Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 16 before July 1, 2023. They were also required to have earned a minimum total score at certain international events.
At each event, skaters earned points toward qualifying for the Grand Prix Final. Following the sixth event, the top six highest-scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows:
Placement
Singles
Pairs/Ice dance
1st
15
15
2nd
13
13
3rd
11
11
4th
9
9
5th
7
7
6th
5
5
7th
4
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8th
3
There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:
Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
Participated in two events.
Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
Highest number of total participants at the events.
If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable, and the tied skaters all advanced to the Grand Prix Final.
At the 2023 Skate Canada Internationa;, Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko won Hungary's first ever Grand Prix medal in pairs (a silver medal) at either the senior or junior level.[36]
At the Grand Prix Final, Ilia Malinin successfully performed a quadruple Axel during his short program; this was the first time that any skater had ever performed this jump during a short program.[37] Malinin had successfully performed quadruple Axels in previous competitions, but only during the free skate segment. Additionally, during the free skate, Malinin successfully performed a quadruple loop, thus becoming the first skater to ever perform all six jumps as quadruples in competition, though not in the same competition.[38]