According to the results of two rentals, Kovalev, who is a graduate of the Evgeni Plushenko Academy, scored 229.39 points - 84.87 for the short program and 144.52 for the free program.
The second place was taken by Roman Savosin (224.40).
Makar Ignatov closed the top three (217.46).
Earlier it was reported that Anna Shcherbakova fell from a quadruple flip in training before the free program at the stage of the CD.