Thoughts on the various "bests" of the free skate (I didn't get to see the short program):

- Yuzuru Hanyu had the best outfit. And also the best fans, by far. I honestly can't complain that he won.

- Javier Hernandez had the best underdog backstory. It's always remarkable when someone can inspire his country and perhaps popularize a sport.

- Jin Boyang had the best selection of music. You simply can't go wrong with STAR WARS. Who knows? Maybe he'll popularize it in China and Episode IX will overcome Avatar as the highest grossing film of all time.

- Adam Rippon had the best artistry to his routines, hands down. No one else even came close, or at least in my opinion. Johnny Weir is right, that he "created a moment."

- Nathan Chen, as if it needs saying, is the most talented athlete of them all. Six quads? Unprecedented. I sincerely look forward to him in Beijing.

- Speaking of Beijing, Vincent Zhou has the best story going forward, since his extended family lives in China. And since he's the second-most athletic, only after Chen, he has some pretty good prospects to be the golden boy over there. He has another best, and that is the best personality. I didn't think much of it, but then I noticed something nerdy that he said over twitter, and it instantly endeared me to him, since I've only known one other person to make this observation (Scott Adams, author of the Dilbert comics): When a fan asked him about time travel on social media, his response was, “If I time traveled, I would likely end up in outer space because Earth is moving at 67,000 mph and time travel is only time travel and not spacetime travel.” OMG, yes, you win all of my nerd love!

- Michael Phelps is the best at being the best, even when he's not in this particular sport.