The 2020 Guaranteed Rate Skate America was the first event in the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 23–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of modifications were made to the Grand Prix structure. The competitors consisted only of skaters from the home country, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reasons.
On September 25, 2020, U.S. Figure Skating announced that Skate America would be held without spectators present, in line with Nevada Gaming Control Board guidelines regarding the pandemic. Attendees at the competition remained in a bubble throughout the duration of the event.
Entries The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on October 1, 2020. Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Keegan Messing Lin Shan Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati Alexei BychenkoDaniel Samohin Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski Nathan ChenTomoki HiwatashiJoseph KangAlexei KrasnozhonJimmy MaIlia MalininMaxim NaumovCamden PulkinenVincent Zhou Starr AndrewsMariah BellKaren ChenAmber GlennGracie GoldFinley HawkPooja KalyanPaige RydbergAudrey ShinBradie TennellSierra Venetta Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDucJessica Calalang / Brian JohnsonEmily Chan / Spencer HoweTarah Kayne / Danny O'SheaAudrey Lu / Misha MitrofanovAlexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon FrazierOlivia Serafini / Mervin Tran Christina Carreira / Anthony PonomarenkoMolly Cesanek / Yehor YehorovCaroline Green / Michael ParsonsKaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc BakerMadison Hubbell / Zachary DonohueLorraine McNamara / Anton SpiridonovEva Pate / Logan Bye
Changes to preliminary assignments Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Pairs colspan=2 October 5 Emily Chan / Spencer Howe MenOctober 7 Stephen GogolevOctober 7 Daniel Samohin Injury Ladies Gabriella Izzo Paige Rydberg Pairs October 8 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov October 13 Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski Event conflict Men October 9 Michal Březina October 9 Joseph Kang Injury Ice dance Madison Chock / Evan Bates colspan="2" Lack of preparation time Livvy Shilling / Alexander Petrov colspan="2" colspan="2" October 9 Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati Ladies October 12 Isabelle Inthisone October 12 Finley Hawk Kate Wang Sierra Venetta
Results Men Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Nathan Chen 299.15 1 111.17 1 187.98 2 Vincent Zhou 275.10 2 99.36 2 175.47 3 Keegan Messing 266.42 3 92.40 3 174.02 4 Tomoki Hiwatashi 245.30 4 87.17 4 158.13 5 Ilia Malinin 220.31 7 76.75 5 143.56 6 Alexei Bychenko 214.62 6 77.48 8 137.14 7 Alexei Krasnozhon 214.61 5 78.06 9 136.55 8 Maxim Naumov 214.27 8 70.91 6 143.36 9 Camden Pulkinen 207.82 9 69.09 7 138.73 10 Jimmy Ma 196.98 11 63.36 10 133.62 11 Joseph Kang 192.37 10 68.08 11 124.29 12 Daniel Samohin 184.54 12 61.60 12 122.94
Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Mariah Bell 212.73 1 76.48 4 136.25 2 Bradie Tennell 211.07 2 73.29 1 137.78 3 Audrey Shin 206.15 3 69.77 3 136.38 4 Karen Chen 204.90 4 68.13 2 136.77 5 Amber Glenn 190.09 5 67.85 6 122.24 6 Lin Shan 182.11 7 59.29 5 122.84 7 Paige Rydberg 178.13 6 63.91 8 114.22 8 Starr Andrews 171.70 10 57.20 7 114.50 9 Sierra Venetta 170.12 8 59.28 9 111.44 10 Pooja Kalyan 158.95 11 55.50 10 103.45 11 Finley Hawk 154.25 9 59.12 11 95.13 12 Gracie Gold 127.82 12 46.36 12 81.46
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier 214.77 1 74.19 1 140.58 2 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson 207.40 2 71.08 2 136.32 3 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov 189.65 3 67.52 4 122.13 4 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 189.23 4 64.21 3 125.02 5 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea 174.35 5 59.86 5 114.49 6 Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran 168.07 6 59.67 6 108.40 7 Emily Chan / Spencer Howe 151.15 7 55.58 8 95.57 8 Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski 146.12 8 48.23 7 97.89
Ice dance Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD 1 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 211.39 1 85.30 1 126.09 2 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker 202.47 2 81.15 2 121.32 3 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 185.78 3 78.63 3 107.15 4 Caroline Green / Michael Parsons 178.05 4 74.98 4 103.07 5 Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov 168.09 5 66.01 5 102.08 6 Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov 159.89 6 63.50 6 96.39 7 Eva Pate / Logan Bye 151.40 7 59.61 7 91.79 8 Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati 127.70 8 54.88 8 72.82
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