Situation
At a team racing event, the race committee is scoring the completed round-robin series under rule D4. Teams A, B and C are tied on race wins in the round-robin series. The results between the tied teams are as follows:

Race wins between the tied teams - rule D4.4(a). A B C Total A - 1 0 1 B 0 - 1 1 C 1 0 - 1
Points scored between the tied teams - rule D4.4(b). A B C Total A - 8 13 21 B 13 - 6 19 C 8 15 - 23

Rule D4.4(a) does not resolve the tie, as each team has one race win in the races between them.
When considering the total points scored in all races between the tied teams, Team A has 21 points, Team B 19 points and Team C 23 points. Because Team B has the lowest total points, the tie is broken in her favour, see rule D4.4(b).
The last paragraph in rule D4.4 says: 'If a tie is partially broken by one of these, the remaining tie shall be broken by starting again at rule D4.4(a).'

Question
How should the rest of the tie between these teams be resolved?

(a) Should the tie be completely resolved by using rule D4.4(b), considering that all teams have different total points in the races between them? Final order Team B, Team A, Team C.
or
(b) Should the remaining tie be resolved by starting again at rule D4.4(a) after the tie is partially broken in favour of Team B by using rule D4.4(b)? Final order Team B, Team C, Team A?

Answer
The three teams all have different scores in the completed round robin, and therefore the tie is completely broken by using rule D4.4(b). The final order is; Team B, Team A, Team C. The last sentence of rule D4.4 applies when a tie is only partially broken.