HE may not have come away with a medal, but Scotland's Frank Baines said his solid performance at the Glasgow World Cup had helped whet his appetite for future success on a global stage.

The 19-year-old gymnast had to settle for fifth as Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev took victory in front of a sell-out 5500 crowd at the Emirates Arena. Yusuke Tanaka (Japan) claimed second place with John Orozco (USA) finishing third.

Verniaiev, the reigning world champion on parallel bars, added a win in Glasgow to top honours at the Stuttgart World Cup last weekend. The Ukrainian was a class above the rest of the field, scoring 15.000 or over on all six pieces of apparatus to count towards his final tally of 91.598.

It dwarfed Baines' overall score of 84.332, but the teenager, who was part of the silver-medal winning Scottish men's team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, was philosophical as he wrapped up his first all-around competition at World Cup level.

He paid tribute to the impressive skills of Verniaiev and Japan's Tanaka, the bronze all-around medallist at the 2014 World Championships.

"They have a lot more experience than me, but I guess this is what the first one is all about - going out there and getting experience," Baines said.

"It has given me a taste of what it's like at this level and I really want to be back in Glasgow for the World Championships next year. I'm going to work my hardest to get there."

Baines, the 2012 European junior all-around champion, was the only Scot to contest this year's event. While the podium proved elusive, he will leave Glasgow able to draw many positives from his performance.

A strong routine on floor saw Baines open his challenge with a score of 14.933 and go into the second rotation in joint third alongside Orozco. Pommel horse brought 13.433, but a handful of small errors on rings saw Baines score 13.700 and drop into fifth spot at the halfway point.

His decision to plump for a high tariff vault didn't entirely pay off as Baines under-rotated the two-and-a-half twisting move to finish sitting down on landing and score 14.000.

A decent enough routine on parallel bars saw him post another 14.000 before he rounded off his afternoon on high bar with 14.266.

"It all went pretty well on floor so I was happy with that," Baines said. "The problem I have on that vault is getting the rotation I want and also getting it high enough. I didn't get enough rotation and landed on my bum. Still, it's something to learn from. It's all experience in the bank. I'll get back in the gym and work on it.

"Since the Commonwealth Games I have worked a lot on my performance under pressure and it seems to be getting there, so hopefully next year I'll be able to make improvements again."

Liverpool-born Baines, whose father is from Scotland, said it felt like the countdown to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio had been "on for ages" now, but in the coming months his main focus would be the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow next October.

"To be standing up there with a medal at the World Championships is definitely an aim," he said. "We will have to see how things go beforehand. I feel my strongest chance individually would be on floor or p-bars, as well as with the team too hopefully."

In the women's competition, Romania's Larisa Andreea Iordache built on her victory in Stuttgart last weekend by again claiming top spot.

The 2014 world all-around silver medallist posted the highest score on all four pieces of apparatus to see off the challenges of Elsabeth Black (Canada) who finished second and Jessica Lopez (Venezuela) who took third.

Britain's Georgina Hockenhull, a double bronze medallist for Wales at Glasgow 2014, finished fourth. The 17-year-old was a late replacement for British senior all-around champion Rebecca Tunney, who withdrew last week as a precaution to avoid aggravating a long-term injury.