Watch: Nathan Chen's World-Record Performance at Beijing Olympics

While most Americans were heading to bed Monday night, Nathan Chen was living the dream for Team USA in Beijing.

Four years after falling during the short program in both the individual and team event in PyeongChang, Chen set the highest short program score in figure skating history with an epic performance in Beijing.

A record score of 113.97 puts Chen nearly six points ahead of second place going into Thursday's free skate portion of the men's individual event, where Chen is seeking his first individual gold medal.

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While NBC has blocked playback of Chen's entire performance on other websites, you can watch his full short program…