2026-27 Single and Pair Skating Choreographic Elements | GOE

[gsk8]

New ISU Guidelines for marking +GOE of Single and Pair Skating Choreographic Elements in Free Skating (positive aspects) from 2026/27

These guidelines are tools to be used together with the minus GOE charts. The final GOE of a performed element is based on the combination of both positive and negative aspects. It is important that the final GOE of an element reflects the positive aspects, as well as any possible reductions that may apply. The final GOE of an element is calculated considering first the positive aspects of the element that result in a starting GOE for the evaluation. Following that a Judge reduces the GOE according to the guidelines of possible errors and the result is the final GOE of the element.

Read more here.

 

[maofan]

Although these guidelines make sense, this will end up being very confusing for the casual viewers: "What, he/she stumbled in their choreographic element and it still got positive GOE?"
Unless they read the rules, they wouldn't know that the final GOE of the element is based on the combination of both positive and negative aspects (you might have one negative bullet, but there are 5 or more bullets which are positive, and in the end the GOE could be positive).

...or so I think, I might be wrong!

 

[4everchan]

Although these guidelines make sense, this will end up being very confusing for the casual viewers: "What, he/she stumbled in their choreographic element and it still got positive GOE?"
Unless they read the rules, they wouldn't know that the final GOE of the element is based on the combination of both positive and negative aspects (you might have one negative bullet, but there are 5 or more bullets which are positive, and in the end the GOE could be positive).

...or so I think, I might be wrong!

it will depend on the negative bullets? I m guessing some are bolded and will limit the positive results? for instance a fall is a mandatory minus 5 or something like that