European rings champion Eleftherios Petrounias

It’s September 1, and that means in addition to everyone heading back to Hogwarts today, we’re now only about seven weeks away from world championships! Wasn’t everyone just getting injured in Montreal?

There weren’t that many meets in August, but the ones that did happen were big ones, including the European Championships, Asian Games, U.S. Championships, and Brazilian Event Championships, all of which saw gymnasts contributing new scores to our 2018 Best Scores list.

Below, find a list of the top all-around and event scores thus far, as well as the top D scores for each event. An asterisk (*) next to the name denotes a junior competitor, and I’ve removed bonus from all domestic meets to keep things consistent. As a note, if a competition uses bonuses but their score sheets don’t differentiate those bonuses from the totals, we don’t include those scores in our database.

As a reminder, this is just a fun way to track the top range of scores in the all-around and on each event. Obviously every meet is scored at a different standard and it’s impossible to compare from meet to meet, but calm down — it’s nothing serious. We’re not predicting the next Olympic champion or electing the next leader of the free world. It’s just easier this way to see a range of scores that could be the goal gymnasts will be trying to reach at bigger international competitions.

Best All-Around Scores

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Xiao Ruoteng	China	Chinese Championships AA	88.150
2	Sam Mikulak	United States	U.S. Championships Day 2	87.750
3	Nikita Nagornyy	Russia	1st Bundesliga	87.650
4	Kohei Uchimura	Japan	NHK Trophy	86.965
5	Lin Chaopan	China	Asian Games QF	86.750
6	Kakeru Tanigawa	Japan	All-Japan Championships AA	86.465
7	Artur Dalaloyan	Russia	Russian Championships AA	86.200
8	Nile Wilson	Great Britain	Commonwealth Games QF	86.100
9	Kenzo Shirai	Japan	All-Japan Championships QF	86.099
10	Yusuke Tanaka	Japan	All-Japan Championships AA	86.097
11	Sun Wei	China	Chinese Championships AA	86.050
12	Yul Moldauer	United States	American Cup	85.964
13	Shogo Nonomura	Japan	Asian Games QF	85.950
14	Kazuma Kaya	Japan	All-Japan Championships QF	85.898
15	David Belyavskiy	Russia	Stuttgart World Cup	85.732
	Wataru Tanigawa	Japan	All-Japan Championships QF	85.732
17	Nestor Abad	Spain	Mediterranean Games QF	85.600
18	Shoichi Yamamoto	Japan	All-Japan Championships AA	85.331
19	Kenta Chiba	Japan	All-Japan Championships AA	85.330
20	Deng Shudi	China	Chinese Championships QF	85.300
21	Jossimar Calvo	Colombia	Central American & Caribbean Games QF	84.950
22	James Hall	Great Britain	Commonwealth Games QF	84.850
23	Manrique Larduet	Cuba	Central American & Caribbean Games AA	84.800
24	Marios Georgiou	Cyprus	Mediterranean Games QF	84.600
25	Ryohei Kato	Japan	All-Japan Championships QF	84.597

Best Floor Exercise Scores

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Kenzo Shirai	Japan	All-Japan Championships AA	15.433
2	Kirill Prokopev	Russia	Osijek Challenge Cup QF	15.200
3	Artem Dolgopyat	Israel	DTB Team Challenge QF	15.100
	Dmitrii Lankin	Russia	Russian Championships QF	15.100
5	Artur Dalaloyan	Russia	Russian Championships AA	15.050
6	Max Whitlock	Great Britain	British Championships EF	14.975
7	Takumi Sato	Japan	Koper Challenge Cup EF	14.950
8	Frank Baines	Great Britain	Scottish Championships AA	14.900
9	Dominick Cunningham	Great Britain	Osijek Challenge Cup EF	14.867
10	Ikki Minami	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships QF	14.800

Best Pommel Horse Scores

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Max Whitlock	Great Britain	British Championships AA	15.650
2	Weng Hao	China	Chinese Championships EF	15.533
3	Lee Chih Kai	Chinese Taipei	Asian Games EF	15.400
4	Alex Naddour	United States	Winter Cup Challenge QF	15.300
	Rhys McClenaghan	Ireland	European Championships EF	15.300
6	Kohei Kameyama	Japan	NHK Trophy	15.166
7	Alec Yoder	United States	U.S. Championships Day 1	15.150
	Sun Wei	China	Asian Games TF	15.150
9	Tomomasa Hasegawa	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	15.133
10	Stephen Nedoroscik	United States	U.S. Championships QF	15.100
	Zou Jingyuan	China	Asian Games EF	15.100

Best Still Rings Scores

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Eleftherios Petrounias	Greece	European Championships EF	15.466
2	Liu Yang	China	Chinese Championships QF	15.450
3	Arthur Zanetti	Brazil	Brazilian Event Championships EF	15.350
4	Chen Chih Yu	Chinese Taipei	Singapore Open EF	15.300
	Igor Radivilov	Ukraine	3rd Bundesliga	15.300
6	Dennis Goossens	Belgium	Dutch Championships AA	15.250
	Lei Peng	China	Chinese Championships QF	15.250
8	Ibrahim Colak	Turkey	Mediterranean Games EF	15.233
9	Courtney Tulloch	Great Britain	Commonwealth Games QF	15.200
10	Denis Abliazin	Russia	Russian Championships QF	15.166

Best Single Vault Scores

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Colin van Wicklen	United States	Houston National Invitational	15.300
2	Loris Frasca	France	French Championships AA	15.250
3	Artur Davtyan	Armenia	Dityatin Cup AA	15.200
4	Hidenobu Yonekura	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	15.166
	Keisuke Asato	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships QF	15.166
	Wataru Tanigawa	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships QF	15.166
7	Kenzo Shirai	Japan	American Cup	15.066
8	Manrique Larduet	Cuba	Guimaraes Challenge Cup EF	15.050
9	Artur Dalaloyan	Russia	European Championships EF	15.000
	Courtney Tulloch	Great Britain	Commonwealth Games EF	15.000
	Denis Abliazin	Russia	Osijek Challenge Cup QF	15.000
	Igor Radivilov	Ukraine	European Championships EF	15.000
	Sun Wei	China	Birmingham World Cup	15.000

Best Two-Vault Average Scores

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Hidenobu Yonekura	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	15.016
2	Courtney Tulloch	Great Britain	Commonwealth Games QF	14.950
	Dominick Cunningham	Great Britain	Commonwealth Games QF	14.950
4	Denis Abliazin	Russia	Russian Championships EF	14.949
5	Artur Dalaloyan	Russia	European Championships EF	14.900
6	Christopher Remkes	Australia	Commonwealth Games QF	14.875
7	Igor Radivilov	Ukraine	European Championships EF	14.866
8	Loris Frasca	France	French Championships AA	14.850
9	Andrey Medvedev	Israel	European Championships QF	14.849
10	Wataru Tanigawa	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships QF	14.833

Best Parallel Bars Scores

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Zou Jingyuan	China	Chinese Championships EF	16.500
2	David Belyavskiy	Russia	European Championships QF	15.533
3	Sam Mikulak	United States	Houston National Invitational	15.500
4	Artur Dalaloyan	Russia	European Championships QF	15.466
5	Manrique Larduet	Cuba	Guimaraes Challenge Cup QF	15.300
	Nikita Nagornyy	Russia	Russian Championships EF	15.300
	Yusuke Tanaka	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships QF	15.300
8	Jossimar Calvo	Colombia	South American Games EF	15.275
9	Deng Shudi	China	Chinese Championships QF	15.250
10	Joe Fraser	Great Britain	European Championships TF	15.233
	Xiao Ruoteng	China	Doha World Cup EF	15.233

Best High Bar Scores

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Sam Mikulak	United States	Pacific Rim Championships EF	15.000
2	Kohei Uchimura	Japan	NHK Trophy	14.966
3	Nile Wilson	Great Britain	British Championships AA	14.950
4	Hidetaka Miyachi	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	14.900
5	Xiao Ruoteng	China	Chinese Championships AA	14.850
6	Andrey Likhovitskiy	Belarus	Top 12 Series 6	14.800
	Tin Srbic	Croatia	Doha World Cup EF	14.800
8	Hiroki Ishikawa	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	14.766
	Yusuke Tanaka	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	14.766
10	Bart Deurloo	Netherlands	3rd Bundesliga	14.750
	Kevin Lytwyn	Canada	Canadian Championships EF	14.750
	Manrique Larduet	Cuba	3rd Bundesliga	14.750
	Nikita Nagornyy	Russia	1st Bundesliga	14.750

Best Floor Exercise Difficulty

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Kenzo Shirai	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	7.2
2	Christopher Remkes	Australia	Melbourne World Cup EF	6.8
3	Takahiro Goshima	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	6.7
4	Artem Dolgopyat	Israel	Koper Challenge Cup EF	6.6
	Rayderley Zapata	Spain	Spanish Championships	6.6
6	Denis Abliazin	Russia	Osijek Challenge Cup QF	6.5
7	Dmitrii Lankin	Russia	European Championships TF	6.4
	Ikki Minami	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	6.4
	Jorge Vega	Guatemala	Central American & Caribbean Games QF	6.4
	Kirill Prokopev	Russia	Osijek Challenge Cup QF	6.4
	Max Whitlock	Great Britain	European Championships TF	6.4
	Nikita Nagornyy	Russia	European Championships EF	6.4
	Takumi Sato	Japan	Koper Challenge Cup EF	6.4

Best Pommel Horse Difficulty

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Max Whitlock	Great Britain	Commonwealth Games EF	6.8
2	Cyril Tommasone	France	French Championships EF	6.6
	Kazuma Kaya	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	6.6
4	Alex Naddour	United States	Winter Cup Challenge QF	6.5
	Hiroshi Nagasaki	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships QF	6.5
	Kaito Imabayashi	Japan	All-Japan Championships AA	6.5
	Kohei Kameyama	Japan	NHK Trophy	6.5
	Kouki Maeda	Japan	NHK Trophy	6.5
	Rhys McClenaghan	Ireland	European Championships EF	6.5
	Takaaki Sugino	Japan	Koper Challenge Cup EF	6.5
	Tomomasa Hasegawa	Japan	Asian Games EF	6.5
	Weng Hao	China	Chinese Championships QF	6.5
	Yu Nagayoshi	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	6.5

Best Still Rings Difficulty

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Liu Yang	China	Chinese Championships QF	6.5
2	Courtney Tulloch	Great Britain	European Championships EF	6.4
	Eleftherios Petrounias	Greece	Baku World Cup EF	6.4
	Lan Xingyu	China	Chinese Championships QF	6.4
5	Arthur Zanetti	Brazil	Brazilian Event Championships EF	6.3
	Dennis Goossens	Belgium	DTB Team Challenge QF	6.3
	Igor Radivilov	Ukraine	European Championships QF	6.3
	Lei Peng	China	Chinese Championships QF	6.3
	Marco Lodadio	Italy	European Championships TF	6.3
	Takuya Nagano	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	6.3
	Zhang Changhao	China	Chinese Championships QF	6.3

Best Two-Vault Combined Difficulty

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Ri Se Gwang	North Korea	Doha World Cup QF	12.0
2	Denis Abliazin	Russia	Osijek Challenge Cup EF	11.8
3	Andrey Medvedev	Israel	Koper Challenge Cup EF	11.6
	Audrys Nin Reyes	Dominican Republic	Koper Challenge Cup EF	11.6
	Hidenobu Yonekura	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	11.6
	Igor Radivilov	Ukraine	Osijek Challenge Cup EF	11.6
	Keisuke Asato	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships QF	11.6
	Keitaro Okubu	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	11.6
9	Artur Dalaloyan	Russia	European Championships EF	11.2
	Christopher Remkes	Australia	Commonwealth Games EF	11.2
	Courtney Tulloch	Great Britain	Commonwealth Games EF	11.2
	Loris Frasca	France	European Championships EF	11.2
	Lukasz Borkowski	Poland	International GymSport AA	11.2
	Mikito Endo	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	11.2
	Muhammad Aprizal	Indonesia	Asian Games QF	11.2
	Pavel Bulauski	Belarus	Baku World Cup EF	11.2
	Shek Wai Hung	Hong Kong	Asian Games EF	11.2
	Wataru Tanigawa	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships QF	11.2

Best Parallel Bars Difficulty

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Zou Jingyuan	China	Doha World Cup EF	7.0
2	Sam Mikulak	United States	U.S. Men’s National Qualifier	6.6
	You Hao	China	Chinese Championships QF	6.6
4	Ferhat Arican	Turkey	Baku World Cup EF	6.5
	Jossimar Calvo	Colombia	Central American & Caribbean Games EF	6.5
	Marcel Nguyen	Germany	European Championships QF	6.5
	Nile Wilson	Great Britain	Commonwealth Games QF	6.5
	Petro Pakhniuk	Ukraine	European Championships QF	6.5
	Xiao Ruoteng	China	Doha World Cup EF	6.5
	Yuya Kamoto	Japan	NHK Trophy	6.5

Best High Bar Difficulty

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meet	Score
1	Andreas Bretschneider	Germany	4th Bundesliga	6.8
2	Epke Zonderland	Netherlands	European Championships EF	6.7
	Hidetaka Miyachi	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships EF	6.7
4	Tatsuki Ichise	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships QF	6.6
5	Yusuke Saito	Japan	All-Japan Event Championships QF	6.5
6	James Hall	Great Britain	European Championships EF	6.4
	Kohei Uchimura	Japan	NHK Trophy	6.4
	Randy Leru	Cuba	Guimaraes Challenge Cup QF	6.4
	Tin Srbic	Croatia	Doha World Cup EF	6.4
	Zhang Chenlong	China	Chinese Championships QF	6.4