Are people's finals performances different from prelim?

Pretty much just want to know if most peoples prelims performances are an excerpt of their full freestyle

It CAN be, but usually for prelims you usually see players try to cram in as many points as they can so they secure a spot in finals

Prelims tend to be more “I gotta get points points pointsssssssssssss” and finals are more of a “Alright lets just go clean on all of my tricks and see how this goes”