Just ran some numbers on the average scores from our top girl's best season over the last few years to prove a point in an interaction. Maybe some people would find the results interesting:
Valieva: 260 (This is Olympic season, including her DQ scores and her team event score but also including her meltdown score)
Her 2nd best not including that is 245 (2020/21)
Shcherbakova: 245 (2020/21)
Petrosian: 244 (2022/23)
Kosornaia: 243 (2019/20)
Akateva: 238 (2022/23)
Trusova: 237 (2021/22)
Muravieva: 235 (2022/23)
Bazyluk: 232 (2023/24)
Medvedeva: 231 (2017/18)
Usacheva: 230 (2020/21)
Zagitova: 224 (2017/18)
Zhilina: 224 (2022/23)
Dvoeglazova: 224 (2023/24)
Sinitsyna: 218 (2023/24)
In case someone says Petrosian didn't skate enough in that season to get a fair average, over the last two seasons combined she has 243 (2022-24).
Shcherbakova's best two seasons combined is 241 (2020-22)
Valieva's is 253 (2020-22)
Not including her DQ season, Valieva's best two season average is at 244 (2021-23).
So for fun the top 3 in history for a 2 season average are:
Kamila: 253 (2020-22) / 244 (2021-23)
Petrosian: 243 (2022-24)
Shcherbakova: 241 (2020-22)
The rest were not even close for it to be worth the time calculating (including Kostornaia). Their 2nd best season is way worse than their best.
So these 3 are ultimately the top 3 skaters Russia has seen, in my opinion.
Alright everyone time to update this since the season is finished, thankfully it will be easy for me since nobody really did that well except Adeliia.
Gorbacheva actually had a career-best season despite a lot of falls. She had 223 average you can see in the above quote where that puts her historically.
Sadkova had her best season despite it not being very good she averaged 220.
Gushchina only averaged 210 I think we all agree she is underscored though.
Frolova actually had her best season it looks like with a 221 average.
Now to the fun part...
Adeliia had a career best with a 249 average despite literally just not performing 10 points of her FS at GPF. This puts her 2nd in history after Valieva's DQ season. If we dont allow Valieva's season Petrosian is now #1 (wheres as she was still #2 before by 1 point), with 2nd place being tied between Shcherbakova and Valieva at 245.
So:
1. Valieva DQ 260 (21/22)
2. Petrosian 249 (24/25)
3. Valieva/Shcherbakova 245 (20/21, 20/21)
For 2-season average Valieva's is 253 including DQ and 244 not including, while Shcherbakova is 241.
So:
1. Valieva DQ 253 (20-22)
2. Petrosian 247 (23-25)
3. Valieva 244 (20/21 + 22/23)
3-season average:
1. Valieva DQ 250 (20-23)
2. Petrosian 245 (22-25)
2. Valieva 238 (20/21 +22-24)
Senior career average:
1. Petrosian 245
2. Valieva DQ 244
3. Valieva/Shcherbakova 238
What we learned:
Valieva is still really that good, easily the best of all time. I actually cannot believe she averaged 260. That is preposterous. I also cannot believe how close Adeliia could've been to that.
Petrosian is a clear second, if last year there was still debate about her versus Shcherbakova I think it is now finished (this is not speaking about "greatness", whatever that means, but just general skill. Accolades do not matter for this statement.) That being said, Adeliia is now the most consistent quadster in senior history.
Petrosian is closing in on Valieva, she is closer to Valieva (1st place) than she is to Shcherbakova (3rd place); if she had a good GPF it would be neck/neck however she bombed it (for her standard) so for now Valieva is still quite clear.
Overall Valieva, Adeliia and Shcherbakova have distinguished themselves among all ladies skaters in history. Kostornaia is on their heel for a 1-season average, but if you then start going even deeper into the 2, 3 and general career averages, the schism between these 3 and everyone else is gargantuan.
t.me
