Cup of China 2015- Men

Javier Fernandez won the Cup of China, and I don't think anyone is surprised. He skated well, but he was blown out of the water by a Chinese skater very few people saw coming.

Boyang Jin got the silver here. He has amazing jumps, including a quad lutz, and not in the way Adam Rippon has a quad lutz, he does it cleanly, and in combination with a triple toe. He had four quads in the free and two in the short. There has been a debate over whether skaters will need three quads to succeed, but with Boyang Jin on the scene, they may need four. His skating skills are not amazing, but with four good quads, it's a little forgivable. He's still new to the senior scene, so his skating skills will likely come up to try to match up with Yuzuru Hanyu and Patrick Chan. All of his technical elements are pretty strong, and with some work on the skating skills and choreography, he'd be the top man in the world pretty easily.

Han Yan ended up in third, but his short program was a disaster. He managed to make up some ground in the free, but he surely would have liked better placement here. Even in the short, he was saved a little by the PCSs. His TES actually had him in 7th, which is usually his strong suit.

Sergei Voronov had the same problem as Han Yan, but with the free instead of the short. He was 3rd in the short, but 8th in the free. His technical score, like with Han Yan is absolutely his strong suit, but was second to worst in the free. He had a pretty high PCS, but I don't really get it. I don't see strong skating skills, there aren't a whole lot of transitions, and the choreography isn't great.