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Just to give you an insight into the trend these days, I was visiting with my friend kentaro sakai from hiroshima. He was head judge for the Seattle show and had just taken a kohaku as GC from 2 sizes smaller than largest size. He said in japan it was not unheard of to go as far as 3 sizes down to honor a truely quality koi. So that may help you to understand the emphasis on quality right now. It wasn't that many years ago especially with ZNA shows
that much was given to the largest/thought to be oldest koi. With today's genetics and raising skils a 5-6 year YOUNG koi can compete in the 80 cm and above.
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