2020 Rostelecom Cup

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of seven events sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and held during the autumn: six qualifying events and the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. This allows skaters to perfect their programs earlier in the season, as well as compete against the skaters with whom they will later compete at the World Championships. Skaters earn points based on their results in their respective competitions and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to compete at the Grand Prix Final.^[2]

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a number of modifications were made to the structure of the 2020 Rostelecom Cup. The competitors consisted only of skaters from Russia, skaters already training in Russia, or skaters assigned there for geographic reasons.^[3]

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on 1 October 2020.^[4]

Men and women competing in single skating performed their short programs on Friday, 20 November.^[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,^[24] the short program had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.^[25]

For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin or sideways leaning spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.^[26]

Men and women performed their free skates on Saturday, 21 November.^[1] The free skate could last no more than 4 minutes,^[24] and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one a flying spin, and one a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.^[27]

Couples competing in pair skating first performed their short programs on Friday, 20 November.^[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,^[24] the short program had to include the following elements: one pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.^[28]

Couples performed their free skates on Saturday, 21 November.^[1] The free skate could last no more than 4 minutes,^[24] and had to include the following: three pair lifts, one twist lift, two different throw jumps, one solo jump, one jump combination or sequence, one pair spin combination, one death spiral, and a choreographic sequence.^[29]

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Friday, 20 November.^[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,^[24] the required theme of the rhythm dance this season was music from musicals or operettas, utilizing any of the following rhythms: quickstep, blues, march, polka, foxtrot, swing, Charleston, or waltz. The required pattern dance element was the Finnstep. The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: one section of the Finnstep skated to either the quickstep, Charleston, or swing; one pattern dance type step sequence, one pattern dance in hold or not touching, one short lift, and one set of sequential twizzles.^[30]

Couples performed their free dances on Saturday, 21 November.^[1] The free dance could last no longer than 4 minutes,^[24] and had to include the following: three short lifts or one short lift and one combination lift, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements.^[30]

All of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps, spins, and lifts – were assigned a predetermined base point value and then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from –3 to +3 based on their quality of execution.^[31] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total elements score.^[32] At the same time, the judges evaluated each performance based on five program components – skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and interpretation of the music/timing – and assigned a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25-point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.^[33]

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.^[34] The total elements score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.^[35]

Men's results^[37]

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Mikhail Kolyada	Russia	281.89	3	93.34	1	188.55
	Morisi Kvitelashvili	Georgia	275.80	1	99.56	4	176.24
	Petr Gumennik	Russia	268.47	2	96.26	6	172.21
4	Andrei Mozalev	Russia	266.69	6	86.01	2	180.68
5	Dmitri Aliev	Russia	265.11	5	89.62	5	175.49
6	Evgeni Semenenko	Russia	260.78	7	83.42	3	177.36
7	Makar Ignatov	Russia	260.78	4	91.82	7	168.96
8	Roman Savosin	Russia	250.07	8	82.35	8	167.72
9	Ilya Yablokov	Russia	242.52	10	79.15	9	163.37
10	Vladimir Litvintsev	Azerbaijan	239.79	9	81.55	10	158.24
11	Artem Kovalev	Russia	212.50	11	77.67	11	134.83
12	Alexander Lebedev	Belarus	182.30	12	62.88	12	119.42

Anna Shcherbakova of Russia withdrew from the competition prior to the short program due to illness.^[38]

Women's results^[39]

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Russia	223.39	2	74.70	1	148.69
	Alena Kostornaia	Russia	220.78	1	78.84	2	141.94
	Anastasiia Guliakova	Russia	199.03	4	70.07	3	128.96
4	Alexandra Trusova	Russia	198.93	3	70.81	4	128.12
5	Elizaveta Nugumanova	Russia	191.52	5	68.47	6	123.05
6	Eva-Lotta Kiibus	Estonia	186.00	9	57.88	5	128.12
7	Sofia Samodurova	Russia	184.81	6	68.01	8	116.80
8	Viktoriia Safonova	Belarus	184.57	7	64.25	7	120.32
9	Ekaterina Ryabova	Azerbaijan	167.85	8	58.58	9	109.27
10	Alina Urushadze	Georgia	150.68	10	55.86	10	94.82
WD	Anastasia Galustyan	Armenia	Withdrew	11	52.06	Withdrew from competition
WD	Anna Shcherbakova	Russia	Withdrew from competition

Pairs results^[40]

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Aleksandra Boikova Dmitrii Kozlovskii	Russia	232.56	2	78.29	1	154.27
	Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov	Russia	225.80	1	79.34	2	146.46
	Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov	Russia	210.07	3	73.84	3	136.23
4	Yasmina Kadyrova Ivan Balchenko	Russia	204.87	4	70.62	4	134.05
5	Iuliia Artemeva Mikhail Nazarychev	Russia	200.77	5	70.11	5	130.66
6	Kseniia Akhanteva Valerii Kolesov	Russia	176.63	6	67.50	6	109.13
7	Ioulia Chtchetinina Márk Magyar	Hungary	163.77	7	58.60	7	105.17

Ice dance results^[41]

Rank	Team	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
	Victoria Sinitsina Nikita Katsalapov	Russia	217.51	1	91.13	1	126.38
	Tiffany Zahorski Jonathan Guerreiro	Russia	206.91	2	84.46	2	122.45
	Anastasia Skoptsova Kirill Aleshin	Russia	199.25	3	79.75	3	119.50
4	Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva Egor Bazin	Russia	193.18	5	76.10	4	117.08
5	Annabelle Morozov Andrei Bagin	Russia	191.00	4	76.21	5	114.79
6	Oleksandra Nazarova Maxim Nikitin	Ukraine	188.25	6	74.86	6	113.39
7	Allison Reed Saulius Ambrulevičius	Lithuania	182.56	7	72.43	7	110.13
8	Anna Yanovskaya Ádám Lukács	Hungary	163.65	8	61.34	8	102.31
9	Ekaterina Mironova Evgenii Ustenko	Russia	152.14	9	56.47	9	95.67
10	Viktoria Semenjuk Ilya Yukhimuk	Belarus	146.38	10	56.22	10	90.16