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 International, 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]