2023 NHK Trophy: Skate Picks

[zebobes]

Dance

1. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI (ITA)
2. Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON (GBR)
3. Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS (FIN)
4. Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS (LTU)
5. Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC (CAN)

Women

1. Haein LEE (KOR)
2. Nina PINZARRONE (BEL)
3. Yelim KIM (KOR)
4. Anastasiia GUBANOVA (GEO)
5. Lindsay THORNGREN (USA)

Men

1. Yuma KAGIYAMA (JPN)
2. Shoma UNO (JPN)
3. Lukas BRITSCHGI (SUI)
4. Camden PULKINEN (USA)
5. Gabriele FRANGIPANI (ITA)

Pairs

1. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN (GER)
2. Chelsea LIU / Balazs NAGY (USA)
3. Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE (ITA)
4. Anastasia GOLUBEVA / Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE (AUS)
5. Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI (ITA)

 

[Moxiejan]

Here are your medals for NHK Trophy 23! Congratulations to the overall gold medalist, @Rebecca Moose , plus the MANY medalists, including 40+ bronze medalists in pairs and dance!

MEDAL	OVERALL	POINTS	WOMEN	POINTS	MEN	POINTS	PAIRS	POINTS	DANCE	POINTS
GOLD	@Rebecca Moose	220	@AlyonasAxel	45	@Rebecca Moose @NoNameFace @Baron Vladimir	70	@Olly96 @Gia_Sesshoumaru @invisiblespiral @BlissfulSynergy @katmari @SubRosa @ladykk @magenta @itofan @luvstosk8 @laceylou @Flying Feijoa @stargazer1 @Alisa @Marius	70	@SorrySkater @Scottie75	75
SILVER	@Ivana @NoNameFace @Scottie75	210	@corynna @mini_mim85	40	@Weathergal @Ziotic @MATI3 @dearskate @labgoat @icewhite @cabres @Debrah @marulia @zebobes	65	@DoxieSk8r @Giselle2011 @soccerjc77 @CaroLiza_fan @mini_mim85 @DonnaR	65	@throw_triple_flip @Rebecca Moose	65
BRONZE	@AlyonasAxel @mini_mim85	205	@brblja @maofan @skim1001 @Carol1 @Ivana @soccerjc77 @purplecat @casualfan	35	@lariko @Jumping_Bean @Gia_Sesshoumaru @pearly @invisiblespiral @Brauliomx @Ivana @gsk8 @Flying Feijoa @TeamGubanova @silvia @jjpht @text_skate @Alisa @Scottie75	60	@cake @brblja @gleungc6 @Bcath @cheerknithanson @Carolowa @Alla @dancelion21 @tutkladidze @Stephine @ana @harmony @dearskate @AlexBreeze @Ivana @Aklaus @Gourlie @Skater Boy @Rebecca Moose @Joe Mendoza @gsk8 @Rikku @Ruthypegs @Nano @Pandicorn @silvia @NoNameFace @Baron Vladimir @4everchan @purplecat @cleopatra20042004 @jjpht @liliyagudin @elektra blue @text_skate @marulia @Jeanie19 @SnowWhite @Dreamer57 @lileychristie	60	@readernick @brblja @DancingCactus @Carolowa @Alla @dancelion21 @ladyjane @tutkladidze @skylark @Stephine @ana @brushalley @ladykk @magenta @MATI3 @Carolowa @MorganaPendragon @AlexBreeze @Ivana @Aklaus @AlyonasAxel @labgoat @TeamGubanova @Giselle2011 @Lili1122 @Lamente Ariane @Royston @icewhite @Pandicorn @Colonel Green @soccerjc77 @NoNameFace @norwegianfairytale @Seven Sisters @text_skate @Alisa @selina7	55

Last edited: Nov 11, 2023
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[cheerknithanson]

Yay. Bronze in pairs.

 

[labgoat]

Whoa silver in men? bronze in dance. I am grateful. It's always interesting to see such differing opinions. Must study pairs and ladies more. Thanks as always to our scorers and for all the players.


Sorry will miss the gala due to work again!

 

[NoNameFace]

...overall SILVER? While absolutely missing it with ladies?? Not sure what to think...
Camden ruining my perfect score in men...the usual occurrence when he lives and I do not put him in top 5 .
Plus...if I checked tech panel for Ice Dance beforehand (stupid Beatrice!), it would be a perfect score. Lol.
Congratulations to all and thank you @Moxiejan for putting everything together expertly

 

[gsk8]

Thank you @Moxiejan and congratulations to all the medalists!

Welcome @Rebecca Moose to the debutant Hall of Fame!

Ok folks! We have one more Grand Prix event (the Final) before the Combined Overall award is given out. Here are the current standings!

Your top 10 so far!

Name	2023 Skate America	2023 Skate Canada	2023 Grand Prix de France	2023 Cup of China	2023 Grand Prix Espoo	2023 NHK Trophy	Total score
@Alisa	215	215	180	220	240	195	1,265
@Dreamer57	235	195	220	185	245	175	1,255
@figureskatingandrainbows	235	195	210	180	260	170	1,250
@mini_mim85	225	190	210	185	230	205	1,245
@SnowWhite	220	220	190	190	245	180	1,245
@purplecat	205	215	185	210	235	190	1,240
@marulia	210	195	200	195	245	195	1,240
@casualfan	200	200	195	205	255	180	1,235
@tutkladidze	195	210	190	205	245	190	1,235
@Flying Feijoa	215	195	205	185	230	200	1,230

 

[NoNameFace]

I'm 19th and it frankly SHOCKS me
After another GP season: I can't predict Ladies for sheet, at any case, men are a fraction better (which is surprising), tech panel to be checked before posting predictions fir Dance and pairs are pretty much chaos thst could fall in 20 ways.

 

[elektra blue]

this was a chaos event, i consider myself lucky for getting away with a medal thank you scorers and congratulations to all the medalists!

 

[BlissfulSynergy]

Wow, this was a tough week for predictions overall. Anyone who lucked out in women, had low scores, obviously. But even that is better than what most predictors got with the total upsets that happened in the women's field. Unbelievable! Or more aptly, Unpredictable!

At least, I was fortunate enough to win gold in pairs, which even then was not easy. Congratulations to the amazing overall winner @Rebecca Moose Kudos to all who came away with something. What a way to end the GP series! Many surprises. Amazing athletes on fire. My goodness.

 

[BlissfulSynergy]

I can't predict Ladies for sheet,

No one predicted ladies this week. Those who managed to medal in women's field got low scores for a reason. Who are we kidding. No one had Ava and Lindsay at the top of this field, even if they may have had one or the other among their top five.

 

[apgold]

This was my worst GP result with 155 points overall, and nearly 100 points lower than Espoo. Despite the predictions being off, I enjoyed this event the most because there were so many surprises.

Kudos to those who got medals this time and good luck to everyone for the final in 2 weeks!

 

[BlissfulSynergy]

Whoa silver in men? bronze in dance. I am grateful. It's always interesting to see such differing opinions. Must study pairs and ladies more. Thanks as always to our scorers and for all the players.


Sorry will miss the gala due to work again!

LOL. Congratulations for your wins. Honestly, no amount of 'studying' the women's field was going to allow anyone to pick the gold and silver medalists this year! Nina Pinzarrone on the podium, possibly. I did have Nina in my top five. [Actually, I had Nina in third, accurately! I should probably get a small medal for that. ] Sadly, the rest of my four were all far from the podium. Haien was the closest, but no cigar.

It is true though that Yelim hasn't been doing well recently, but she's been battling. Mai has had some inconsistencies competitively, but it was still more likely that Mai would skate at her best in Japan. That simply did not happen. Haien Lee fought hard in the fp, but she tired at the end and began underrotating. An unpredictable event altogether.

 

[Gia_Sesshoumaru]

Woot, gold in Pairs and a bronze in Men's!

 

[Dreamer57]

Bronze in pairs

Congrats to all the medallists! Also if you medalled in women's I think you deserve a trophy!!

 

[elbkup]

I have never been happier even tho I totally bombed everything!! The Women’s results were amazing! Hopefully the trajectory continues to rise. What a night of competition! . Many thanks to all the “stewards” (Mark Hannrety’s term) of GS predictions for all the work you do and Congrats to the clairvoyants who medaled

 

[casualfan]

I am completely dumbfounded to find myself in the top 10 combined overall so far. Hope I can hold on. I didn't think I was having a good season, lol. Thanks to all the scorers.

 

[Rebecca Moose]

thank you @Moxiejan for scoring and organizing. this prediction contest is so thorough and well-run. cheers!

can't believe I won gold this week! insert Tara scream here

congrats to all the medalists!

 

[BlissfulSynergy]

Wow, this was a tough week for predictions overall. Anyone who lucked out in women, had low scores, obviously. But even that is better than what most predictors got with the total upsets that happened in the women's field. Unbelievable! Or more aptly, Unpredictable!

At least, I was fortunate enough to win gold in pairs, which even then was not easy. Congratulations to the amazing overall winner @Rebecca Moose Kudos to all who came away with something. What a way to end the GP series! Many surprises. Amazing athletes on fire. My goodness.

I can hardly believe @Rebecca Moose that you accurately predicted Fear/ Gibson* in first place over the politically favored Guignard/ Fabbri. Your prescience and prediction skills are simply astounding. Yep, I know luck was in the mix too.

* But I suppose F/G enjoy their fair share of political favor too. I think they won fair & square here. They have honed their FD to perfection.

 

[throw_triple_flip]

Silver in dance. Cool.

Womens was crazy but I'm happy I managed to predict the winners of the other disciplines.

 

[labgoat]

Wow congratulations to these top finishers so far. These contests are not easy to predict.
I am going to keep on playing and see if I can climb up from my 12th place tie.
Good luck everyone! Have fun and enjoy all the best skating!