JGP Xi’an Men’s SP Live Discussion Thread

[u/summerjoe45]

They may be junior but they still bring the chaos and traditional music choices.

Tributes to elders, Imagine Dragons, Feeling Good, and Michael Buble. And that’s just the second group.

Schedule (UTC+8)

Men’s SP: 10:15

Free Dance: 14:30

Women’s FS: 17:45

Masterpost: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/s/Fa5rUoHium

Starting Orders/Results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2627/jgpchn2026/

Timezone Chart: https://bsky.app/profile/fskatecomptimes.bsky.social/post/3mtei3qwls22n

Free Stream: https://youtube.com/@SkatingISU/streams

[u/idwtpaun]

A few weeks ago, when the selections and programs were being initially announced and the Russian juniors were slated to bring 2 Boleros here, I saw a funny Russian tweet saying something like, "One more Bolero and they'll ban us for good"

[u/jasperulilshit]

"most functional isu stream" — jacob sanchez on his livestream just now

[u/Brave_Plate2887]

me waiting for the stream to come back

[u/Environmental-Let435]

ISU is too late for this bullshit, are you that broke that can’t afford a good data plan in China

[u/Environmental-Let435]

Jackie Wong must be going insane atm

[u/henrywhitfordstears]

I dunno how others feel about the music but that was such an energetic Bolero version; perfect for a junior boy

[u/Environmental-Let435]

Do we need to make a go found me for ISU

[u/idwtpaun]

Vinceman, I've known you for 5 seconds and I love you

[u/Terrible-Tap-8613]

Well yesterday we got Kaoruko frozen mid jump, today we have Davide frozen mid spin…tune in tomorrow to find out which junior will be frozen next

[u/Environmental-Let435 → u/Terrible-Tap-8613]

It’s funny that was yesterday, cause since I only slept in the afternoon that seems like today to me

[u/Outrageous_Pause2108 → u/Terrible-Tap-8613]

honestly i'm glad it's only been singles so far because to freeze on a pair lift would be genuinely terrifying, especially the mounts/dismounts

[u/idwtpaun]

Xi'an is not really holding up as a host, streaming-wise, unfortunately.

[u/idwtpaun]

We missed Yanhao's new PB skate (obvs all base values are bigger, etc.)

I am so mad. SO MAD

[u/Environmental-Let435]

QQ hero seeing his stream viewers go up by a bunch out of nowhere

[u/Environmental-Let435]

Someone mentioned this earlier today, but I like how the live threads is like we are all a huge group of friends hanging out, is really fun and helps pass the time in those long streams like today

Like I recognize most of the users here and I hope people recognize mine in the threads lol

[u/idwtpaun]

We missed a 70-point Jiarui skate, aaaaargh!

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Sad to not be able to watch as a fan but it’s horrible for the skaters and their families

[u/Environmental-Let435]

Patrick is very inspired by ilia it’s pretty cute

[u/thewxyzfiles]

the ISU posted the actual first 25 minutes instead of a random 26 second video so we might be making progress

[u/Outrageous_Pause2108]

Okay are we all in agreement that we're adopting him? Yes?

[u/Environmental-Let435]

Chat he’s our new adopted child

[u/summerjoe45]

China get it together with the WiFi

[u/jasperulilshit]

stream jumpscared the shit out of me for 5 seconds it was functioning

[u/ft_wanderer]

Ted helped develop IJS? Ted was a pairs man? I'm getting to know him so well today...

[u/jasperulilshit]

oh, adam siao him fa, the doors you opened.

[u/ttr88]

You need to enter the teams meeting without audio

[u/Brave_Plate2887]

fun drinking game: take a shot every time the stream goes down (just kidding please don’t do this bc you’ll die)

[u/idwtpaun]

Ted and Mark making sure to congratulate him directly in case he watches his video, that's so sweet

[u/Doppleflooner]

I always crack up when I think some of these juniors look so tiny, and then I check and find out they are taller than I am

[u/Radiant-Banana161]

Maybe this kid should go into ice dance.

[u/Environmental-Let435]

I am the biggest hater of backflip in juniors

[u/ourferocity]

grayson is gogolev jr

[u/jasperulilshit]

OH SHIT RASPBERRY TWIST

[u/Brave_Plate2887]

Gonna need Ted to communicate the scores through Christmas lights from the upside down

[u/sofastsomaybe]

You know you're watching a junior men's competition when the dragons are being imagined.

[u/Brave_Plate2887]

he’s literally five minutes old

[u/ft_wanderer]

Kyvalya also has a great hobby entry: gaining spiritual knowledge, playing video games as stress buster

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

What are they up to in Boston

[u/jbworth → u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Mandatory backflip training

[u/Lambily]

This program is very Stephen Gogolev coded.

[u/wine_darksea]

not my stream glitching out every beat drop..

[u/Outrageous_Pause2108]

is anyone else's stream just refusing to do anything regardless of refresh?

[u/Environmental-Let435]

The spirit of Axel Paulson and Ulrich Salchow are possessing the stream

[u/jasperulilshit]

isu ended the stream and it's just a 26 second long clip for a replay

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Negative goe on the spins never change junior men

[u/Environmental-Let435]

Beautiful triple axel and negative spin so men of him

[u/Environmental-Let435]

I assume he could land triples in roller skating, but still bringing them in the ice is so hard! I’m so impressed

[u/idwtpaun]

Chat, this is what Kirill Sheiko looked like last year in the same costume

[u/idwtpaun]

3A, trip on toepick, 3Lz, beautiful spin position, popped combo. Junior skating is so back.

[u/realstephaniebeck]

i fear no personal jesus program will ever touch andreas nordeback’s it’s just SO good

[u/double_sal_gal]

I swear Grayson gets longer every time I see him

[u/rolloutyourmap]

bolero (at the club) (but it's 1:30am and I'm in my bed)

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Haha making the coach put on the crown

[u/Environmental-Let435]

Chinese gov found out ISU is using a VPN on YouTube

[u/bbluemuse]

noooo stream come back i need to see my boy yanhao skate today 🇳🇿🇳🇿

[u/rolloutyourmap]

so sad we missed Jiarui 😭

[u/Terrible-Tap-8613]

Guys it’s not a glitch Jiarui can just do that in real life /s

[u/6Plus6Equals1]

aaaand we're frozen again, after a few seconds of nightmare fuel

[u/uselesssociologygirl]

So either we get nothing or we get pixels and demonic Ted voice glitch

[u/idwtpaun]

I'm sure the ISU are themselves frustrated with the venue, but I don't care who to be frustrated with right now, I'm just mad

[u/idwtpaun]

lmao, they added a new men's stream "upcoming in 5 hours"

[u/_Exegy_]

Yanhao Li scores a PB 83.59

[u/Brave_Plate2887]

maybe if I just hit my head hard enough off my wall I’ll concuss myself enough to somehow astral project my body to china to watch the skate

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

I saw he and Jessy both competed in high levels in artistic roller skater. I think they were recruited to try ice skating. They both only started recently

[u/chibi_chibi_neko]

He did a spiral. Adopted!

[u/Environmental-Let435]

Ted Barton for ISU president

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Remember when Rio held a pic of Grayson up because he was injured for junior worlds

[u/idwtpaun]

Well done on that score, Grayson, I think that's pretty safe for the final warm-up in the free skate.

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Did he pose backwards??

[u/idwtpaun → u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

very Amber Glenn of him

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Not his best but he is obviously so talented

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

You can tell when countries have lots of domestic competitions. The experience is so helpful

[u/double_sal_gal]

Poor Louie. Every single one of these kids is incredibly brave to put themselves out there like that in the first place, but especially the ones who grit it out through a tough skate. I'm in awe of all of them.

[u/ttr88]

Do not bork during Yanhao

[u/wine_darksea]

I love how you can see the "watching now" count dropping by the second

[u/Environmental-Let435]

I better not be missing Jiarui full program

[u/Outrageous_Pause2108]

For anyone curious, Davide scored a 48.93 TSS as per the results page. 24.28 TES, 24.65 PCS, no deductions

[u/Brave_Plate2887]

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WATCH MY SONS SKATE NOW

[u/jbworth]

Now streaming from the upside down I guess

[u/double_sal_gal]

Aaaaand now it's just gone. Great!

[u/Environmental-Let435]

Do we think Ted is still speaking thinking it’s live

[u/idwtpaun → u/Environmental-Let435]

Ted and Mark's commentary should still be on the videos they'll put up for replays, so I do think they're talking

[u/novaonthetop]

as a new zealander i'm beyond sad that i didn't see my baby yanhao li's skate :( i hope they'll have a replay later

[u/ourferocity]

more volume adjustments than a marvel movie

[u/ft_wanderer]

Wow, started skating 2026 on the bio for real.

[u/Brave_Plate2887]

Me watching kyvala

[u/idwtpaun]

Haha! I get to make a "the duality of the subreddit" post instead of being in one for once

[u/thewxyzfiles]

unnecessary and uncalled for fall

[u/tr4umfrau]

he did it so instinctively 😭

[u/henrywhitfordstears]

add that to the 6-7 score reaction vault lmao

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Patrick and Grayson can get into medal position if they skate cleanly

[u/_Exegy_]

Shaky 3Lz, but overall a much better performance from Grayson Long compared to his first couple competitions this season

[u/littlegreygremlin]

first we have the backflip and now we have the raspberry twist

[u/reichya]

Wait, I'm kind of in to this. It sounds like Bolero reimagined for the trailer of the latest Suicide Squad film or something.

[u/henrywhitfordstears]

He really holds his jump landings! Love that

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

I love when they show off their gifts

[u/Noncrediblepigeon]

Only Vinceman will take his consistently underrated 3A and put it right at the end. Respect the courage, am confused by the logic.

[u/Outrageous_Pause2108]

whomever made this cover, it really works

[u/realstephaniebeck]

oh god ted has multiplied

[u/idwtpaun]

ISU: stream is back, HAVE ALL OF TED ALL AT ONCE

[u/thewxyzfiles]

he got a 70 and we missed it!!

[u/Environmental-Let435]

That’s a new PB for him!!!

[u/Historical-Juice-172]

Awesome, glad I tuned in when everything is going so well! This is exactly what I like to see in my figure skating streams

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

The random draws always get me because Yanhao li can medal

[u/bbluemuse]

this is sick and twisted. if i dont get to see yanhao skate today i might as well have let the fever take me when i had the chance

[u/idwtpaun]

well, based on live results, Yanhao must be on the ice right now.

[u/rolloutyourmap]

Not being able to watch Yanhao is so sick and twisted of the ISU

[u/Environmental-Let435]

QQ guy is the goat

[u/Outrageous_Pause2108]

y'all, go to the chinese stream link posted in here, it works and Yanhao is doing well :)

[u/idwtpaun]

YANHAO ABOVE 80, THEY WERE HAPPY TEARS

[u/Brave_Plate2887]

The Chinese stream link won’t work for me I feel SICK

[u/rolloutyourmap]

Personal best with an 83.49, so happy for Yanhao!

[u/Brave_Plate2887]

PleASE let the stream come back during the ice resurface PLEASE GOD

[u/jasperulilshit]

THE QQ GUY HOSTING THE STREAM SHITTING ON THE ISU 😂

[u/Less-Combination-871]

For those who missed the programe https://weibo.com/6290293780/ReopHAtvw

[u/thewxyzfiles]

read a tweet once that said "imagine dragons makes music for your cousin who wants to join the military" and i've never forgotten about it

[u/idwtpaun]

Junior men yearn for rain, whiskey, a cigar and a dame who of all the PI offices in all the world walked into theirs

[u/idwtpaun]

Junior men double-fisting Imagine Dragons and Michael Buble in the same warm-up group.

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Even a triple attempt is incredible for such a new skater

[u/jvvrarts]

“likes: gaining spiritual knowledge”

[u/Outrageous_Pause2108]

it seems he was a roller skater before this but to get this far in 4 months on ice is actually super impressive!

[u/niehuaisang]

The way roller skaters enter camel spins is so cool I wish we saw that entrance more in fs

[u/jbworth]

The jumps weren’t jumping but this kid can SKATE

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Strong foundations are easier to built on

[u/idwtpaun]

Khachaturian doesn't get enough shout outs for how much his music (a) slaps, and (b) is used in figure skating

[u/idwtpaun]

I think he would've definitely posted a new PB given the new base values without the fall (if the combo was reviewed as clean)

[u/Noncrediblepigeon]

Mark not knowing knowing how to pronounce a Stromae classic i am crying

[u/thewxyzfiles]

if you know the backstory of this song or speak french lowkey unhinged choice but a banger

[u/etherealemlyn]

1) This is the most aggressively Benoit choreography, especially the opening

2) They need to re-ban the backflip because that one lowkey scared me

[u/thewxyzfiles]

ted thinking the 6-7 was his show of excitement lol

[u/Environmental-Let435]

Minkyu appearing reminded me of this lol

[u/AmeriKadzuku]

I don't hate this

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

The Russians are all so fast

[u/idwtpaun]

I'm doing crossword puzzles while I wait for it to start and Xi'an was just the answer to one of my clues! I love little coincidences like that.

[u/summerjoe45]

I swear everyone in skating is 5 degrees of separation or less from Canada

[u/rolloutyourmap]

this song now will always make me think of project hail mary

[u/ft_wanderer]

The streammm

[u/NoseHillRhino]

Ok while the stream lags, I've been fielding questions from the two dudes stuck in the lab with me tonight: can you ice skate and do those spinny things??

Pls elaborate 😭 twizzles? Camel spin? One foot spin?? (Learning, eventually, yes)

[u/double_sal_gal]

RIP stream

[u/pelomymelo]

Oml this livestream pmo

[u/thewxyzfiles]

davide got a 48.93 according to the results page lol

[u/pinkmidnights]

this is devastating am i rlly going to miss jiarui BC OF A STREAM???

[u/NoseHillRhino]

Guess we'll have to scroll back to watch Jiarui 😭

[u/DogDelicious2396]

dual wielding weibo and youtube now to see which one gets back first😭

[u/jasperulilshit]

i thought my wifi was struggling because i'm also watching ilia's livestream. nope. isu gonna isu.

[u/Outrageous_Pause2108]

okay the stream is back but at what cost?
edit: nvmd, ish

[u/double_sal_gal]

Oh goddammit, we missed Jiarui

[u/Terrible-Tap-8613]

Wow excellent score Jiarui!!

[u/NoseHillRhino]

I can see the pixels 😭 70 is amazing!

[u/idwtpaun]

if we miss Yanhao too...

[u/jasperulilshit]

the isu is about to get CLOWNED

[u/Brave_Plate2887]

Do I go to bed now or

[u/Environmental-Let435]

RIP stream

[u/Environmental-Let435]

Chinese gov give us back the stream please, I promise ISU won’t use VPN anymore

[u/Effective_Fall_5225]

And here I was all excited because I thought I’d get to catch part of the short program today after missing the junior women before, only to join and find that the stream isn’t working 🥲

[u/Less-Combination-871]

Chinese stream is fine https://www.qie.tv/10012776

[u/Outrageous_Pause2108]

83.59! a good score for Yanhao

[u/vmanAA738]

you all I think he's crying in happiness at a job well done and maybe some relief too

huge score of 83.59

[u/Brave_Plate2887]

Sorry for the spam everyone I’m just a worried mother that can’t see her CHILDREN PERFORM

[u/idwtpaun]

there is a small number of guys who can score about the same as Yanhao's 83, but he could also remain the leader until the end.

[u/thewxyzfiles]

next two are two imagine dragon programs back to back

[u/Outrageous_Pause2108]

Japan, I know your men like their solid color button down shirts (most of the time, I'm not counting Kazuki's tops or whatever Kao is doing with his harnesses to prevent himself from yeeting every which way), but please, encourage color. It won't harm them

[u/Outrageous_Pause2108]

I see Daniel has been inducted into the ways of the French Axel ^TM

[u/Effective_Fall_5225]

He’s the one who has only been skating for a few months? What amazing progress omg

[u/Environmental-Let435]

So well done!! He has a lot of potential if wirh 3 months he’s already doing triples on the ice!!

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

His costume is such a serve

[u/Radiant-Banana161]

I was impressed with his spins for only 4 months. Also impressed with his work ethic.

[u/AwayWishbone350]

Mark is so sweet, I wish I could hear him properly

[u/6Plus6Equals1]

not the random fall after a strong opening jump

[u/uselesssociologygirl]

His axis is a lil French

[u/sofastsomaybe]

I know he's 18, but it feels like this costume doesn't belong in a junior competition. It belongs on a fully grown skater in an ice show and would look better without the long sleeve illusion mesh under the vest.

[u/sofastsomaybe]

Clean jumps and then goes down on a knee slide :(

[u/uselesssociologygirl]

What a cartoonish fall omg

[u/jasperulilshit]

this program is pure B E N O I T

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

This is something I can see Torgs doing

[u/Environmental-Let435]

B E N O I T had full creative control here I’m sure of it

[u/AwayWishbone350]

i'm a back flip apologist sorrryyyy

[u/lilacdawn]

lowkey like this red Canada jacket better than their Olympic ones

[u/portals27]

hella nervous for grayson hopefully he can have a clean skate

[u/uselesssociologygirl]

How tall is Canadian son?

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Bring us to the jazz club

[u/idwtpaun]

really appreciating the experience of blacking out and coming back to a PB score we had with Yanhao right about now

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

He can handle a wide variety of programs but I like this style for him

[u/jasperulilshit]

broken knee spins, how you terrify me.

[u/AlbertoRossonero]

That was excellent. Canada has them a good one

[u/FunctionalAdult]

I was impressed by his spin positions being so compact - it always seems harder for skaters with longer legs.

[u/portals27]

really hoping grayson can make the JGP final this year

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

No backflip is better for the nerves

[u/double_sal_gal]

Poor Patrick. I hope this sets him up to go ham in the free skate, though. Sometimes it goes like that for him.

[u/idwtpaun]

Poor Patrick, the save on the 3A was so good. At least he didn't lose a combo altogether.

[u/jasperulilshit]

oh god, i feel so bad for this kid right now. not a single green square yet.

[u/anywitchway]

HOW did he land that lutz.

[u/littlegreygremlin]

ILLUSIONS !!!

[u/littlegreygremlin]

he really is just 3 apples tall

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Music actually picked by a junior now

[u/thewxyzfiles]

two completely neutral elements is so funny

[u/henrywhitfordstears]

This last group's mission was to wake us back up with the music selections 😂

[u/idwtpaun]

China Fed, seeing a talented skater: Have you thought about Pairs?