The 28-year-old world champion scored 10-3 in the elite invitational competition, which included an imposing selection of his chief rivals.

It was a series of international invitational competitions in the first half of the figure skating season.

Each of the three turned in a 6-3 score - the requirement for the norm - in the 10-player invitational competition.

While that race is rarely run outside of high school and collegiate invitational competition, it has been held at the international level.

It was a beautiful performance, but every player still had three games to play in the elite nine-round invitational competition.

Each scored 4-2 in the elite double-round invitational competition.

The tournament includes several competitions including, since 2006, an international women's invitational competition.

The traditional international women's invitational competition also took place on neighbouring pitches.

Each scored 8-4 in the 12-round invitational competition.

The second day of competition marked a new era and was capped by other invitational competitions.