g-benz,i am guilty of asking a question that i thought i knew the answere already.
i see a lot of cylinders and have noted that at the area where the compression ring takes the pounding of ignition is always worn past the cross hatch. so i say to myself,a chain is just as strong as its weakest link so why would i want to do all this work and leave the area that does the most work as the weakest link.
its just a suggestion,why not measure the area and compare to specs and, if one observes cross hatch you will find that as a cylinder wall wears,not all hatch cuts are equal,so one could be just looking at the deepest cut ones.
i suggest that a engine wears real fast at the end of good compression,oil is forced away with blow by gasses.
larry perkins