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  "message": "9/9 medium-mesh oblique checks; 4 fine-mesh checks; 4 additional friction checks. The largest coarse-to-medium change among the three response metrics is 53.2%. These responses are mesh-sensitive; a numerically passing case is not proof of convergence. The coarse ranking is provisional and no winning helmet is established. Detailed paired comparisons are retained in refinement_summary.json.",
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  "interpretation": "Deterministic sensitivity checks, not statistical confidence intervals. No asymptotic convergence demonstrated."
}