2015–16 ISU Challenger Series

The 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2015. It was the second season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

2015–16 ISU Challenger Series
Type:	ISU Challenger Series
Date:	September 16 – December 5, 2015
Season:	2015–16
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Competitions

This season, the series included the following events.^[1]

Date	Event	Location	Results
September 16–20	2015 U.S. International Classic	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States	Details
September 24–26	2015 Nebelhorn Trophy	Oberstdorf, Germany	Details
October 1–3	2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy	Bratislava, Slovakia	Details
October 8–11	2015 Finlandia Trophy	Espoo, Finland	Details
October 15–18	2015 Mordovian Ornament	Saransk, Russia	Details
October 20–25	2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup	Sofia, Bulgaria	Details
October 27 – November 1	2015 Ice Challenge	Graz, Austria	Details
November 18–22	2015 Tallinn Trophy	Tallinn, Estonia	Details
November 26–29	2015 Warsaw Cup	Warsaw, Poland	Details
December 2–5	2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb	Zagreb, Croatia	Details

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
U.S. International Classic	Daniel Samohin	Keiji Tanaka	Ross Miner	Details
Nebelhorn Trophy	Elladj Baldé	Max Aaron	Konstantin Menshov	Details
Ondrej Nepela Trophy	Jason Brown	Mikhail Kolyada	Gordei Gorshkov	Details
Finlandia Trophy	Konstantin Menshov	Adam Rippon	Sergei Voronov	Details
Mordovian Ornament	Maxim Kovtun	Daniel Samohin	Moris Kvitelashvili	Details
Denkova-Staviski Cup	Misha Ge	Julian Zhi Jie Yee	Matteo Rizzo	Details
Ice Challenge	Artur Dmitriev	Jason Brown	Mikhail Kolyada	Details
Tallinn Trophy	Max Aaron	Dmitri Aliev	Deniss Vasiļjevs	Details
Warsaw Cup	Alexander Samarin	Anton Shulepov	Zhan Bush	Details
Golden Spin of Zagreb	Denis Ten	Adam Rippon	Adian Pitkeev	Details

Ladies' singles

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
U.S. International Classic	Satoko Miyahara	Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Angela Wang	Details
Nebelhorn Trophy	Kaetlyn Osmond	Alena Leonova	Courtney Hicks	Details
Ondrej Nepela Trophy	Evgenia Medvedeva	Anna Pogorilaya	Maria Artemieva	Details
Finlandia Trophy	Rika Hongo	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Joshi Helgesson	Details
Mordovian Ornament	Anna Pogorilaya	Adelina Sotnikova	Maria Artemieva	Details
Denkova-Staviski Cup	Isabelle Olsson	Angelīna Kučvaļska	Anne Line Gjersem	Details
Ice Challenge	Mirai Nagasu	Maria Artemieva	Tyler Pierce	Details
Tallinn Trophy	Maria Sotskova	Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Tyler Pierce	Details
Warsaw Cup	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Serafima Sakhanovich	Anastasia Galustyan	Details
Golden Spin of Zagreb	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Karen Chen	Details

Pairs

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
U.S. International Classic	Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea	Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro	Details
Nebelhorn Trophy	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	Details
Ondrej Nepela Trophy	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Details
Mordovian Ornament	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert	Goda Butkute / Nikita Ermolaev	Details
Ice Challenge	Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim	Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Details
Tallinn Trophy	Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert	Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji	Details
Warsaw Cup	Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Goda Butkute / Nikita Ermolaev	Details
Golden Spin of Zagreb	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov	Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea	Details

Ice dance

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
U.S. International Classic	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen	Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette	Details
Nebelhorn Trophy	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam	Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus	Details
Ondrej Nepela Trophy	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	Details
Finlandia Trophy	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko	Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen	Details
Mordovian Ornament	Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin	Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko	Natalia Kaliszek / Maxim Spodirev	Details
Denkova-Staviski Cup	Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar	Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev	Ludmila Sosnitskaia / Pavel Golovishnokov	Details
Ice Challenge	Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton	Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri	Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm	Details
Tallinn Trophy	Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko	Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley	Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen	Details
Warsaw Cup	Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri	Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev	Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen	Details
Golden Spin of Zagreb	Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker	Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal	Details

Medal standings

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	14	12	11	37
2	United States (USA)	8	7	9	24
3	Canada (CAN)	4	1	2	7
4	Israel (ISR)	2	3	0	5
5	Italy (ITA)	2	2	2	6
6	Germany (GER)	2	2	0	4
7	Japan (JPN)	2	1	0	3
8	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	3	0	4
9	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
10	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	0	1
12	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	1	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	1	2
	Poland (POL)	0	1	1	2
16	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
19	Finland (FIN)	0	0	3	3
20	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	2	2
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	2	2
22	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		38	38	38	114

Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.^[2]

Men's singles

No.	Skater	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score[3]
1	Jason Brown	United States	Ondrej Nepela Trophy	239.37	Ice Challenge	240.65	480.02
2	Max Aaron		Nebelhorn Trophy	222.94	Tallinn Trophy	252.16	475.10
3	Mikhail Kolyada	Russia	Ondrej Nepela Trophy	229.59	Ice Challenge	239.77	469.36
4	Adam Rippon	United States	Finlandia Trophy	224.18	Golden Spin of Zagreb	237.87	462.05
5	Daniel Samohin	Israel	U.S. International Classic	223.67	Mordovian Ornament	235.14	458.81

Ladies' singles

No.	Skater	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score[4]
1	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Russia	Warsaw Cup	192.93	Golden Spin of Zagreb	201.33	394.26
2	Anna Pogorilaya		Ondrej Nepela Trophy	178.38	Mordovian Ornament	214.07	392.45
3	Adelina Sotnikova		Mordovian Ornament	203.89	Golden Spin of Zagreb	159.80	363.69
4	Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Kazakhstan	U.S. International Classic	177.91		176.33	354.24
5	Maria Artemieva	Russia	Ondrej Nepela Trophy	177.21	Mordovian Ornament	173.87	351.08

Pairs

No.	Team	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score[5]
1	Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Germany	Tallinn Trophy	214.42	Warsaw Cup	209.60	424.02
2	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Russia	Ondrej Nepela Trophy	184.28	Golden Spin of Zagreb	192.22	376.50
3	Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert		Mordovian Ornament	196.22		173.62	369.84
4	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov		Ondrej Nepela Trophy	185.00		183.88	368.88
5	Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim	United States	Nebelhorn Trophy	179.56	Ice Challenge	189.28	368.84

Ice dance

No.	Team	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score[6]
1	Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri	Italy	Warsaw Cup	169.72	Golden Spin of Zagreb	172.28	342.00
2	Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko	Israel	Mordovian Ornament	160.98	Tallinn Trophy	160.84	321.82
3	Natalia Kaliszek / Maxim Spodirev	Poland		150.60	Warsaw Cup	147.52	298.12
4	Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar	Turkey		145.34	Denkova-Staviski Cup	151.74	297.08
5	Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev	Belarus		142.86		148.08	290.94

Top scores

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

For the season's highest scores, see 2015–16 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total

No.	Skater	Nation	Score	Event
1	Denis Ten	Kazakhstan	276.39	2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
2	Max Aaron	United States	252.16	2015 Tallinn Trophy
3	Artur Dmitriev	Russia	247.57	2015 Ice Challenge
4	Elladj Baldé	Canada	242.36	2015 Nebelhorn Trophy
5	Jason Brown	United States	240.65	2015 Ice Challenge
6	Mikhail Kolyada	Russia	239.77
7	Adam Rippon	United States	237.87	2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8	Maxim Kovtun	Russia	236.38	2015 Mordovian Ornament
9	Daniel Samohin	Israel	235.14
10	Jorik Hendrickx	Belgium	233.47	2015 Ice Challenge

Ladies' singles

Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total

No.	Skater	Nation	Score	Event
1	Anna Pogorilaya	Russia	214.07	2015 Mordovian Ornament
2	Adelina Sotnikova		203.89
3	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva		201.33	2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4	Rika Hongo	Japan	187.45	2015 Finlandia Trophy
5	Maria Sotskova	Russia	186.30	2015 Tallinn Trophy
6	Evgenia Medvedeva		183.94	2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
7	Satoko Miyahara	Japan	183.64	2015 U.S. International Classic
8	Kaetlyn Osmond	Canada	179.41	2015 Nebelhorn Trophy
9	Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Kazakhstan	177.91	2015 U.S. International Classic
10	Maria Artemieva	Russia	177.21	2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total

No.	Team	Nation	Score	Event
1	Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Germany	214.42	2015 Tallinn Trophy
2	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	214.05	2015 Mordovian Ornament
3	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov		202.79	2015 Nebelhorn Trophy
4	Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert		196.22	2015 Mordovian Ornament
5	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov		192.22	2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Italy	191.98	2015 Warsaw Cup
7	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Russia	190.28	2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
8	Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim	United States	189.28	2015 Ice Challenge
9	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov	Russia	185.00	2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
10	Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert	Germany	177.04	2015 Tallinn Trophy

Ice dance

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)

No.	Team	Nation	Score	Event
1	Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin	Russia	176.70	2015 Mordovian Ornament
2	Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri	Italy	172.28	2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
3	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	United States	169.50	2015 Nebelhorn Trophy
4	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Canada	161.67	2015 Finlandia Trophy
5	Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko	Israel	160.98	2015 Mordovian Ornament
6	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Canada	159.14	2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
7	Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland	Great Britain	156.22
8	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	United States	154.34
9	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue		153.62	2015 U.S. International Classic
10	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker		153.06	2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb