# 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki

The 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki was held in Helsinki, Finland, from November 2–4. It was the third event of the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. Finland was chosen as the host after the Chinese Skating Association declined to host their annual Grand Prix event, the Cup of China. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters competed to earn points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final. Over 20,000 tickets were sold.

## Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Austria | | | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | |
| Belgium | | Loena Hendrickx | | |
| China | Jin Boyang | | | |
| Czech Republic | Michal Březina | | | |
| North Korea | | | Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik | |
| Finland | Valtter Virtanen | Viveca Lindfors Emmi Peltonen | | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis |
| Germany | | | | Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck |
| Israel | Alexei Bychenko | | | |
| Italy | | | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti |
| Japan | Yuzuru Hanyu Keiji Tanaka | Rika Hongo Kaori Sakamoto Yuna Shiraiwa | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | |
| Russia | Mikhail Kolyada Andrei Lazukin | Stanislava Konstantinova Daria Panenkova Alina Zagitova | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin |
| South Korea | Cha Jun-hwan | Kim Ha-nul | | |
| Spain | | | Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin |
| United Kingdom | Phillip Harris | | | |
| United States | Alexei Krasnozhon | Angela Wang | Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes |
| July 19 and August 10 | Pairs | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Split |
| July 30 and August 9 | Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong | Injury recovery (Sui) |
| August 6 | Pairs | — | Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay | Host picks |
| August 9 and 26 | Ladies | Nicole Rajičová | Viveca Lindfors | Host picks |
| August 15 and 16 | Ice dance | Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka | Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern | |
| August 15 and 31 | Men | Jorik Hendrickx | Cha Jun-hwan | |
| August 25 | Men | — | Valtter Virtanen | Host picks |
| August 28 | Ice dance | — | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis | Host picks |
| September 21 | Ladies | — | Emmi Peltonen | Host picks |
| September 21 | Ice dance | Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen | Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti | Host picks |
| October 8 and 9 | Pairs | Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong | Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu | |
| October 15 and 16 | Ladies | Karen Chen | Angela Wang | Injury recovery |
| October 16 and 18 | Ice dance | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck | Injury recovery (Chock) |
| October 20 and 23 | Ladies | Carolina Kostner | Kim Ha-nul | Hip injury |
| October 29 | Men | Alexey Erokhov | — | |
| October 29 | Ladies | Nicole Schott | — | |

## Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date |
| Men | Short program | Yuzuru Hanyu | 106.69 | November 3, 2018 |
| Men | Free skating | Yuzuru Hanyu | 190.43 | 4 November 2018 |
| Men | Total score | Yuzuru Hanyu | 297.12 | 4 November 2018 |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan | 297.12 | 1 | 106.69 | 1 | 190.43 |
| 2 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 257.98 | 2 | 93.31 | 2 | 164.67 |
| 3 | Cha Jun-hwan | South Korea | 243.19 | 4 | 82.82 | 3 | 160.37 |
| 4 | Mikhail Kolyada | Russia | 238.79 | 6 | 81.76 | 4 | 157.03 |
| 5 | Jin Boyang | China | 227.28 | 3 | 85.97 | 5 | 141.31 |
| 6 | Andrei Lazukin | Russia | 218.22 | 5 | 82.54 | 7 | 135.68 |
| 7 | Alexei Krasnozhon | United States | 211.03 | 8 | 74.05 | 6 | 136.98 |
| 8 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan | 206.82 | 7 | 80.60 | 9 | 126.22 |
| 9 | Alexei Bychenko | Israel | 202.33 | 9 | 73.44 | 8 | 128.89 |
| 10 | Phillip Harris | United Kingdom | 182.66 | 10 | 58.99 | 10 | 123.67 |
| 11 | Valtter Virtanen | Finland | 154.74 | 11 | 48.16 | 11 | 106.58 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Alina Zagitova | Russia | 215.29 | 1 | 68.90 | 1 | 146.39 |
| 2 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Russia | 197.57 | 4 | 62.56 | 3 | 135.01 |
| 3 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 197.42 | 7 | 57.26 | 2 | 140.16 |
| 4 | Yuna Shiraiwa | Japan | 191.46 | 2 | 63.77 | 5 | 127.69 |
| 5 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium | 191.22 | 3 | 63.17 | 4 | 128.05 |
| 6 | Daria Panenkova | Russia | 161.48 | 6 | 58.23 | 9 | 103.25 |
| 7 | Kim Ha-nul | South Korea | 160.15 | 8 | 55.38 | 8 | 104.77 |
| 8 | Viveca Lindfors | Finland | 159.62 | 10 | 52.95 | 6 | 106.67 |
| 9 | Emmi Peltonen | Finland | 158.72 | 5 | 59.90 | 10 | 98.82 |
| 10 | Rika Hongo | Japan | 156.59 | 11 | 51.11 | 7 | 105.48 |
| 11 | Angela Wang | United States | 149.57 | 9 | 53.76 | 11 | 95.81 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Russia | 198.51 | 2 | 67.59 | 1 | 130.92 |
| 2 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 185.77 | 1 | 68.18 | 3 | 117.59 |
| 3 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia | 185.61 | 3 | 63.80 | 2 | 121.81 |
| 4 | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | Austria | 174.81 | 4 | 62.69 | 5 | 112.12 |
| 5 | Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik | North Korea | 174.24 | 5 | 56.87 | 4 | 117.37 |
| 6 | Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Nathan Bartholomay | United States | 159.21 | 6 | 56.44 | 6 | 102.77 |
| 7 | Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu | Spain | 149.54 | 7 | 50.91 | 8 | 98.63 |
| 8 | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | 145.65 | 8 | 46.22 | 7 | 99.43 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Russia | 200.09 | 1 | 78.18 | 1 | 121.91 |
| 2 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 196.29 | 2 | 77.36 | 2 | 118.93 |
| 3 | Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter | United States | 176.66 | 3 | 71.40 | 4 | 105.26 |
| 4 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin | Spain | 172.09 | 5 | 66.25 | 3 | 105.84 |
| 5 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States | 167.28 | 4 | 66.93 | 5 | 100.35 |
| 6 | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis | Finland | 160.62 | 6 | 63.06 | 6 | 97.56 |
| 7 | Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov | Russia | 157.56 | 7 | 62.35 | 8 | 95.21 |
| 8 | Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti | Italy | 153.89 | 8 | 58.48 | 7 | 95.41 |
| 9 | Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern | Germany | 143.62 | 9 | 56.71 | 10 | 86.91 |
| 10 | Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck | Germany | 143.59 | 10 | 56.59 | 9 | 87.00 |