Vadim Raev (Moscow, RUS) finished 1-6 in the 0 team Russian Curling Cup qualifying round, held October 8 - 12, 2020 in , . In their opening game, Raev lost 11-2 to Georgy Epremyan (Moscow, RUS), droppimg another game, 7-5 to Kirill Surovov (Dmitrov, RUS). Raev lost 11-8 to Vasiliy Groshev (Krasnoyarsk, RUS). Raev lost 6-3 to Aleksandr Kirikov (Moscow, RUS). Raev lost 7-3 to Mikhail Vlasenko (Irkutsk, RUS) where Raev responded with a 5-4 win over Alexander Orlov (St. Petersburg, RUS). Raev went on to lose 5-2 against Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Raev ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.