At the 2013 World Championships, he scored a personal best of 91.56 points in the short program — second only to Patrick Chan — and received a small silver medal for the segment. Another personal best, 174.92 points, saw him place first in the long program and win a small gold medal. Overall, Ten won the silver medal with a total score of 266.48 points — just 1.3 points less than Chan. He became the first person from Kazakhstan to stand on a World podium in figure skating.[65]