2018–19 ISU Challenger Series


The 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series was held from August to December 2018. It was the fifth season of a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions ranked below the Grand Prix series.

Events

The 2018–19 series will be composed of ten events.
DateEventLocationDetails
August 1–52018 CS Asian Open TrophyBangkok, Thailand
September 12–162018 CS Lombardia TrophyBergamo, Italy
September 12–162018 CS U.S. International ClassicSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
September 19–222018 CS Ondrej Nepela TrophyBratislava, Slovakia
September 20–222018 CS Autumn ClassicOakville, Ontario, Canada
September 26–292018 CS Nebelhorn TrophyOberstdorf, Germany
October 4–72018 CS Finlandia TrophyEspoo, Finland
November 11–182018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen TrophyInnsbruck, Austria
November 26 – December 22018 CS Tallinn TrophyTallinn, Estonia
December 5–82018 CS Golden Spin of ZagrebZagreb, Croatia

Medal summary

Medalists

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

Medal standings

Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or duo.

Men

RankName1st eventScore2nd eventScoreTotal score
1 Mikhail Kolyada2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy274.372018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb253.14527.51
2 Cha Jun-hwan2018 CS Autumn Classic259.782018 CS Finlandia Trophy239.19498.97
3 Jason Brown2018 CS Autumn Classic233.232018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb263.42496.65
4 Dmitri Aliev2018 CS Lombardia Trophy250.552018 CS Finlandia Trophy224.95475.50
5 Daniel Grassl2018 CS Alpen Trophy230.502018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb229.82460.32

Ladies

RankName1st eventScore2nd eventScoreTotal score
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva2018 CS Lombardia Trophy206.072018 CS Finlandia Trophy202.85408.92
2 Bradie Tennell2018 CS Autumn Classic206.412018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb202.41408.82
3 Elizabet Tursynbaeva2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy192.302018 CS Finlandia Trophy200.74393.04
4 Mariah Bell2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy188.972018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb196.60385.57
5 Anastasiia Gubanova2018 CS Tallinn Trophy180.732018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb198.65379.38

Pairs

RankName1st eventScore2nd eventScoreTotal score
1 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii2018 CS Lombardia Trophy191.992018 CS Finlandia Trophy188.54380.53
2 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro2018 CS Finlandia Trophy193.932018 CS Autumn Classic176.32370.25
3 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy178.942018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb183.89362.83
4 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer2018 CS Finlandia Trophy176.092018 CS Tallinn Trophy184.60360.69
5 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy177.222018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb182.84360.06

Ice dancing

RankName1st eventScore2nd eventScoreTotal score
1 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy194.122018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb201.27395.39
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri2018 CS Lombardia Trophy193.282018 CS Alpen Trophy195.39388.67
3 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy177.492018 CS Tallinn Trophy180.22357.71
4 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy178.642018 CS Alpen Trophy174.35352.99
5 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons2018 CS Lombardia Trophy170.682018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy180.95351.63

Top scores

Men

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Ladies

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Pairs

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Ice dancing

Best total score

Best rhythm dance score

Best free dance score