 This was already their third victory at the Finlandia Trophy since they had won this event also in 2014 and 2016.In early November Stepanova/Bukin won their first Grand Prix gold medal at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki.They were ranked first in both the Rhythm dance and the free dance and won the gold medal by a margin of about 4 points over the silver medalists, Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri.