hexe]]
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! | Rational
! Rational
! | Monzo
! Monzo
! | Size (Cents)
! Size (Cents)
! | Name 1
! Name 1
! | Name 2
! Name 2
! | Name 3
! Name 3
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 531441/524288
| style="text-align:center;" | 531441/524288
| | | -19 12 &gt;
| {{Monzo| -19 12 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.46
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.46
| style="text-align:center;" | Pythagorean Comma
| style="text-align:center;" | Pythagorean Comma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 648/625
| style="text-align:center;" | 648/625
| | | 3 4 -4 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 3 4 -4 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 62.57
| style="text-align:right;" | 62.57
| style="text-align:center;" | Major Diesis
| style="text-align:center;" | Major Diesis
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 128/125
| style="text-align:center;" | 128/125
| | | 7 0 -3 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 7 0 -3 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 41.06
| style="text-align:right;" | 41.06
| style="text-align:center;" | Diesis
| style="text-align:center;" | Diesis
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 81/80
| style="text-align:center;" | 81/80
| | | -4 4 -1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| -4 4 -1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.51
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.51
| style="text-align:center;" | Syntonic Comma
| style="text-align:center;" | Syntonic Comma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2048/2025
| style="text-align:center;" | 2048/2025
| | | 11 -4 -2 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 11 -4 -2 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 19.55
| style="text-align:right;" | 19.55
| style="text-align:center;" | Diaschisma
| style="text-align:center;" | Diaschisma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5201701/5149091
| style="text-align:center;" | 5201701/5149091
| | | 26 -12 -3 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 26 -12 -3 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 17.60
| style="text-align:right;" | 17.60
| style="text-align:center;" | Misty Comma
| style="text-align:center;" | Misty Comma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32805/32768
| style="text-align:center;" | 32805/32768
| | | -15 8 1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| -15 8 1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.95
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.95
| style="text-align:center;" | Schisma
| style="text-align:center;" | Schisma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |  
| style="text-align:center;" |  
| | | 161 -84 -12 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 161 -84 -12 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.02
| style="text-align:center;" | Atom
| style="text-align:center;" | Atom
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36/35
| style="text-align:center;" | 36/35
| | | 2 2 -1 -1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 2 2 -1 -1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 48.77
| style="text-align:right;" | 48.77
| style="text-align:center;" | Septimal Quarter Tone
| style="text-align:center;" | Septimal Quarter Tone
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 50/49
| style="text-align:center;" | 50/49
| | | 1 0 2 -2 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 1 0 2 -2 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 34.98
| style="text-align:right;" | 34.98
| style="text-align:center;" | Tritonic Diesis
| style="text-align:center;" | Tritonic Diesis
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64/63
| style="text-align:center;" | 64/63
| | | 6 -2 0 -1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 6 -2 0 -1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 27.26
| style="text-align:right;" | 27.26
| style="text-align:center;" | Septimal Comma
| style="text-align:center;" | Septimal Comma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3125/3087
| style="text-align:center;" | 3125/3087
| | | 0 -2 5 -3 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 0 -2 5 -3 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.18
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.18
| style="text-align:center;" | Gariboh
| style="text-align:center;" | Gariboh
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 126/125
| style="text-align:center;" | 126/125
| | | 1 2 -3 1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 1 2 -3 1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 13.79
| style="text-align:right;" | 13.79
| style="text-align:center;" | Septimal Semicomma
| style="text-align:center;" | Septimal Semicomma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4000/3969
| style="text-align:center;" | 4000/3969
| | | 5 -4 3 -2 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 5 -4 3 -2 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 13.47
| style="text-align:right;" | 13.47
| style="text-align:center;" | Octagar
| style="text-align:center;" | Octagar
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 321489/320000
| style="text-align:center;" | 321489/320000
| | | -9 8 -4 2 &gt;
| {{Monzo| -9 8 -4 2 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.04
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.04
| style="text-align:center;" | Varunisma
| style="text-align:center;" | Varunisma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 225/224
| style="text-align:center;" | 225/224
| | | -5 2 2 -1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| -5 2 2 -1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.71
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.71
| style="text-align:center;" | Septimal Kleisma
| style="text-align:center;" | Septimal Kleisma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3136/3125
| style="text-align:center;" | 3136/3125
| | | 6 0 -5 2 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 6 0 -5 2 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.08
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.08
| style="text-align:center;" | Hemimean
| style="text-align:center;" | Hemimean
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5120/5103
| style="text-align:center;" | 5120/5103
| | | 10 -6 1 -1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 10 -6 1 -1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.76
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.76
| style="text-align:center;" | Hemifamity
| style="text-align:center;" | Hemifamity
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33554432/33480783
| style="text-align:center;" | 33554432/33480783
| | | 25 -14 0 -1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 25 -14 0 -1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 3.80
| style="text-align:right;" | 3.80
| style="text-align:center;" | Garischisma
| style="text-align:center;" | Garischisma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 703125/702464
| style="text-align:center;" | 703125/702464
| | | -11 2 7 -3 &gt;
| {{Monzo| -11 2 7 -3 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.63
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.63
| style="text-align:center;" | Meter
| style="text-align:center;" | Meter
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 250047/250000
| style="text-align:center;" | 250047/250000
| | | -4 6 -6 3 &gt;
| {{Monzo| -4 6 -6 3 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.33
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.33
| style="text-align:center;" | Landscape Comma
| style="text-align:center;" | Landscape Comma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 99/98
| style="text-align:center;" | 99/98
| | | -1 2 0 -2 1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| -1 2 0 -2 1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 17.58
| style="text-align:right;" | 17.58
| style="text-align:center;" | Mothwellsma
| style="text-align:center;" | Mothwellsma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 100/99
| style="text-align:center;" | 100/99
| | | 2 -2 2 0 -1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 2 -2 2 0 -1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 17.40
| style="text-align:right;" | 17.40
| style="text-align:center;" | Ptolemisma
| style="text-align:center;" | Ptolemisma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 176/175
| style="text-align:center;" | 176/175
| | | 4 0 -2 -1 1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 4 0 -2 -1 1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 9.86
| style="text-align:right;" | 9.86
| style="text-align:center;" | Valinorsma
| style="text-align:center;" | Valinorsma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 896/891
| style="text-align:center;" | 896/891
| | | 7 -4 0 1 -1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| 7 -4 0 1 -1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 9.69
| style="text-align:right;" | 9.69
| style="text-align:center;" | Pentacircle
| style="text-align:center;" | Pentacircle
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 441/440
| style="text-align:center;" | 441/440
| | | -3 2 -1 2 -1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| -3 2 -1 2 -1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 3.93
| style="text-align:right;" | 3.93
| style="text-align:center;" | Werckisma
| style="text-align:center;" | Werckisma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9801/9800
| style="text-align:center;" | 9801/9800
| | | -3 4 -2 -2 2 &gt;
| {{Monzo| -3 4 -2 -2 2 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.18
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.18
| style="text-align:center;" | Kalisma
| style="text-align:center;" | Kalisma
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 91/90
| style="text-align:center;" | 91/90
| | | -1 -2 -1 1 0 1 &gt;
| {{Monzo| -1 -2 -1 1 0 1 }}
| style="text-align:right;" | 19.13
| style="text-align:right;" | 19.13
| style="text-align:center;" | Superleap
| style="text-align:center;" | Superleap
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=Scales=
=Scales=
<ul><li>[[MOS_in_12edo|MOS in 12edo]]</li></ul>
* [[MOS in 12edo]]


=Intervals=
=Intervals=
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[[:File:12ed2-19-001e.svg|12ed2-19-001e.svg]]     [[Category:12edo]]
[[:File:12ed2-19-001e.svg|12ed2-19-001e.svg]]
 
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[[Category:edo]]
[[Category:edo]]
[[Category:meantone]]
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The following table shows how [[Just-24|some prominent just intervals]] are represented in 12edo (ordered by absolute error).
The following table shows how [[Just-24|some prominent just intervals]] are represented in 12edo (ordered by absolute error).


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
| | '''Interval, complement'''
! Interval, complement
| | '''Error (abs., in [[cent|cents]])'''
! Error (abs., in [[cent|cents]])
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[4/3|4/3]], [[3/2|3/2]]
| [[4/3]], [[3/2]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1.955
| 1.955
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[9/8|9/8]], [[16/9|16/9]]
| [[9/8]], [[16/9]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 3.910
| 3.910
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[16/15|16/15]], [[15/8|15/8]]
| [[16/15]], [[15/8]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 11.731
| 11.731
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[5/4|5/4]], [[8/5|8/5]]
| [[5/4]], [[8/5]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 13.686
| 13.686
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[6/5|6/5]], [[5/3|5/3]]
| [[6/5]], [[5/3]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 15.641
| 15.641
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[7/5|7/5]], [[10/7|10/7]]
| [[7/5]], [[10/7]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 17.488
| 17.488
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[14/11|14/11]], [[11/7|11/7]]
| [[14/11]], [[11/7]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 17.508
| 17.508
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[10/9|10/9]], [[9/5|9/5]]
| [[10/9]], [[9/5]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 17.596
| 17.596
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[15/14|15/14]], [[28/15|28/15]]
| [[15/14]], [[28/15]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 19.443
| 19.443
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[8/7|8/7]], [[7/4|7/4]]
| [[8/7]], [[7/4]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 31.174
| 31.174
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[7/6|7/6]], [[12/7|12/7]]
| [[7/6]], [[12/7]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 33.129
| 33.129
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[11/10|11/10]], [[20/11|20/11]]
| [[11/10]], [[20/11]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 34.996
| 34.996
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[9/7|9/7]], [[14/9|14/9]]
| [[9/7]], [[14/9]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 35.084
| 35.084
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[18/13|18/13]], [[13/9|13/9]]
| [[18/13]], [[13/9]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 36.618
| 36.618
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[15/11|15/11]], [[22/15|22/15]]
| [[15/11]], [[22/15]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 36.951
| 36.951
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[13/12|13/12]], [[24/13|24/13]]
| [[13/12]], [[24/13]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 38.573
| 38.573
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[16/13|16/13]], [[13/8|13/8]]
| [[16/13]], [[13/8]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 40.528
| 40.528
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[11/8|11/8]], [[16/11|16/11]]
| [[11/8]], [[16/11]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 48.682
| 48.682
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[12/11|12/11]], [[11/6|11/6]]
| [[12/11]], [[11/6]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 50.637
| 50.637
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[15/13|15/13]], [[26/15|26/15]]
| [[15/13]], [[26/15]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 52.259
| 52.259
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[11/9|11/9]], [[18/11|18/11]]
| [[11/9]], [[18/11]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 52.592
| 52.592
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[13/10|13/10]], [[20/13|20/13]]
| [[13/10]], [[20/13]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 54.214
| 54.214
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[14/13|14/13]], [[13/7|13/7]]
| [[14/13]], [[13/7]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 71.702
| 71.702
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[13/11|13/11]], [[22/13|22/13]]
| [[13/11]], [[22/13]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 89.210
| 89.210
|}
|}
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