Hanyu has the most difficult entries to the 3A. I think Ilia did a spread eagle to a 3A, but Hanyu does a spread eagle to a 3A to a another spread eagle. Hanyu also does a left outside to inside edge counter turn entry to his 3A. In terms of size of the jump, Ilia Kulik is king. But overall, I have to give it to Hanyu.
+JV Salud Remember, though, that in Ilia's day, a spreadeagle into a 3A was practically unimaginable. It was very special. Hanyu might have the difficult entry, but taking away those, Ilia's jump is purer, and better. Hanyu's is a very good jump, however I feel like too much emphasis is now being placed on what you can do in and out of the jump than the purity of the jump itself.
Best one is Midori Ito, better than the men. Best triple Axel triple Toe. She jumps so high she has to cross her free leg higher up to create drag and slow down her rotation to avoid overrotating.
agreed with quiddy. watch the lalique tournament warmup video, midori does an amazing 3A-3T. If you also watch Midori's 1990 halifax worlds LP, Toller Cranston says at the end of the video during the replays of her 3T-3T and 3A that her triple axel was one of the best if not the best in the competition, including the men.
If Mitori tightened her air position and got rid of the leg wrap, she could have done a quad axel and quads, maybe even quints. Her triples literally looked like doubles with the leg wrap. Effortless and so confident when she went for her jumps.
Kulik's triples were magical, I have no idea how the hell he did those buttefly light and quick jumps. Have to say that my absolute favorite is Yuzuru, he does them beautifully whereas other great jumpers do not have this beauty of shape in the air. Also- I've noticed that Plushenko's triple got more beautiful with years.
This footage of Hanyu is quite old and he has come a long way since then, even on his 3A that was already gorgeous. At the 2019 Worlds, the ice scope revealed that he had by far the most height and distance out of all the men in the competition on 3A in their SP. And then in the FS he went on to perform a combination 4T+3A+SEQ (never done before) which shows that he can jump the 3A after a 4T... That guy is unbelievable 😥
@oofahman mooch Idk why you're bringing up Nathan but if you look at ice scope data from 2019 Worlds Hanyu had the biggest 3A in terms of height and distance. Maybe the technology is not reliable idk but his 3A certainly seems big. 3A is one of Nathan's weakest jumps but he definitely deserved gold in Saitama because he didn't make mistakes and he did 4Lz and 4F.
lauR3ncedbest simple yet bitchy The problem is that you often see snow flying up during his landing, which indicates that he is still rotating the jump while on the ice..
pacificoast82 besides I feel like ice flying during landing isnt rly the best indicator to find out if a skater UR or not. You just gotta slow down the vid and watch, the benchmark is around 45°, not that hard right?
Kurt Browning's triple axels were better than Yuzus. I'd add Brian Orser, Jeremy Abbott, Viktor Petrenko, and Nobunari Oda who had some incredible ones as well.
tamachan91 Han Yan's Axel's are also great and he would be next in the list after these 6 guys. My idea was to include only 6 skaters, so I had to take out few other guys with nice Axel's.
Fast forward to 2019: We have finally reached a level, where Hanyu jumps 3As from a back counter (= minimum entry speed) of 70cm height and 3.62m distance 😨😨😨 We also witnessed the first ever 4T+3A sequence in competition and he has announced the 4A... Shoma seems to work on a 3A+4T combo... it's mindblowing, what these boys can do.
@@benbailey159bb They are using ice-scopes in competitions now, so these data appear on the screen during rewind at the end of the program, while the skater is in kiss and cry. Skate Canada, NHK trophy 2019, some of the competitions where you can see the height, distance, speed into the jump.
Did you consider Fernandez? His landings are off and on but he always has super difficult footwork into the 3A and huge air / effortless rotational position
When Yuzuru Hanyu did normal 3A, mean 3A without difficult entry ( but still with short set up) his 3A had great distance and height, the distance cover 11-12 seats
@oofahman mooch I think the comment was referring best 3A. On a side note I'm sure Hanyu will manage to live with Nathan winning the 2019 worlds given that he's a two time Olympic Champion
Crazy that Midori and Tonya's 3A looked better and higher than some of these men! Tonya Harding also landed 5 or 6 quad axels in 1991, and sprained her ankle on the 6th, and said she would never do them again
+Daniil Timin What quad are you thinking of? because yes, they do all the time, Hanyu does them a lot, its like a triple axel except instead of 3 turns its 4. and yes they can land them.
+955pokerface What the flip? No-one's ever landed a quad Axel in competition. EVER. Every now and again we get videos like Max Aaron doing it on the harness, but no-one's close enough to attempt in in competition. What are you talking about?
My favorite triple axel of all time is the one Tonya Harding performed at the 1991 Skate America, her Free Skate. Pure power, timing, speed and height - gotta love it!
The most beautiful triple Axel I have ever seen was that of Todd Eldredge at the World Championship in 1996. He had two in his free program, and it is the landing of the second one that is just amazing.
She was very good, but first of all I think this is just men and also she was off axis on most of them. Could’ve been tighter and less heavy. Landed on the inside edge quite often aswell
Very nice list of 3A jumpers. My favorites have got to be Kulik's and Hanyu's, for me, those are the best. Kulik's looks incredibly powerful, yet in complete control (something I did not see much in Plushenko's or Yagudin's although they were very consistent on it and got great height), on the other hand, Hanyu gets less height but has the smoothest landings (enough to go straight into a spread-eagle) and the hard entrances. And Farris is definitely another example of a great 3A, he doesn't have a ton of preparation and had a nice rotation. I supposed there would be comments regarding why Yan and Ten aren't here, their 3A is great as well. But I think that, although Yan's 3A is HUGE, he has to do them on the first half of his programs for them to work amazingly, while these guys could place them anywhere and still nail it easily. I'd like to see him try it. And regarding Ten, he has a beautiful technique, but last season his 3A failed him a bit. Hi best FS were hands down 4CC and Worlds and his only noticeable mistake was the step out of the 3A. I really hope it was just something temporary and he can have it back :) Though, of course, this is all just my opinion.
+hyunsifs88 Hanyu now does his quad sal right into an immediate spread eagle which no one does. And Hanyu also does 2 triple axel at the 2nd half of his FS...3A/2 hands over head double loop, and another 3A/1/2 loop/triple toe or sometimes a 3A/1/2 loop to a 3S!
Can a skater do a X jump+1/2lo+3T combination? I have never seen anyone do it, not even Hanyu (he always does an Xjump+1/2Lo+3S). I thought they didn't really need it since the normal landing of any jump provides the perfect set up for a toeloop, no need for the sort of step out the loop provides. I would think the 1/2 loop would make them lose momentum to use the left pick to propel themselves. I've only seen it used for 3S and 3F, in both men and ladies. Do you have a video? Because I'm honestly very curious on how it looks.
hyunsifs88 In my opinion it's easier to do a 3 toe loop in a jump sequence with 1/2 loop. No one does it because there are no need for it - you can only do total of 3 combinations of jumps including 1 jump sequence in the free skate. That's why most skaters to get most points doing 2 combinations X jump+3T or X jump+2T and jump seq. Xjump+1/2Lo+3S. Shoma Uno, for example, to get more points, does a jumps sequence 2A+1/2Lo+3F. Once again, from my own skating experience I'll say that it is not harder to do a 3T after 1/2 loop. No one does it because there no need for it, it doesn't really make sense.
For the current skaters, Yuzuru Hanyu but including all retired skater, Kulik. I have always thought Hanyu's 3A is wonderful, but Kulik's looks easier. I mean, there's kind of kicking (kicking of right foot when start to jump) in 3A. However Kulik's kicking is almost innoticeable
Brian Boitano's triple axel was one that seemed to hit the ceiling. He was doing them up til his late 30's. The only thing that stopped him from doing them longer was a sciatic nerve issue in his lower back Which made the kick thru irritate the nerve
+lyverbird1973 his Axel is good and it has a great distance, but not is much height. He pretty much does it because of the speed he have. In my opinion the other 6 guys have better 3 Axel than Han Yan.
They forgot to mention and show Han Yan from China’s triple axels. His triple axels fly far and high. I think he’s got one of the best men’s triple axels.
Okay but like how he did just turned on the same foot he took off with at 2:45, that entry is just ridiculous. If there is a day that someone lands a quad axel in competition, that would be yuzuru
@@animegenesis7 i don't think so, he struggles even with 3A. On the other hand. Yuzu use back counter entry and a high kick on the exit or twizzle sandwich because why not
Ilya Kulik's 3A was the best of all time - the calmness and total balance at take off and landing, the simultaneously explosive yet somehow light as a feather jump height. Honestly Midori Ito easily has the 2nd best 3A of all time - hers is better than almost all the men. The speed height and flow in and out is even better than Kulik's - she should have been on this list
Daniil Timin But Denis 3A must be here, in this video. What does Yagudin? I'm not going to hold great butthurt here. Moreover, that both athletes (Yagudin & Ten) are absolutely different triple axel technique. Alex has jump's span better than Denis's, but Denis has jump's high better than Alex's. But the essence of my first comment is not in this... The title of your video is ''Best Triple Axel Jumps Compilation", maybe you mean an other title, e.g., ''My Favorite 3A Jumps Compilation''... For example, I am not agree that Michal & Joshua have 3A better than Denis Ten has, and I think many people will agree with me.
Like I mentioned already in one of the comments, I wanted to make a video with Axel's of 6 people. So yes, I did not include few skaters with really good jumps. For example, like Han Yan and Denis Ten. You can disagree, but I prefer Michal and Joshua's Axels over Han Yan and Ten's. They have much more control and flow. Denis Ten's Axel is actually gets pretty crazy sometimes, all over the place.
Sergey Gorsht and one more thing: what is for you the perfect jump? It is not all about how big it is. In my opinion the most important thing is how easy it looks, flow of the jump and position in the air.
Daniil Timin I'm so happy that u've picked Joshua Farris's axel. It seems to me that people don't know him that much and don't appreciate how amazing jumper he is.
You forgot to show Brian Boitano’s triple axel. He has one of the biggest 3A, and it’s up forced. Joshua Farris and Brian both have perfect landing positions, with the landing leg deeply bend, and the free leg smoothly coming out behind, not swinging kind of wildly to the side as so many skaters do..
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The russians, the best ever. High, position on air, the best school. The best: Plushenko, Kulik and Yagudin. Women: the best was Midori Ito, Tonya Harding (second) Javier Fernández has better 3A than Yuzuru Hanyu.
squatting position in the entrance is awful. the russians won. they are more erect, which means more elegant. my coach almost beat me when i entered the Axel bending from the hip... 😞 and she was right! elegance ladies and gentlemen
Lol the crowd barely applaud or gets excited when a man does the triple axel but when a woman does it, just like Mirai Nagasu did at the Olympics, everyone goes crazy. Is it because it's much easier for a man to do the 3A? 🤔🤔
I would also have included Han Yan of China and Artur Gachinski of Russia...both have spectacular 3As with a lot of height and distance. Ilia's, for me, will always be the best of all time, but Joshua's has become so perfect in recent years...and of course, Plushenko still being able to do his at 32, with metal in his back, broken in more ways than can be imagined, is a testament to his perfect technique on the jump. I appreciate that Hanyu can do movement in an out of the jump, but his landings always look a little...floppy, to me, and I prefer the simple beauty of the jump as Joshua shows in that opening moment of Schindler's List *__*. Also making me a little sad is seeing Ilia's, Joshua's, Evgeni's, and Hanyu's 3A-3Ts...it used to be a standard combo, that you were really technically strong if you could do it, but with the quads and the Zayak rule, it's falling out of favour, and I miss it, because when done well, it's beautiful.
+alex k There is talk of some skaters training it - I think one of Mishin's young pupils, Max Aaron had a video of him trying it in the harness, Ilia Kulik says he has rotated them on the floor...
+walover165 Artur Dmitriev he is in Mishin's group, he said that he tried them on the ice and was close to make 4,5 rotations but never land one. He also said that it is not something impossible.
I agree. Watch Midori's 1990 Worlds LP at Halifax. in both the UK and Canadian versions of her skate the commentators said her 3A was as good or better than any of the men.
