I propose some elements of statistical analysis over the last 15 years about ice dance.
Preamble: you can notice it to my avatar, I am a big fan of PC. I am confident that they are marking - and will continue even more in the years to come - the history of ice dance and its competitions. But here, I'm not going to drown you under dithyrambic tirades to the glory of my favorites. I'm just going to present some factual more objective than subjective (certainly perfectible, everything can not be compared to everything), which illuminate even more the star PC.
Competitions
Who won the most ISU competitions, which has the highest victory rate compared to the number of participation?
My postulates:
-> I went back to 1995, date of introduction of the GP ISU
-> I only considered the following Senior competitions: GP, GPF, 4CC, Euro, World, OG
Here are the 26 couples who won at least one competition, ranked by decreasing victory rate. In bold, couples in activity.
DW and VM have the highest number of wins (22), PC has the highest rate (... ongoing series)
Highest score ? World record ? Place to % perfect score !
The ISU publishes, in the statitistics section, the Progression of Highest Score. The total score potentially being able to evolve from one season to the next, it is a question of Highest score and not of World Record as many TV commentators can imply.
Here are the theoretical maximum scores since the 2010-2011 season:
Translating, year after year, the score obtained in "% of the perfect theoretical score" makes it possible to erase the changes of notation of each season, and to attempt comparisons and evolutions over several years.
Thus, a couple who skate 90% of perfection will have scored 189.00 in 2017/2018 ... and a score of 206.42 this season.
Since the 2010/2011 season, 10 couples share 64 performances with a score of more than 90% of the perfect score.
In the table, here are the 64 performances above 90% of the perfect score, ranked in descending order.
In bold, couples in activity (ongoing series).
VM scored over than 90% more times (18), ahead of PC (16 - ongoing series) and DW (10).
PC have achieved 8 of the top 10 scores (ongoing series).
The best score 2018/2019 (PC World) is in 5th position; So there has not been a "World Record" this season
And finally, here, season after season, the number of scores> 90% :
Note also that regardless of this cycle, it is in steady and strong progression. Overall elevation of the level? Scoring more and more generous by the judges ? ... other explanations?
Beyond these elements, I am convinced that Gabriella and Guillaume will continue to offer us performances that will dazzle us more by the excellence and beauty of their dance, than by numbers and statistics. But what this combo is beautiful !
Preamble: you can notice it to my avatar, I am a big fan of PC. I am confident that they are marking - and will continue even more in the years to come - the history of ice dance and its competitions. But here, I'm not going to drown you under dithyrambic tirades to the glory of my favorites. I'm just going to present some factual more objective than subjective (certainly perfectible, everything can not be compared to everything), which illuminate even more the star PC.
Competitions
Who won the most ISU competitions, which has the highest victory rate compared to the number of participation?
My postulates:
-> I went back to 1995, date of introduction of the GP ISU
-> I only considered the following Senior competitions: GP, GPF, 4CC, Euro, World, OG
Here are the 26 couples who won at least one competition, ranked by decreasing victory rate. In bold, couples in activity.
DW and VM have the highest number of wins (22), PC has the highest rate (... ongoing series)
Couple | Nb Comp. | Nb Vict. | Rate | Périod |
Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 25 | 16 | 64.0% | 2013 - |
Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE | 37 | 22 | 59.5% | 2007 - 2014 |
Oksana GRISHUK / Ievgueni PLATOV | 27 | 16 | 59.3% | 1990 - 1998 |
Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 41 | 22 | 53.7% | 2005 - 2018 |
Anjelika KRYLOVA / Oleg OVSYANNIKOV | 23 | 12 | 52.2% | 1994 - 1999 |
Marina ANISSINA / Gwendal PEIZERAT | 47 | 19 | 40.4% | 1994 - 2002 |
Tatiana Navka / Roman KOSTOMAROV | 41 | 16 | 39.0% | 1998 - 2006 |
Shae-Lynn BOURNE / Victor KRAATZ | 38 | 14 | 36.8% | 1993 - 2003 |
Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO | 38 | 12 | 31.6% | 1999 - 2010 |
Barbara FUSAR-POLI / Maurizio MARGAGLIO | 38 | 10 | 26.3% | 1994 - 2006 |
Albena DENKOVA / Maxim STAVISKY | 44 | 10 | 22.7% | 1996 - 2007 |
Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN | 31 | 7 | 22.6% | 2002 - 2010 |
Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI | 36 | 7 | 19.4% | 2010 - 2018 |
Madison HUBBELL / Zachari DONOHUE | 30 | 5 | 16.7% | 2011 - |
Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE | 50 | 8 | 16.0% | 2007 - |
Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabien BOURZAT | 51 | 7 | 13.7% | 2002 - 2014 |
Irina LOBACHEVA / Ilia AVERBUKH | 46 | 6 | 13.0% | 1993 - 2003 |
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES | 31 | 4 | 12.9% | 2011 - |
Marie-France DUBREUIL / Patrice LAUZON | 40 | 5 | 12.5% | 1997 - 2007 |
Isabelle DELOBEL/ Olivier SCHOENFELDER | 57 | 7 | 12.3% | 1996 - 2010 |
Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV | 42 | 5 | 11.9% | 2007 - 2018 |
Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN | 22 | 2 | 9.1% | 2013 - |
Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | 2014 - |
Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE | 53 | 3 | 5.7% | 2006 - 2018 |
Elena GRUSHINA / Ruslan GONCHAROV | 48 | 2 | 4.2% | 1993 - 2006 |
Margarita DROBIAZKO / Povilas VANAGAS | 56 | 1 | 1.8% | 1991 - 2006 |
Highest score ? World record ? Place to % perfect score !
The ISU publishes, in the statitistics section, the Progression of Highest Score. The total score potentially being able to evolve from one season to the next, it is a question of Highest score and not of World Record as many TV commentators can imply.
Here are the theoretical maximum scores since the 2010-2011 season:
- 2010-2011 : SD 81.00 + FD 118.00 = Total 199.00
- 2011-2012 : SD 81.00 + FD 118.00 = Total 199.00
- 2012-2013 : SD 81.00 + FD 119.50 = Total 200.50
- 2013-2014 : SD 81.00 + FD 119.50 = Total 200.50
- 2014-2015 : SD 82.20 + FD 120.90 = Total 203.10
- 2015-2016 : SD 80.20 + FD 120.90 = Total 201.10
- 2016-2017 : SD 85.30 + FD 124.10 = Total 209.40
- 2017-2018 : SD 85.30 + FD 124.70 = Total 210.00
- 2018-2019 : RD 91.52 + FD 137.84 = Total 229.36
Translating, year after year, the score obtained in "% of the perfect theoretical score" makes it possible to erase the changes of notation of each season, and to attempt comparisons and evolutions over several years.
Thus, a couple who skate 90% of perfection will have scored 189.00 in 2017/2018 ... and a score of 206.42 this season.
Since the 2010/2011 season, 10 couples share 64 performances with a score of more than 90% of the perfect score.
In the table, here are the 64 performances above 90% of the perfect score, ranked in descending order.
In bold, couples in activity (ongoing series).
Couple | Season | Score | % Perfect | Competition | |
1 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2017/18 | 207.20 | 98.67% | ISU World Championships 2018 |
2 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2017/18 | 206.07 | 98.13% | XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 |
3 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2017/18 | 205.28 | 97.75% | XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 |
4 | Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE | 2013/14 | 195.52 | 97.52% | XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 |
5 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2018/19 | 222.65 | 97.07% | ISU World Championships 2019 |
6 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2017/18 | 203.16 | 96.74% | ISU European Championship 2018 |
7 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2015/16 | 194.46 | 96.70% | ISU World Championships 2016 |
8 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2017/18 | 202.16 | 96.27% | ISU Grand Prix Final 2017/18 |
9 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2017/18 | 201.98 | 96.18% | ISU GP Trophée de France 2017 |
10 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2017/18 | 200.43 | 95.44% | ISU GP Cup of China 2017 |
11 | Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE | 2013/14 | 191.35 | 95.44% | ISU Grand Prix Final 2013/14 |
12 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2013/14 | 190.99 | 95.26% | XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 |
13 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2017/18 | 199.86 | 95.17% | ISU GP Skate Canada 2017 |
14 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2017/18 | 199.86 | 95.17% | ISU Grand Prix Final 2017/18 |
15 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2018/19 | 217.98 | 95.04% | ISU European Championship 2019 |
16 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2016/17 | 198.62 | 94.85% | ISU World Championships 2017 |
17 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2013/14 | 190.00 | 94.76% | ISU Grand Prix Final 2013/14 |
18 | Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE | 2011/12 | 188.55 | 94.75% | ISU Grand Prix Final 2011/12 |
19 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2017/18 | 198.64 | 94.59% | ISU GP NHK Trophy 2017 |
20 | Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE | 2012/13 | 189.56 | 94.54% | ISU World Championships 2013 |
21 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2018/19 | 216.78 | 94.52% | ISU GP Trophée de France 2018 |
22 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2016/17 | 197.22 | 94.18% | ISU Grand Prix Final 2016/17 |
23 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2016/17 | 196.95 | 94.05% | ISU 4 Continents Championship 2017 |
24 | Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE | 2013/14 | 188.23 | 93.88% | ISU GP Skate America 2013 |
25 | Maïa SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI | 2015/16 | 188.43 | 93.70% | ISU World Championships 2016 |
26 | Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE | 2017/18 | 196.64 | 93.64% | ISU World Championships 2018 |
27 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2016/17 | 196.04 | 93.62% | ISU World Championships 2017 |
28 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2016/17 | 195.84 | 93.52% | ISU GP NHK Trophy 2016 |
29 | Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE | 2012/13 | 187.36 | 93.45% | ISU 4 Continents Championship 2013 |
30 | Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE | 2010/11 | 185.27 | 93.10% | ISU World Championships 2011 |
31 | Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE | 2013/14 | 186.65 | 93.09% | ISU GP NHK Trophy 2013 |
32 | Maïa SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI | 2017/18 | 194.25 | 92.50% | ISU GP Skate America 2017 |
33 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2016/17 | 193.50 | 92.41% | ISU GP Trophée de France 2016 |
34 | Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES | 2015/16 | 185.77 | 92.38% | ISU World Championships 2016 |
35 | Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV | 2018/19 | 211.76 | 92.33% | ISU World Championships 2019 |
36 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2012/13 | 185.04 | 92.29% | ISU World Championships 2013 |
37 | Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE | 2011/12 | 183.39 | 92.16% | ISU 4 Continents Championship 2012 |
38 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2011/12 | 183.34 | 92.13% | ISU Grand Prix Final 2011/12 |
39 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2016/17 | 192.81 | 92.08% | ISU Grand Prix Final 2016/17 |
40 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2012/13 | 184.32 | 91.93% | ISU 4 Continents Championship 2013 |
41 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2011/12 | 182.65 | 91.78% | ISU World Championships 2012 |
42 | Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE | 2018/19 | 210.40 | 91.73% | ISU World Championships 2019 |
43 | Maïa SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI | 2017/18 | 192.59 | 91.71% | XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 |
44 | Maïa SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI | 2016/17 | 191.85 | 91.62% | ISU 4 Continents Championship 2017 |
45 | Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE | 2017/18 | 192.35 | 91.60% | ISU World Championships 2018 |
46 | Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE | 2017/18 | 192.08 | 91.47% | ISU World Championships 2018 |
47 | Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE | 2012/13 | 183.39 | 91.47% | ISU Grand Prix Final 2012/13 |
48 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2010/11 | 181.79 | 91.35% | ISU World Championships 2011 |
49 | Alexendra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN | 2018/19 | 208.52 | 90.91% | ISU World Championships 2019 |
50 | Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE | 2015/16 | 182.72 | 90.86% | ISU World Championships 2016 |
51 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2015/16 | 182.71 | 90.86% | ISU European Championship 2016 |
52 | Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE | 2015/16 | 182.66 | 90.83% | ISU Grand Prix Final 2015/16 |
53 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2014/15 | 184.28 | 90.73% | ISU World Championships 2015 |
54 | Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON | 2016/17 | 189.67 | 90.58% | ISU European Championship 2017 |
55 | Maïa SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI | 2016/17 | 189.60 | 90.54% | ISU Grand Prix Final 2016/17 |
56 | Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE | 2015/16 | 182.01 | 90.51% | ISU World Championships 2016 |
57 | Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE | 2017/18 | 190.01 | 90.48% | ISU GP Skate Canada 2017 |
58 | Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES | 2018/19 | 207.42 | 90.43% | ISU 4 Continents Championship 2019 |
59 | Maïa SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI | 2015/16 | 181.62 | 90.31% | ISU 4 Continents Championship 2016 |
60 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2013/14 | 181.03 | 90.29% | ISU GP Skate Canada 2013 |
61 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2016/17 | 189.06 | 90.29% | ISU GP Skate Canada 2016 |
62 | Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR | 2013/14 | 180.96 | 90.25% | ISU GP Trophée Eric Bompard 2013 |
63 | Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE | 2017/18 | 189.43 | 90.20% | ISU GP Skate Canada 2017 |
64 | Maïa SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI | 2017/18 | 189.24 | 90.11% | ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2017 |
VM scored over than 90% more times (18), ahead of PC (16 - ongoing series) and DW (10).
PC have achieved 8 of the top 10 scores (ongoing series).
The best score 2018/2019 (PC World) is in 5th position; So there has not been a "World Record" this season
And finally, here, season after season, the number of scores> 90% :
- 2010/11 -> 2
- 2011/12 -> 4
- 2012/13 -> 5
- 2013/14 -> 8
- 2014/15 -> 1
- 2015/16 -> 8
- 2016/17 -> 11
- 2017/18 -> 18
- 2018/19 -> 7
Note also that regardless of this cycle, it is in steady and strong progression. Overall elevation of the level? Scoring more and more generous by the judges ? ... other explanations?
Beyond these elements, I am convinced that Gabriella and Guillaume will continue to offer us performances that will dazzle us more by the excellence and beauty of their dance, than by numbers and statistics. But what this combo is beautiful !