German Doronin (Moscow, RUS) finished 1-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Doronin lost 6-5 to Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA), droppimg another game, 7-1 to Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS) where Doronin responded with a 8-4 win over Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Doronin went on to lose 5-3 against Alexey Timofeev (St. Petersburg, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 25 of the event schedule, Doronin did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 225th to 226th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 10.990 total points. Doronin ranks 219th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.946 points earned so far this season.