Based on the results of the 2022 World Championships, each ISU member nation could field one to three entries per discipline.[3] Skaters from Russia and Belarus were banned from participating "until further notice" due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]
Women competing in single skating first performed their short programs on Wednesday, March 22, while men performed theirs on Thursday, March 23.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[8] the short program had to include the following elements:
For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.[10]
Women performed their free skates on Friday, March 24, while men performed theirs on Saturday, March 25.[1] The free skate performance for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes,[8] and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.[11]
Couples performed their free skates on Thursday, March 23.[1] The free skate could last no more than 4 minutes,[8] and had to included the following elements: three pair lifts, of which one had to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.[13]
Couples then performed their free dances on Saturday, March 25.[1] The free dance could last no longer than 4 minutes,[8] and had to include the following: three short dance lifts or one short dance lift and one combination lift, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one turns sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements.[15]
For the 2022–2023 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance–such as jumps and spins–were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.[16] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (that is, an average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score.[17] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on five program components–skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and interpretation of the music–and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.[18]
Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[20] The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[21]
↑ "Műkorcsolya Világbajnokság: a döntő a cél Japánban"[World Figure Skating Championships: the final is the goal in Japan]. Hungarian Skating Federation (in Hungarian). March 17, 2023. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
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