I'm still a relative newcomer, but isn't this how competition used to be run?
We used to run precision as "League Style" for individual dual line fliers in the Intermediate through Masters classes. This meant flying 4 preassigned figures in the context of a routine. You'd call "in" at the beginning of the routine, "in" and "out" as you entered and exited each figure, and "out at the end of the routine. The entire thing could be between 30 seconds and 4 minutes in length. Novice precision then was run just as all precision is run now - 3 figures followed by routine.
I enjoyed it, but I have to admit it was a bit hectic to judge, and preparing for each competition was tough because you could get 4 entirely different figures at each event. This made it hard to have a strongly choreographed routine, since kite placement depended entirely on the 4 figures assigned and the order in which they were expected. Those were also the days before we had a small number of internationally-accepted, relatively simple figures. Back in the day the AKA rulebook defined over 40 individual dual line figures, and some were complex enough to constitute mini-routines in themselves. Lots of competitors (even Masters) took the field with the figures written out on their forearms
I only flew League Style in my first season ('99 - '00); after that we switched to to the current form for all classes and disciplines. I will say that given a reduced number of figures and a more reasonable time limit, I still think League Style could be made to work. I always liked it...in theory.