Overview
- The new total surpasses his previous free skate record of 228.97 points set in November 2025.
- Malinin is a two-time world champion and two-time Grand Prix Final winner at age 21.
- He was born in the United States to former skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov.
- His parents were born in Russia, represented Uzbekistan in the 1990s, and have lived in the United States since 1998.
- The ISU has barred Russian and Belarusian skaters from international events since March 2022, with exceptions for Olympic qualifying that included Adeliia Petrosyan and Petr Gumennik.