Overview
- Ilia Malinin scored 238.24 in the free skate in Nagoya, surpassing his own mark from November (228.97) and finishing just shy of his personal-best total of 333.81.
- He became the first skater reported to land seven quadruple jumps in a single program, underscoring a new technical benchmark in men's figure skating.
- Coverage differs on whether his program included a successfully completed quadruple Axel, with some reports asserting it and others noting an earlier short-program error on the element.
- Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama took silver with 302.41 points, with Shun Sato earning bronze at 292.08 in their home event.
- Germany’s pair Minerva-Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin placed third after a strong free skate, following Grand Prix Final victories in 2023 and 2024.