2025 4CC - Men Free: “Crash landing on UR”

[Holy Headband]

Turning off my stream before I can see the score this will get… The combo was awesome, though.

 

[Sally1214]

Simply AMAZING....I'm pretty much speechless.

 

[Karen-W]

Great job, Misha! You deserve to collapse on the ice like that at the end! And to give the double fist pumps! from my sofa!

 

[skatfan]

A medal contender for worlds, I think

 

[peibeck]

A lot of Plushy level flailing arms, but he laid down a skate that puts him in contention in Boston.

 

[tony]

No, that second half did not work perfectly. Chris drinks in person as much as he does at home, I guess.

 

[MacMadame]

I see him working hard with his ballet instructor constantly on social media and I know he wants to improve his skating, but there really is nothing to this program for the first 2.5 minutes. PCS should not be above 80,

His performance quality was the best I've seen this season though. Not amazing but he's improving.

 

[Sally1214]

Great job, Misha! You deserve to collapse on the ice like that at the end! And to give the double fist pumps! from my sofa!

I just have no words, really. I can't wait to show my husband this performance tomorrow. He is a "Canadian" fan all the way, and there's nothing wrong with that, BUT I'm a figure skating fan and I don't give a hoot where they come from ... I just love brillance ... and I just saw it.

 

[HaNguyen]

I’m looking forward to Worlds with Lucas Britchgi VS Mikhail Shadirov VS Ilia Malinin.

 

[tony]

9+ points lower on PCS even with a clean skate.

YOU WERE SAYING, @Karen-W ?

 

[MacMadame]

In 1st by 20 points!

 

[Karen-W]

9+ points lower on PCS even with a clean skate.

YOU WERE SAYING, @Karen-W ?

Judges didn't have to prop him up since he had a clean skate and was going to blow Cha out of the water regardless.

 

[Karen-W]

In 1st by 20 points!

20 point gap between 1st & 2nd and another 20 point gap between 2nd and 3rd.

First medal for the USA in Men's singles since 2020!

 

[peibeck]

I’m looking forward to Worlds with Lucas Britchgi VS Mikhail Shadirov VS Ilia Malinin.

How about Kagiyama and Siao Him Fa?

 

[tony]

Final group at Worlds is now:
Malinin 5144
Siao Him Fa 4419
Kagiyama 3818
Shaidorov 3780
Sato 3736
Britschgi 3702

Penultimate group:
Aymoz 3288
Memola 3236
Egadze 3228
Cha 3086
Grassl 3010
Vasiljevs 2919

 

[skateycat]

Argh! I dozed off and completely missed Jimmy Ma. But it looks like I’m going to get to see him on the podium, thank goodness for replay!

 

[Karen-W]

Men's FS protocols - https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Mikhail SHAIDOROV	KAZ	190.37​	109.02​		81.35​	8.04​	8.25​	8.14​	0.00​	#22​
2​	Junhwan CHA	KOR	185.78​	95.27​		90.51​	9.07​	9.11​	9.00​	0.00​	#19​
3​	Jimmy MA	USA	162.49​	85.94​		77.55​	7.79​	7.89​	7.61​	1.00​	#21​
4​	Kazuki TOMONO	JPN	162.24​	79.69​		82.55​	8.18​	8.36​	8.25​	0.00​	#20​
5​	Tatsuya TSUBOI	JPN	156.86​	81.71​		75.15​	7.43​	7.43​	7.71​	0.00​	#17​
6​	Hyungyeom KIM	KOR	152.50​	82.44​		70.06​	6.93​	7.07​	7.04​	0.00​	#15​
7​	Kao MIURA	JPN	151.68​	71.22​		81.46​	8.14​	8.00​	8.32​	1.00​	#18​
8​	Camden PULKINEN	USA	151.46​	74.68​		77.78​	7.71​	7.86​	7.79​	1.00​	#7​
9​	Tomoki HIWATASHI	USA	148.91​	77.95​		71.96​	7.25​	7.18​	7.18​	1.00​	#8​
10​	Yu-Hsiang LI	TPE	142.42​	77.12​		65.30​	6.54​	6.64​	6.43​	0.00​	#6​
11​	Roman SADOVSKY	CAN	141.05​	65.29​		75.76​	7.71​	7.54​	7.50​	0.00​	#14​
12​	Donovan CARRILLO	MEX	140.23​	69.46​		70.77​	7.11​	7.14​	7.00​	0.00​	#10​
13​	Daiwei DAI	CHN	134.77​	66.24​		70.53​	7.07​	6.82​	7.29​	2.00​	#12​
14​	Matthew NEWNHAM	CAN	131.53​	60.86​		70.67​	7.11​	7.00​	7.11​	0.00​	#16​
15​	Zhiming PENG	CHN	128.75​	67.91​		61.84​	6.11​	6.00​	6.46​	1.00​	#13​
16​	Aleksa RAKIC	CAN	128.56​	63.60​		66.96​	6.86​	6.57​	6.68​	2.00​	#11​
17​	Darian KAPTICH	AUS	119.07​	58.26​		60.81​	5.93​	6.29​	6.04​	0.00​	#5​
18​	Yudong CHEN	CHN	116.21​	53.65​		64.56​	6.25​	6.25​	6.89​	2.00​	#9​
19​	Dias JIRENBAYEV	KAZ	113.37​	49.50​		63.87​	6.46​	6.29​	6.43​	0.00​	#3​
20​	Douglas GERBER	AUS	111.59​	57.81​		53.78​	5.25​	5.29​	5.61​	0.00​	#2​
21​	Ze Zeng FANG	MAS	105.66​	54.60​		53.06​	5.50​	5.14​	5.29​	2.00​	#1​
22​	Chiu Hei CHEUNG	HKG	104.79​	52.61​		52.18​	5.21​	5.07​	5.39​	0.00​	#4​

Final Standings -

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Mikhail SHAIDOROV	KAZ	285.10	1	1
2	Junhwan CHA	KOR	265.02	4	2
3	Jimmy MA	USA	245.01	2	3
4	Kazuki TOMONO	JPN	242.08	3	4
5	Tatsuya TSUBOI	JPN	234.93	6	5
6	Kao MIURA	JPN	230.48	5	7
7	Hyungyeom KIM	KOR	226.12	8	6
8	Camden PULKINEN	USA	217.25	16	8
9	Tomoki HIWATASHI	USA	214.79	15	9
10	Roman SADOVSKY	CAN	213.90	9	11
11	Donovan CARRILLO	MEX	208.73	13	12
12	Matthew NEWNHAM	CAN	205.34	7	14
13	Daiwei DAI	CHN	204.88	11	13
14	Yu-Hsiang LI	TPE	204.29	17	10
15	Zhiming PENG	CHN	198.96	10	15
16	Aleksa RAKIC	CAN	197.91	12	16
17	Yudong CHEN	CHN	183.66	14	18
18	Darian KAPTICH	AUS	175.67	18	17
19	Dias JIRENBAYEV	KAZ	166.34	20	19
20	Douglas GERBER	AUS	160.49	21	20
21	Chiu Hei CHEUNG	HKG	159.52	19	22
22	Ze Zeng FANG	MAS	152.03	22	21
WD	Sihyeong LEE	KOR
WD	Paolo BORROMEO	PHI

 

[MacMadame]

How about Kagiyama and Siao Him Fa?

Not to mention. Ilia will break 300. When have Britchgi and Shaidorovare done that?

 

[tony]

Not to mention. Ilia will break 300. When have Britchgi and Shaidorovare done that?

Internationally, he's only done that 2 out of the 4 times he's competed internationally this year. I see so many WILL WILL WILL proclamations across the board lately, but nothing's a given.

 

[Karen-W]

Internationally, he's only done that 2 out of the 4 times he's competed internationally this year. I see so many WILL WILL WILL proclamations across the board lately, but nothing's a given.

I like his odds of breaking 300 at Worlds than any other man's odds.

 

[Sally1214]

So, it's 10 years since Kazakhstan won. We will never forget Denis Ten. And, now, Mikhail Shaidorov is carrying the torch forward. I'm just so happy for him. A world championship is a real possibility for him in the future if he continues to progress.

 

[genevieve]

PML, my 2nd laptop battery died, so I was back to haiku posting, then my cell phone battery died

I know there were a lot of imperfect skates, but I thought that was a great competition. So thrilled for Jimmy, Cha was amazeballs, and I love Shaidorov and his weird random music meltdown.

 

[skatfan]

Rokkomo! How lovely.

 

[MacMadame]

Internationally, he's only done that 2 out of the 4 times he's competed internationally this year.

Okay. But he did it at Worlds last year and I expect him to do it again as scores tend to get pretty high there.

Either way, I still don't see the competition as him vs. Shaidorovare and/or Britchgi. Like you, I think his main competition is Kagiyama and maybe Adam but I'm not a big fan of Adam's skating so I don't claim to judge him fairly.

 

[genevieve]

Adam is a hot mess this season - does anyone think he's seriously in contention for a World title right now?

 

[tony]

Okay. But he did it at Worlds last year and I expect him to do it again as scores tend to get pretty high there.

Either way, I still don't see the competition as him vs. Shaidorovare and/or Britchgi. Like you, I think his main competition is Kagiyama and maybe Adam but I'm not a big fan of Adam's skating so I don't claim to judge him fairly.

I don't think Adam is massively in the 'favorite' picture this year. Maybe he can get it back together in this time between Euros and Worlds, but he was tight there and the jumps didn't look very assured.

I do think Shaidorov is definitely in the picture for a medal, though, with a group of others- Sato, Cha among them. I mean depending which Aymoz shows up he could even realistically be in the picture with duplicated Skate America performances.

Britschgi is a question mark for Worlds as it is.

 

[Rukia]

I mean depending which Aymoz shows up he could even realistically be in the picture with duplicated Skate America performances.

i'm bringing the spirit of allen, tx with me to power him to skate well

 

[Sally1214]

Well, that's it for me. 4:13am here in Halifax but it was worth it. I won't see light of day until close to noon tomorrow. For those of you who can stay up, enjoy the Free Dance. I'll see it when I can and, as usual, enjoy your comments. Good night.

 

[Karen-W]

I don't think Adam is massively in the 'favorite' picture this year. Maybe he can get it back together in this time between Euros and Worlds, but he was tight there and the jumps didn't look very assured.

I do think Shaidorov is definitely in the picture for a medal, though, with a group of others- Sato, Cha among them. I mean depending which Aymoz shows up he could even realistically be in the picture with duplicated Skate America performances.

Britschgi is a question mark for Worlds as it is.

Sato is the biggest question mark, even moreso than Britschgi, because his skating has been a mess since the GPF. J-Nats, FISU Winter Games, AWG... If he can get back to GPF form, then I'd say he's a medal favorite, but at this point, I'm not sure he's going to finish high enough to help Japan secure 3 spots.

I agree about the rest, plus Memola perhaps.

 

[MacMadame]

I don't think Adam is massively in the 'favorite' picture this year.

I never think he is but other people do and then I wonder what I'm missing.