Cup of China 2026, the program's best Composition mark so far. Video on YouTube, uploaded by the fan channel A.
Elements
Cup of China 2026, free skate · 11 elements · 66.89 technical points- 13F+3TTriple flip + triple toe loop9.50+1.2910.79
- 23LoqqTriple loop4.90−0.494.41
- 33S<<Triple Salchow3.44−0.592.85
- 4FCSp4Flying camel spin, level 43.80+1.144.94
- 53Lz+2Aq+2Aq+SEQxqTriple Lutz + double Axel + double Axel (sequence)13.75−1.8511.90
- 63LzxTriple Lutz6.49+0.847.33
- 73FxTriple flip5.83+0.686.51
- 8StSq4Step sequence, level 44.10+1.235.33
- 9ChSq1Choreographic sequence, level 13.50+1.214.71
- 10CCoSp2Change foot combination spin, level 23.00+0.693.69
- 11ChSp1Choreographic spin, level 13.50+0.934.43
Points are the base value plus the GOE, the judges' mean grade of execution without the highest and lowest mark. Each square is one judge's grade, -5 to +5. q: landed on the quarter. <: under-rotated. x: second half, +10%. ★ marks an execution among the season's five best of its kind, out of at least 10. ◆ marks an element at most three skaters skate this season and worth at least the usual base value of its kind.
About the program
Anastasiia Gubanova's free runs through Ólafur Arnalds ("Happiness Does Not Wait," "Brotsjor") into Eternal Eclipse and a Mari Samuelsen track. Her best mark came at Cup of China: 133.53, fourth in the free, which dropped her from second after the short to fourth overall.
The jumps are where it wobbles. At the Grand Prix de France, where she took silver, she landed the early triple flip-triple toe but underrotated in the second half. She told Golden Skate the late combinations differ from what she's used to.
On r/FigureSkating, fans in France liked it, though some found the children's-voice sound effects odd and a few still connect the Arnalds piece with Gabriella Papadakis. At Cup of China, the mood was sympathy.
