2011–2012 figure skating season

2011–2012 figure skating
Date: July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
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The 2011–2012 figure skating season begins on July 1, 2011, and ends on June 30, 2012. During this season, elite skaters will compete on the ISU Championship level at the 2012 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships. They will also compete in elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final.

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Season notes

To be eligible for the senior World, European, or Four Continents Championships, skaters must be 15 before July 1, 2011. For other senior international competitions, including the Grand Prix series, skaters are required to have turned 14 by the same date. Skaters competing on the junior level must be at least 13 but cannot have turned 19 (or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers) before July 1.

Minimum score requirements were added to the senior Grand Prix series, following on requirements introduced in the previous season to the European, Four Continents, and World Championships. The Grand Prix minimums were set at two-thirds of the top scores at the 2011 World Championships. Prior to competing in a senior Grand Prix event, skaters must earn the following:[1]

Discipline Minimum
Men 168.60
Ladies 117.48
Pairs 130.71
Ice dance 111.15

The International Skating Union has decided that the minimums do not apply to "host picks", i.e. Canadians Adriana DeSanctis and Elladj Balde were allowed to compete at their home country's event, 2011 Skate Canada, despite failing to reach the minimums at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy.

On September 26, 2011, American Brandon Mroz landed a quad Lutz in the short program at the 2011 Colorado Springs Invitational.[2][3] The U.S. Figure Skating-sanctioned competition was a small non-ISU event with three men's entries, making it unclear whether the accomplishment would be recognized by the International Skating Union.[3][4] In October, the ISU announced it had ratified the jump as the first quad Lutz to be performed in a sanctioned competition.[5] World Champion Patrick Chan of Canada commented, "I don't think it can be an official ISU record until [Mroz] has done it in an ISU event."[6] On November 12, Mroz landed it in the short program at 2011 NHK Trophy, becoming the first skater to land it in an international competition.[7]

Between seasons, the ISU occasionally adjusts elements' base values and/or grades of execution. On December 28, 2011, the ISU announced it had discovered that the calculation program had not been updated with a new GOE introduced in July.[8] The ISU explained: "The calculation program used up to and including the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final had erroneously calculated the Dance result with the previous Grade of Execution (GOE) for the Combination Lift, which was upgraded with ISU Communication 1677 in July 2011."[8] The error affected the free dance results at the Grand Prix Final, with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir winning the segment instead of Meryl Davis and Charlie White, however, Davis and White remained in first place overall due to their lead from the short dance.[8]

In December 2011, the International Skating Union released details of the team figure skating event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[9]

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Partnership changes

Some skaters announced the dissolution of a partnership or formation of a new one. Listed are changes involving at least one partner who competed at the Worlds, Europeans, Four Continents, Junior Worlds or the senior Grand Prix, or who medaled on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

Discipline Announced Type Skaters Other notes
Ice dance July 27, 2011[10] New team Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier U.S./Canadian team to represent Canada.
Ice dance August 22, 2011[11] New team Emily Samuelson / Todd Gilles
Ice dance September 27, 2011[12] Split Jana Khokhlova / Fedor Andreev Andreev retired.
Ice dance November 2011 New team Lucie Myslivečková / Neil Brown Czech/French team to represent the Czech Republic.
Pairs November 19, 2011[13] New team Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise

Coaching changes

Discipline Announced Skater(s) From To
Ladies November 2011[14] Cynthia Phaneuf Annie Barabé, Sophie Richard Brian Orser
Ice dance December 2011[15] Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz John Dunn Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon

Competitions

The following competitions are scheduled in the 2011–2012 figure skating season.[16]

Key
ISU Championships Grand Prix Other international Nationals Other domestic
Date Event Type Level Disc. Location
2011
August 24–28 Asian Trophy Other inter. Sen.–Nov. M/L Dongguan, China Details
September 1–3 JGP Volvo Cup Grand Prix Junior All Riga, Latvia Details
September 8–10 JGP Brisbane Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Brisbane, Australia Details
September 13–18 Russian Cup, 1st stage Other dom. Sen.–Jun. All Dmitrov, Russia Details
September 15–17 JGP Baltic Cup Grand Prix Junior All Gdańsk, Poland Details
September 20–23 Chinese Championships Nats. Senior All Changchun, China
September 21–24 Nebelhorn Trophy Other int. Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany Details
September 22–24 JGP Brasov Cup Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Braşov, Romania Details
September 25–29 Russian Cup, 2nd stage Other dom. Sen.–Jun. All Samara, Russia Details
Sept. 28 – Oct. 2 Ondrej Nepela Memorial Other int. Senior All Bratislava, Slovakia Details
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1 JGP Cup of Austria Grand Prix Junior All Innsbruck, Austria Details
Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 Eastern Great Lakes Reg. Other dom. Sen.–Juv. M/L Mentor, Ohio Details
October 1–4 New England Reg. Other dom. Sen.–Juv. M/L Boston, Massachusetts Details
October 1–4 Northwest Pacific Reg. Other dom. Sen.–Juv. M/L Spokane, Washington Details
October 1 Japan Open Other int. Senior M/L Saitama, Japan Details
October 6–8 Master's de Patinage Other dom. Sen.–Jun. All Orléans, France Details
October 6–8 JGP Trofeo Lombardi Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Milan, Italy Details
October 6–9 Finlandia Trophy Other int. Senior M/L/D Vantaa, Finland Details
October 13–15 JGP Tallinn Cup Grand Prix Junior All Tallinn, Estonia Details
October 15–18 North Atlantic Reg. Other dom. Sen.–Juv. M/L Amherst, New York Details
October 15–18 Southwest Pacific Reg. Other dom. Sen.–Juv. M/L Ontario, California Details
October 15–18 Upper Great Lakes Reg. Other dom. Sen.–Juv. M/L St. Paul, Minnesota Details
October 18–22 Russian Cup, 3rd stage Other dom. Sen.–Jun. All Yoshkar-Ola, Russia Details
October 21–23 Skate America Grand Prix Senior All Ontario, California Details
October 21–24 South Atlantic Reg. Other dom. Sen.–Juv. M/L Aston, Pennsylvania Details
October 22–24 Central Pacific Reg. Other dom. Sen.–Juv. M/L Santa Rosa, California Details
October 22–25 Southwestern Reg. Other dom. Sen.–Juv. M/L Grapevine, Texas Details
October 26–30 Coupe de Nice Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Nice, France Details
October 27–29 Tirnavia Ice Cup Other int. Jun.–PJ. M/L Trnava, Slovakia Details
October 27–30 Skate Canada Grand Prix Senior All Mississauga, Ontario Details
November 1–6 Ice Challenge Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Graz, Austria Details
November 4–6 NRW Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. D Dortmund, Germany Details
November 4–6 Cup of China Grand Prix Senior All Shanghai, China Details
November 9–13 Russian Cup, 4th stage Other dom. Sen.–Jun. All Kazan, Russia Details
November 10–13 Skate Celje Other int. Jun.–PN. M/L Celje, Slovenia Details
November 10–13 Crystal Skate of Romania Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Brasov, Romania
November 11–13 NHK Trophy Grand Prix Senior All Sapporo, Japan Details
November 16–19 Eastern Sectionals Other dom. Sen.–Juv. All Jamestown, New York Details
November 16–19 Pacific Coast Sectionals Other dom. Sen.–Juv. All Salt Lake City, Utah Details
November 17–19 Midwestern Sectionals Other dom. Sen.–Juv. All Fort Collins, Colorado Details
November 17–20 Warsaw Cup Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L/P Warsaw, Poland Details
November 18–20 Merano Cup Other int. Sen.–Jun. M/L Merano, Italy
November 18–20 Pavel Roman Memorial Other int. Sen.–Nov. D Olomouc, Czech Republic Details
November 18–20 Trophée Eric Bompard Grand Prix Senior All Paris, France Details
November 24–25 Tallinn Trophy Other int. Sen.–PN. M/L/D Tallinn, Estonia Details
November 24–26 Grand Prix SNP Other int. Junior M/L Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
November 24–27 Golden Bear of Zagreb Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L/P Zagreb, Croatia
November 25–27 Japan Junior Championships Nats. Junior M/L Hachinohe, Japan Details
November 25–27 Cup of Russia Grand Prix Senior All Moscow, Russia Details
Nov. 29 – Dec. 3 Russian Cup, 5th stage Other dom. Sen.–Jun. All Moscow, Russia Details
Nov. 30 – Dec. 4 NRW Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L/P Dortmund, Germany Details
December 1–4 Santa Claus Cup Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L/D Budapest, Hungary Details
December 8–11 Golden Spin of Zagreb Other int. Senior All Zagreb, Croatia Details
December 8–11 Grand Prix Final Grand Prix Sen.–Jun. All Quebec City, Canada Details
December 11–14 U.S. Junior Championships Nats. Juv.–Int. All East Lansing, Michigan Details
December 13–16 Panin Memorial Other dom. Sen.–Nov. All Saint Petersburg, Russia Details
December 14–17 Istanbul Cup Other int. Sen.–Jun. M/L/D Istanbul, Turkey Details
December 15–18 Italian Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. All Courmayeur, Italy Details
December 15–18 Swedish Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. M/L/P Malmö, Sweden Details
December 16–17 Czech, Slovak, Polish Champ. Nats. Sen.–Jun. All Ostrava, Czech Republic Details
December 16–18 French Championships Nats. Senior All Dammarie-lès-Lys, France Details
December 17–18 Finnish Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. M/L/D Tampere, Finland Details
December 17–18 Spanish Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Jaca, Spain Details
December 21–22 Ukrainian Championships Nats. Senior All Kiev, Ukraine Details
December 23–25 Japan Championships Nats. Senior All Kadoma, Japan Details
December 25–29 Russian Championships Nats. Senior All Saransk, Russia Details
2012
January 4–8 Mentor Nestle Nesquik Cup Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Toruń, Poland Details
January 6–7 German Championships Nats. Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany Details
January 6–8 International Trophy of Lyon Other int. Sen.–Nov. D Lyon, France Details
January 11–15 Skate Helena Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L Belgrade, Serbia
January 13–22 Winter Youth Olympics Other int. Junior All Innsbruck, Austria
January 16–22 Canadian Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. All Moncton, New Brunswick Details
January 22–29 U.S. Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All San Jose, California
January 23–29 European Championships ISU Champ. Senior All Sheffield, Great Britain
February 1–4 Russian Junior Championships Nats. Junior All Balashikha, Russia
February 2–5 Bavarian Open Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Oberstdorf, Germany
February 2–5 Dragon Trophy Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L Ljubljana, Slovenia
February 7–12 Four Continents Championships ISU Champ. Senior All Colorado Springs, Colorado
February 9–12 Nordic Championships Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Vantaa, Finland
Feb. 27 – Mar. 4 World Junior Championships ISU Champ. Junior All Minsk, Belarus
March 8–11 International Challenge Cup Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L/P The Hague, Netherlands
March 13–18 Mont Blanc Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L/D Courmayeur, Italy
Mar. 26 – Apr. 1 World Championships ISU Champ. Senior All Nice, France
April 4–8 Triglav Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Jesenice, Slovenia
April 5–8 Gardena Spring Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Sëlva, Italy
April 19–22 World Team Trophy Other int. Senior All Tokyo, Japan
Type: ISU Champ. = ISU Championships; Other int. = International events except ISU Championships and Grand Prix;
Nats. = National championships; Other nat. = Other national events
Levels: Sen. = Senior; Jun. = Junior; Nov. = Novice; Juv. = Juvenile; PJ. = Pre-Juvenile
Disciplines: M = Men's singles; L = Ladies' singles; P = Pair skating; D = Ice dancing; All = All four disciplines

International medalists

Men

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Europeans
Four Continents
Junior Worlds
Worlds
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Skate America Michal Brezina Kevin van der Perren Takahiko Kozuka Details
Skate Canada Patrick Chan Javier Fernández Daisuke Takahashi Details
Cup of China Jeremy Abbott Nobunari Oda Nan Song Details
NHK Trophy Daisuke Takahashi Takahiko Kozuka Ross Miner Details
Trophée Bompard Patrick Chan Nan Song Michal Brezina Details
Rostelecom Cup Yuzuru Hanyu Javier Fernández Jeremy Abbott Details
Grand Prix Final Patrick Chan Daisuke Takahashi Javier Fernández Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
JGP Riga, Latvia Ryuju Hino Zhang He Timothy Dolensky Details
JGP Brisbane, Australia Jason Brown Keiji Tanaka Liam Firus Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland Joshua Farris Artur Dmitriev, Jr. Ryuichi Kihara Details
JGP Braşov, Romania Maxim Kovtun Ryuju Hino Nam Nguyen Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria Han Yan Gordei Gorshkov Keiji Tanaka Details
JGP Milan, Italy Han Yan Jason Brown Lee June-Hyoung Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia Joshua Farris Maxim Kovtun Shoma Uno Details
JGP Final Jason Brown Han Yan Joshua Farris Details
Other internationals
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Nebelhorn Trophy Yuzuru Hanyu Michal Brezina Stephen Carriere Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial Daisuke Murakami Kevin van der Perren Samuel Contesti Details
Finlandia Trophy Takahito Mura Douglas Razzano Maciej Cieplucha Details
Coupe de Nice Keegan Messing Chafik Besseghier Konstantin Menshov Details
Ice Challenge Stephen Carriere Misha Ge Viktor Pfeifer Details
Merano Cup Daisuke Murakami Paolo Bacchini Kim Lucine
NRW Trophy Samuel Contesti Peter Liebers Kento Nakamura Details
Golden Spin Tatsuki Machida Denis Ten Ivan Bariev Details

Ladies

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Europeans
Four Continents
Junior Worlds
Worlds
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Skate America Alissa Czisny Carolina Kostner Viktoria Helgesson Details
Skate Canada Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Akiko Suzuki Ashley Wagner Details
Cup of China Carolina Kostner Mirai Nagasu Adelina Sotnikova Details
NHK Trophy Akiko Suzuki Mao Asada Alena Leonova Details
Trophée Bompard Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Carolina Kostner Alissa Czisny Details
Rostelecom Cup Mao Asada Alena Leonova Adelina Sotnikova Details
Grand Prix Final Carolina Kostner Akiko Suzuki Alena Leonova Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
JGP Riga, Latvia Polina Shelepen Li Zijun Polina Agafonova Details
JGP Brisbane, Australia Courtney Hicks Risa Shoji Vanessa Lam Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland Julia Lipnitskaia Satoko Miyahara Samantha Cesario Details
JGP Braşov, Romania Polina Shelepen Polina Korobeynikova Hae-Jin Kim Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria Vanessa Lam Li Zijun Polina Agafonova Details
JGP Milan, Italy Julia Lipnitskaia Anna Shershak Hannah Miller Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia Gracie Gold Risa Shoji Samantha Cesario Details
JGP Final Julia Lipnitskaia Polina Shelepen Polina Korobeynikova Details
Other internationals
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Nebelhorn Trophy Mirai Nagasu Elene Gedevanishvili Joshi Helgesson Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial Mae Berenice Meite Shoko Ishikawa Lena Marrocco Details
Finlandia Trophy Sofia Biryukova Elena Glebova Alisa Mikonsaari Details
Coupe de Nice Polina Agafonova Natalia Popova Anna Ovcharova Details
Ice Challenge Caroline Zhang Natalia Popova Linnea Mellgren Details
Merano Cup Jelena Glebova Lénaelle Gilleron-Gory Joshi Helgesson
NRW Trophy Viktoria Helgesson Yuki Nishino Kako Tomotaki Details
Golden Spin Adelina Sotnikova Haruna Suzuki Maria Artemieva Details

Pairs

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Europeans
Four Continents
Junior Worlds
Worlds
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Skate America Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Details
Skate Canada Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Wenjing Sui / Cong Han Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Details
Cup of China Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Details
NHK Trophy Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Details
Trophée Bompard Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Details
Rostelecom Cup Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Details
Grand Prix Final Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
JGP Riga, Latvia Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei Lisiev Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Details
JGP Final Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Details
Other internationals
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Nebelhorn Trophy Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Details
Coupe de Nice Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker Details
Ice Challenge Andrea Poapst / Chris Knierim Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski Details
NRW Trophy Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk Natalja Zabijako / Sergei Kulbach Details
Golden Spin Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Katharina Gierok / Florian Just Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski Details

Ice dancing

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Europeans
Four Continents
Junior Worlds
Worlds
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Skate America Meryl Davis / Charlie White Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas Details
Skate Canada Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Details
Cup of China Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Details
NHK Trophy Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Details
Trophée Bompard Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Details
Rostelecom Cup Meryl Davis / Charlie White Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Details
Grand Prix Final Meryl Davis / Charlie White Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
JGP Riga, Latvia Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Details
JGP Brisbane, Australia Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov Details
JGP Braşov, Romania Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski Mackenzie Bent / Garrett McKeen Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk Details
JGP Milan, Italy Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin Details
JGP Final Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Details
Other internationals
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Nebelhorn Trophy Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov Details
Finlandia Trophy Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Madison Chock / Evan Bates Details
Coupe de Nice Valeria Starygina / Ivan Volobuiev Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz Details
Ice Challenge Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun Details
NRW Trophy Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann Details
Pavel Roman Memorial Zsuzsanna Nagy / Mate Fejes Gabriela Kubova / Dmitri Kiselev Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann Details
Golden Spin Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri Details

Standings

Season's best total scores

Top total scores according to the ISU Season's Best standings. The total score of a skater's best overall event is broken down into the short and free programs. Segment season's bests are in the far right columns. All scores are from ISU Championships (World, European, Four Continents, Junior World) or the Grand Prix series (both senior and junior), except for skaters who have no such assignments. In the latter case, a score from another international event may be included in light blue. As of November 26, 2011:

Men

Rank Name Country Best:
Total
Short Free Event Date Best:
Short
Event Best:
Free
Event
1 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 259.75 90.43 169.32 NHK Trophy 2011-11-13 172.63 GP Final
2 Patrick Chan  Canada 260.30 86.63 173.67 GP Final 2011-12-10
3 Javier Fernández  Spain 250.33 84.71 165.62 Skate Canada 2011-10-29 166.29 GP Final
4 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 245.82 79.33 166.49 GP Final 2011-12-10 82.78 Cup of Russia
5 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 235.02 79.77 155.25 NHK Trophy 2011-11-13
6 Jeremy Abbott  United States 238.82 82.66 156.16 GP Final 2011-12-10 83.54 Cup of Russia
7 Nobunari Oda  Japan 227.11 77.65 149.46 Cup of China 2011-11-05
8 Nan Song  China 226.75 72.72 154.03 Cup of China 2011-11-05
9 Michal Brezina  Czech Republic 226.35 79.01 147.34 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
10 Artur Gachinski  Russia 222.54 81.64 140.90 Cup of China 2011-11-05 146.70 Cup of Russia
11 Yan Han  China 219.37 72.07 147.30 JGP Italy 2011-10-07
12 Adam Rippon  United States 217.97 72.89 145.08 Skate Canada 2011-10-29
Stephen Carriere  United States 215.20 71.96 143.24 Ice Challenge 2011-11-05
13 Kevin van der Perren  Belgium 212.48 70.09 142.39 Skate America 2011-10-22
14 Denis Ten  Kazakhstan 212.39 71.40 140.99 Skate Canada 2011-10-29
15 Ross Miner  United States 212.36 71.12 141.24 NHK Trophy 2011-11-13
16 Samuel Contesti  Italy 209.69 63.83 145.86 NHK Trophy 2011-11-13
17 Jason Brown  United States 208.41 68.77 139.64 JGP Final 2011-12-10
18 Joshua Farris  United States 207.67 74.55 133.12 JGP Estonia 2011-10-14
19 Richard Dornbush  United States 205.27 62.93 142.34 Cup of China 2011-11-05
20 Kevin Reynolds  Canada 204.41 64.31 140.10 Cup of China 2011-11-05
Keegan Messing  United States 203.42 77.75 125.67 Coupe de Nice 2011-10-29
21 Florent Amodio  France 201.34 71.42 129.92 Trophee Bompard 2011-11-19
22 Andrei Rogozine  Canada 197.85 65.11 132.74 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26 67.28 Skate Canada
23 Sergei Voronov  Russia 197.19 61.15 136.04 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
24 Artur Dmitriev, Jr.  Russia 197.09 66.88 130.21 JGP Poland 2011-09-17
25 Tomáš Verner  Czech Republic 196.63 62.96 133.67 NHK Trophy 2011-11-13
26 Konstantin Menshov  Russia 195.88 74.67 121.21 NHK Trophy 2011-11-13
27 Tatsuki Machida  Japan 195.45 72.26 123.19 NHK Trophy 2011-11-13

Ladies

Rank Name Country Best:
Total
Short Free Event Date Best:
Short
Event Best:
Free
Event
1 Carolina Kostner  Italy 187.48 66.43 121.05 GP Final 2011-12-10
2 Akiko Suzuki  Japan 185.98 66.55 119.43 NHK Trophy 2011-11-12
3 Mao Asada  Japan 184.19 58.42 125.77 NHK Trophy 2011-11-12
4 Julia Lipnitskaia  Russia 183.05 63.71 119.34 JGP Italy 2011-10-08 119.75 JGP Final
5 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 182.89 62.04 120.85 Trophée Bompard 2011-11-19
6 Alena Leonova  Russia 180.45 63.91 116.54 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
7 Alissa Czisny  United States 179.15 57.25 121.90 Trophée Bompard 2011-11-19
8 Mirai Nagasu  United States 173.22 60.96 112.26 Cup of China 2011-11-05
9 Gracie Gold  United States 172.69 60.18 112.51 JGP Estonia 2011-10-15
10 Adelina Sotnikova  Russia 169.75 57.79 111.96 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
11 Sofia Biryukova  Russia 166.07 56.30 109.77 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
12 Ashley Wagner  United States 165.65 55.88 109.77 NHK Trophy 2011-11-12
13 Polina Shelepen  Russia 162.34 54.99 107.35 JGP Final 2011-12-09
14 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 162.20 56.46 105.74 JPG Poland 2011-09-16
15 Kanako Murakami  Japan 161.31 55.77 105.54 Trophée Bompard 2011-11-19
16 Kiira Korpi  Finland 160.92 55.81 105.11 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
17 Elene Gedevanishvili  Georgia 160.44 57.37 103.07 NHK Trophy 2011-11-12
18 Risa Shoji  Japan 157.83 55.19 102.64 JGP Estonia 2011-10-15
19 Vanessa Lam  United States 156.58 50.35 106.23 JGP Austria 2011-09-30 54.34 JGP Final
20 Li Zijun  China 156.40 55.59 100.81 JGP Austria 2011-09-30 103.43 JGP Final
21 Haruka Imai  Japan 154.76 55.20 99.56 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
22 Samantha Cesario  United States 153.84 52.22 101.62 JGP Poland 2011-09-16
23 Viktoria Helgesson  Sweden 154.90 54.16 100.74 Trophée Bompard 2011-11-19
24 Kexin Zhang  China 153.32 52.85 100.47 Cup of China 2011-11-05
25 Christina Gao  United States 152.48 51.99 100.49 Cup of China 2011-11-05
26 Courtney Hicks  United States 151.91 50.19 101.72 JGP Australia 2011-09-09
27 Polina Korobeynikova  Russia 151.18 45.24 105.94 JGP Final 2011-12-09 48.87 JGP Romania
28 Anna Shershak  Russia 150.21 51.48 98.73 JGP Italy 2011-10-08
29 Agnes Zawadzki  United States 149.38 53.81 95.57 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
30 Polina Agafonova  Russia 148.65 55.97 92.68 JGP Austria 2011-09-30
31 Amélie Lacoste  Canada 148.48 50.63 97.85 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
32 Rachael Flatt  United States 147.63 53.36 94.27 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
33 Hannah Miller  United States 146.74 52.78 93.96 JGP Italy 2011-10-08

Pairs

Rank Name Country Best:
Total
Short Free Event Date Best:
Short
Event Best:
Free
Event
1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy  Germany 212.26 69.82 142.44 GP Final 2011-12-10
2 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov  Russia 212.08 71.57 140.51 GP Final 2011-12-10
3 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov  Russia 197.84 65.17 132.67 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
4 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov  Russia 184.91 59.06 125.85 Trophée Bompard 2011-11-19
5 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao  China 182.54 63.43 119.11 GP Final 2011-12-10
6 Wenjing Sui / Cong Han  China 180.82 59.23 121.59 Skate Canada 2011-10-29
7 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch  Canada 177.43 59.60 117.83 Skate America 2011-10-23
8 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada 176.62 61.06 115.56 Trophée Bompard 2011-11-19
9 Caydee Denney / John Coughlin  United States 175.40 59.62 115.78 Skate America 2011-10-23
10 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran  Japan 172.09 57.89 114.20 NHK Trophy 2011-11-12 59.54 GP Final
11 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig  United States 170.63 57.88 112.75 Cup of China 2011-11-05
12 Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek  Italy 168.02 60.13 107.89 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
13 Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze  Russia 165.17 58.14 107.03 Skate Canada 2011-10-29
14 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang  China 162.96 54.42 108.54 Cup of China 2011-11-05
15 Jessica Dubé / Sébastien Wolfe  Canada 158.44 53.23 105.21 Skate Canada 2011-10-29
16 Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin  United States 155.42 51.55 103.87 Skate America 2011-10-23
17 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers  Canada 153.96 50.11 103.85 Skate Canada 2011-10-29
18 Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry  Canada 152.65 52.77 99.88 JGP Final 2011-12-09
19 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov  Russia 149.66 51.73 97.93 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
20 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir  United States 149.02 49.93 99.09 NHK Trophy 2011-11-12
21 Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert  Russia 148.94 47.40 101.54 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
22 Huibo Dong / Yiming Wu  China 147.75 49.27 98.48 Trophée Bompard 2011-11-19
Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov  Russia 147.69 50.30 97.39 Golden Spin 2011-12-10
22 Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer  United States 146.35 50.91 95.44 JGP Final 2011-12-09
23 Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov  Russia 146.17 48.75 97.42 JGP Final 2011-12-09
24 Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker  United States 144.80 56.16 88.64 Skate America 2011-10-23

Ice dancing

Rank Name Country Best:
Total
Short Free Event Date Best:
Short
Event Best:
Free
Event
1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White  United States 188.55 76.17 112.38 GP Final 2011-12-11
2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada 183.34 71.01 112.33 GP Final 2011-12-11 71.61 Skate Canada
3 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat  France 169.69 68.68 101.01 GP Final 2011-12-11
4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 166.07 66.24 99.83 GP Final 2011-12-11
5 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia 163.52 65.73 97.79 Cup of China 2011-11-05
6 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  United States 160.55 65.53 95.02 GP Final 2011-12-11
7 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte  Italy 154.87 61.92 92.95 Skate Canada 2011-10-30
8 Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin  Russia 151.10 61.74 89.36 JGP Austria 2011-10-01
9 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 149.98 62.86 87.12 JGP Italy 2011-10-08
10 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 149.48 61.83 87.65 NHK Trophy 2011-11-12
11 Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov  Russia 142.72 59.48 83.24 JGP Estonia 2011-10-15
Ksenia Korobkova / Daniil Gleichengauz  Russia 141.20 60.92 80.28 Pavel Roman Memorial 2011-11-20
12 Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton  United States 136.85 55.48 81.37 JGP Austria 2011-10-01
13 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi  Germany 136.12 55.69 80.43 NHK Trophy 2011-11-12
14 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 135.10 51.24 84.67 Skate Canada 2011-10-30
15 Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi  Italy 133.29 54.37 78.92 NHK Trophy 2011-11-12
16 Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas  Lithuania 132.58 51.83 80.75 Skate America 2011-10-22
17 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko  Russia 132.73 55.83 76.90 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26 77.42 Skate Canada
18 Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill  Canada 131.29 52.68 78.61 Skate America 2011-10-22
19 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 131.04 49.71 81.33 Skate America 2011-10-22
20 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones  France 130.97 52.41 78.56 Cup of China 2011-11-05
21 Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin  Russia 130.58 53.84 76.74 JPG Italy 2011-10-08
22 Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas  Lithuania 130.47 52.36 78.11 Cup of Russia 2011-11-26
23 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland  United Kingdom 130.39 53.89 76.50 Cup of China 2011-11-05
24 Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager  United States 129.63 53.67 75.96 JPG Italy 2011-10-08
25 Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk  Ukraine 128.34 54.76 73.58 JPG Austria 2011-10-01
26 Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams  Canada 127.21 50.89 76.32 JPG Australia 2011-10-09
27 Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun  China 126.69 Trophée Bompard 2011-11-19
28 Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia 126.63 51.24 75.39 Skate Canada 2011-10-30 52.05 Cup of Russia
29 Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand  Estonia 126.51 52.16 74.35 JGP Estonia 2011-10-15
30 Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt  United States 126.39 50.81 75.58 NHK Trophy 2011-11-12
Valeria Starygina / Ivan Volobuiev  Russia 126.09 50.15 75.94 Coupe de Nice 2011-10-29
31 Shari Koch / Christian Nuchtern  Germany 124.35 51.89 72.46 JGP Italy 2011-10-08

Notes

  1. ^ "ISU Grand Prix 2011 - 12 Announcement". International Skating Union. July 2011. http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-136494-137802-nav-list,00.html. Retrieved July 29, 2011. 
  2. ^ Brandon Mroz - Quad Lutz (2011 Colorado Springs inviational) at Official U.S. Figure Skating Youtube
  3. ^ a b Hersh, Philip (September 21, 2011). "Top skating official says Mroz could jump into record books". The Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/globetrotting/chi-top-skating-official-says-mroz-could-jump-into-record-books-20110921,0,2377215.column. Retrieved September 21, 2011. 
  4. ^ Ainsworth, Alexa (September 21, 2011). "Will Mroz's quad Lutz go down in history?". Universal Sports. http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/blogs/blog=gofigure/postid=557623.html. Retrieved October 31, 2011. 
  5. ^ Rosewater, Amy (October 26, 2011). "ISU confirms Mroz's historic accomplishment". Icenetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111026&content_id=25797386&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved October 26, 2011. 
  6. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (October 27, 2011). "Rippon plans quad Lutz at Skate Canada". http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111027&content_id=25805134&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved October 31, 2011. 
  7. ^ "Brandon Mroz lands historic quad lutz". Associated Press (ESPN). November 12, 2011. http://espn.go.com/olympics/figureskating/story/_/id/7223251/brandon-mroz-makes-skating-history-quadruple-lutz-nhk-trophy. Retrieved November 12, 2011. 
  8. ^ a b c "ISU Judging System - Calculation Program". International Skating Union. December 28, 2011. http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-205151-222374-nav-list,00.html?id=985. Retrieved December 29, 2011. 
  9. ^ "Qualification Systems for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi". International Skating Union. 30 December 2011. http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-205151-222374-nav-list,00.html?id=986. Retrieved 1 January 2011. 
  10. ^ Kany, Klaus-Reinhold (July 27, 2011). "Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier Dance to a New Rhythm". IFS Magazine. http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/586-piper-gilles-and-paul-poirier. Retrieved July 28, 2011. 
  11. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (August 22, 2011). "Samuelson, Gilles happy to join forces". icenetwork.com. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110822&content_id=23582092&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  12. ^ "Фигуристка Хохлова пока не определилась с продолжением карьеры [Skater Khokhlova has not yet made a decision on her career]". RIA Novosti. September 27, 2011. http://sport.ria.ru/figure_skating/20110927/444514108.html. Retrieved September 27, 2011. 
  13. ^ "Della Monica/Guarise nuova coppia di artistico italiano [Della Monica/Guarise form a new pair team]" (in Italian). wintersport-news.it. November 19, 2011. http://www.wintersport-news.it/it_IT/6143,Flash.html. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  14. ^ "Phaneuf hopes to rediscover love of skating with Orser". The Canadian Press. November 22, 2011. http://www.tsn.ca/figure_skating/story/?id=381068. 
  15. ^ "Sara Hurtado y Adrià Díaz preparan el Mundial y el Europeo en Montreal [Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz to prepare for Europeans and Worlds in Montreal]" (in Spanish). Europa Press (Telecinco.es). December 28, 2011. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. http://www.telecinco.es/informativos/Hurtado-Adria-Mundial-Europeo-Montreal_0_1531047293.html. 
  16. ^ Calendars of competitions: International Skating Union Pixie World Figure Skating Online

References

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