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long-shot-specific accuracy claim.", "Replay feed may be smoothed; not independent raw optical ground truth.", "Fixed transverse spin axis; no wind, sidespin, measured spin decay or air-density variation.", "Flat net at 0.914 m; no impact response or line-contact deformation model.", "Execution variation and any in/net/long percentages remain illustrative." ] }