The pairs short program has been completed at Rostelecom Cup and China's Pang and Tong are out in front, followed by Russia's Kavagutia and Smirnov, who had a fall, and USA's McLaughlin and Brubaker. But look at M&B's technical score - the highest one! Unfortunately their program components garnered about five fewer points than the leaders.
| Pl. | Name | Nat. | TSS= | TES+ | PCS+ | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded. | StN. |
| 1 | Qing PANG Jian TONG |
CHN | 65.40 | 35.16 | 30.24 | 7.60 | 7.30 | 7.60 | 7.60 | 7.70 | 0.00 | 8 |
| 2 | Yuko KAVAGUTI Alexander SMIRNOV |
RUS | 61.62 | 33.10 | 29.52 | 7.45 | 7.10 | 7.35 | 7.60 | 7.40 | 1.00 | 7 |
| 3 | Keauna MCLAUGHLIN Rockne BRUBAKER |
USA | 61.34 | 36.26 | 25.08 | 6.50 | 5.95 | 6.30 | 6.25 | 6.35 | 0.00 | 6 |
| 4 | Vera BAZAROVA Yuri LARIONOV |
RUS | 54.42 | 31.82 | 22.60 | 5.90 | 5.40 | 5.65 | 5.75 | 5.55 | 0.00 | 1 |
| 5 | Nicole DELLA MONICA Yannick KOCON |
ITA | 53.56 | 31.52 | 22.04 | 5.65 | 5.30 | 5.65 | 5.55 | 5.40 | 0.00 | 2 |
| 6 | Anastasia MARTIUSHEVA Alexei ROGONOV |
RUS | 51.94 | 27.62 | 24.32 | 6.15 | 5.85 | 6.05 | 6.35 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 5 |
| 7 | Mylene BRODEUR John MATTATALL |
CAN | 46.66 | 27.46 | 21.20 | 5.65 | 5.25 | 5.00 | 5.45 | 5.15 | 2.00 | 4 |
| 8 | Maria SERGEJEVA Ilja GLEBOV |
EST | 44.88 | 26.68 | 19.20 | 4.95 | 4.70 | 4.65 | 5.00 | 4.70 | 1.00 | 3 |