Best skater of all time at ____?

[yuzuangel]

Hi all, let's play a fun game. List the best skater (of all time or in recent history) at the following moves and skills - one or all of them! Feel free to split them up into ladies and men, too.

 

Jumps

1. 4Lz

2. 4F

3. 4Lo

4. 4S

5. 4T

6. 3A

7. 3Lz

8. 3F

9. 3Lo

10. 3S

11. -3T combinations

12. -3Lo combinations

12. 2A

 

Spins

1. Layback spin

2. Biellmann spin

3. Camel spin

4. Sit spin

5. Spin variation

 

Components

1. Choreography

2. Presentation

3. Skating skills

4. Transitions

5. Interpretation

 

Other

1. Spirals

2. Step sequence

3. Costumes

[monchan]

Too long I'll do jumps only:

Jumps

1. 4Lz: Boyang (I think Kolyada's is great too when he lands it esp amazing flow out)

2. 4F: Nathan 

3. 4Lo: Yuzu

4. 4S: Yuzu

5. 4T: Yuzu

6. 3A: Yuzu again lol

 

Idc men's triples so only ladies:

6. 3A (ladies ver.): Mao for consistency, Rika for solid technique, girl killed it.

7. 3Lz: Polina turskaya when she lands it, that delay rotation is to die for.

8. 3F: don't really notice who's best, heard about 3Lz much more frequently than 3F

9. 3Lo: Kaori, zhenya, Caro (when she lands it ofc, I might prefer it over Zhenya's or Kaori's)

10. 3S: Mai (ice coverage and height isn't the best but consistency, solid technique, rippon and flow are best, I would love to see someone w bigger 3S too)

11. -3T combinations: 3Lz3T of Yuna and 3F3T of Kaori (so much love for these combos ), 3A3T for Rika (bravo)

12. -3Lo combinations: never find any -3Lo look good lol

13. 2A: Wakaba 

 

[yuzuangel]

I'll start   I'll try not to be too biased.

36 minutes ago, yuzuangel said:

Hi all, let's play a fun game. List the best skater (of all time or in recent history) at the following moves and skills - one or all of them!

 

Jumps

1. 4Lz - Boyang, mostly because of the height and the fact that he actually consistently hits it.

2. 4F - Nathan

3. 4Lo - Yuzu, ofc

4. 4S - Yuzu and Javi both have nice ones. Kolyada posted a nice one on social media once but Yuzu and Javi do equally nice ones in competition.

5. 4T - Yuzu

6. 3A - Yuzu. In ladies, nothing beats Midori Ito

7. 3Lz - Liza T, Karen Chen, Gracie, Yuna, and Nana Araki

8. 3F - dunno

9. 3Lo - Karen Chen has a nice one

10. 3S - dunno

11. -3T combinations - Yuna's 3T combinations

12. -3Lo combinations - Alina Zagitova

12. 2A - Yuna has a very effortless one. Kaetlyn Osmond also has a nice one. Mirai Nagasu has a huge 2A.

 

Spins

1. Layback spin - Sasha Cohen

2. Biellmann spin - 2010 Mirai Nagasu

3. Camel spin - dunno

4. Sit spin - Yuzu

5. Spin variation - Yulia Lipnitskaya's I-spin

 

Components

1. Choreography - Satoko Miyahara

2. Presentation - Satoko Miyahara, Sasha Cohen

3. Skating skills - Yuzu

4. Transitions - Yuzu

5. Interpretation - Yuzu

 

Other

1. Spirals - Sasha Cohen

2. Step sequence - Yuna and Yuzu

3. Costumes - I like some of Gracie Gold's, Yuna's, Yuzu's, Yulia L's, etc.

 

[WinForPooh]

4 hours ago, monchan said:

Too long I'll do jumps only:

Jumps

1. 4Lz: Boyang (I think Kolyada's is great too when he lands it esp amazing flow out)

2. 4F: Nathan 

3. 4Lo: Yuzu

4. 4S: Yuzu

5. 4T: Yuzu

6. 3A: Yuzu again lol

 

Idc men's triples so only ladies:

6. 3A (ladies ver.): Mao for consistency, Rika for solid technique, girl killed it.

7. 3Lz: Polina turskaya when she lands it, that delay rotation is to die for.

8. 3F: don't really notice who's best, heard about 3Lz much more frequently than 3F

9. 3Lo: Kaori, zhenya, Caro (when she lands it ofc, I might prefer it over Zhenya's or Kaori's)

10. 3S: Mai (ice coverage and height isn't the best but consistency, solid technique, rippon and flow are best, I would love to see someone w bigger 3S too)

11. -3T combinations: 3Lz3T of Yuna and 3F3T of Kaori (so much love for these combos ), 3A3T for Rika (bravo)

12. -3Lo combinations: never find any -3Lo look good lol

13. 2A: Wakaba 

 

 

One of my favourite -3Lo combos ever. Though Mao did a few great ones, too. (ETA: Irina Slutskaya did a lot of 3S-3Lo combos, sometimes badly URed but when she did get the rotation, it was great. She did 3S-3Lo-2T, too. Not my favourite version of it but still pretty cool.)

 

 

[hoodie axel]

Jumps

1. 4Lz -- Boyang Jin

2. 4F -- meh, Nathan Chen if pressed. Hope someone comes up with an impressive one soon, if it must be assigned points.

3. 4Lo -- Yuzuru Hanyu

4. 4S -- Javier Fernandez

5. 4T -- Han Yan

6. 3A -- Ilya Kulik for the size, Yuzuru Hanyu for transitions, Midori Ito

7. 3Lz -- Brian Boitano (men), Tonya Harding (women)

8. 3F -- Midori Ito for women, Kurt Browning for men

9. 3Lo -- Midori Ito for women, Ilia Kulik?

10. 3S -- Midori Ito for women, Ilia Kulik again?

11. -3T combinations -- Yuna Kim for sheer consistency 

12. -3Lo combinations -- Mao Asada, although I liked Wakaba Higuchi's 3Lz-3Lo that WinForPooh linked

12. 2A -- Midori Ito

 

Spins

1. Layback spin -- Sasha Cohen, Alissa Csizny

2. Biellmann spin -- Denise Biellmann, Michael Christian Martinez for the men

3. Camel spin -- Michelle Kwan

4. Sit spin -- Lucinda Ruh

5. Spin variation -- Julia Lipnitskaya's Biellmann, or Alisa Lozko's Biellmann, or Adelina Sotnikova's upside down catchfoot camel, Caroline Zhang's Pearl, Nathalie Krieg's two-handed haircutter.

 

Components

1. Choreography -- Michelle Kwan

2. Presentation -- Michelle Kwan, Stephane Lambiel

3. Skating skills -- Yuka Sato, by a margin and a half

4. Transitions -- Probably Matt Savoie

5. Interpretation -- Lu Chen and Michelle Kwan I'd say, although points to Kurt Browning for creativity 

 

Adding 6. Performance -- Alexei Yagudin

 

Other

1. Spirals -- Sasha Cohen, Michelle Kwan

2. Step sequence -- Kurt Browning

3. Costumes -- eh. Post 2010 Yuna Kim?