[HalfStep]

If you've ever played a cumul tournament (no matter the format), you'd know how much of a chore it is to play each week. It also removes all motivation to play the moment you fall a bit behind a player who already is better than you, you can't try to improve in order to have a chance in the final rounds.

I'm pretty sure if you take EVERY division last official, do the scoring to be cumul vs elim, and you'd have the same top 8, the same top 3, and the same winner. It won't change the results, and just makes the tournament less fun to play and less fun to watch.

The tournament is also clearly not about finding "the best player" otherwise we wouldn't even have divisions.

On top of it all, FFR is a game where upsets almost never happen, the "better player" will beat a slightly worse player 99% of the time, especially with unlimited tries on a song. Predictable results are boring and elim allows for comebacks and clutch last second victories.