Yuzuru Hanyu won the NHK Trophy in front of a home crowd in Japan in spectacular fashion – setting three world records – and qualified for the Grand Prix Final in the process.
He followed up his short program world record with a record setting free skate of 216.07 and a combined overall score record of 322.40.
China’s Boyang Jin finished second overall followed by Japan’s Takahito Mura. The U.S. Grant Hochstein finished fourth after an eighth-place finish in the short program.
Though the results are still unofficial, the men’s field in Barcelona will likely include no U.