2025–26 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2025–26 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), and was organized and hosted by the Japan Skating Federation. It was the culminating event of the 2025–26 Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It was held from December 4 to 7 at the Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, Japan. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their results at qualifying competitions during the season, and the top six skaters or teams in each discipline were invited to then compete at the Grand Prix Final. Ilia Malinin and Alysa Liu of the United States won the men's and women's events, respectively. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan won the pairs event, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States won the ice dance event.

2025–26 Grand Prix Final
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	December 4 – 7
Season:	2025–26
Location:	Nagoya, Japan
Host:	Japan Skating Federation
Venue:	Aichi International Arena
Champions
Men's singles: Ilia Malinin (Senior) & Seo Min-kyu (Junior)
Women's singles: Alysa Liu (Senior) & Mao Shimada (Junior)
Pairs: Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara (Senior) & Guo Rui and Zhang Yiwen (Junior)
Ice dance: Madison Chock and Evan Bates (Senior) & Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin (Junior)
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Previous Grand Prix: 2025 Finlandia Trophy

The competition was held concurrently with the 2025 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, the culminating event of the 2025–26 Junior Grand Prix series. Seo Min-kyu of South Korea won the junior men's event, Mao Shimada of Japan won the junior women's event, Guo Rui and Zhang Yiwen of China won the junior pairs event, and Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin of the United States won the junior ice dance event.

Background

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of seven events sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and held during the autumn: six qualifying events and the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. This allows skaters to perfect their programs earlier in the season, as well as compete against the skaters whom they would later encounter at the World Championships. Skaters earn points based on their results in their respective competitions and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to compete at the Grand Prix Final.

2025–26 Grand Prix competitions

Date	Event	Location	Ref.
October 17–19	2025 Grand Prix de France	Angers, France
October 24–26	2025 Cup of China	Chongqing, China
October 31 – November 2	2025 Skate Canada International	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
November 7–9	2025 NHK Trophy	Osaka, Japan
November 14–16	2025 Skate America	Lake Placid, New York, United States
November 21–23	2025 Finlandia Trophy	Helsinki, Finland

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP) was established by the ISU in 1997 and consists of a series of seven international figure skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. While all seven competitions feature the men's, women's, and ice dance events, only four competitions each season feature the pairs event.

2025–26 Junior Grand Prix competitions

Date	Event	Location	Notes	Ref.
August 20–23	2025 JGP Latvia	Riga, Latvia	—N/a
August 27–30	2025 JGP Turkey	Ankara, Turkey
September 3–6	2025 JGP Italy	Varese, Italy	No pairs
September 9–13	2025 JGP Thailand	Bangkok, Thailand	—N/a
September 24–27	2025 JGP Azerbaijan	Baku, Azerbaijan	No pairs
October 1–4	2025 JGP Poland	Gdańsk, Poland	—N/a
October 8–11	2025 JGP United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	No pairs

Qualifiers

The top six skaters or teams in each discipline were determined based on the results of the six qualifying Grand Prix competitions.

Senior qualifiers

No.	Men	Women	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Ilia Malinin	Mone Chiba	Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara	Madison Chock Evan Bates
2	Yuma Kagiyama	Kaori Sakamoto	Sara Conti Niccolò Macii	Laurence Fournier Beaudry Guillaume Cizeron
3	Shun Sato	Amber Glenn	Minerva Fabienne Hase Nikita Volodin	Lilah Fear Lewis Gibson
4	Adam Siao Him Fa	Alysa Liu	Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier
5	Mikhail Shaidorov	Ami Nakai	Deanna Stellato-Dudek Maxime Deschamps	Allison Reed Saulius Ambrulevičius
6	Daniel Grassl	Rinka Watanabe	Maria Pavlova Alexei Sviatchenko	Emilea Zingas Vadym Kolesnik

Junior qualifiers

No.	Men	Women	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Rio Nakata	Mao Shimada	Ava Kemp Yohnathan Elizarov	Hana Maria Aboian Daniil Veselukhin
2	Seo Min-kyu	Kim Yu-jae	Zhang Xuanqi Feng Wenqiang	Iryna Pidgaina Artem Koval
3	Choi Ha-bin	Mayuko Oka	Guo Rui Zhang Yiwen	Layla Veillon Alexander Brandys
4	Taiga Nishino	Mei Okada	Jazmine Desrochers Kieran Thrasher	Ambre Perrier Gianesini Samuel Blanc Klaperman
5	Lucius Kazanecki	Sumika Kanazawa	Julia Quattrocchi Étienne Lacasse	Jasmine Robertson Chase Rohner
6	Denis Krouglov	Kim Yu-seong	Chen Yuxuan Dong Yinbo	Dania Mouaden Théo Bigot

Required performance elements

Single skating

Men and women competing in single skating first performed a short program. Junior men and women performed their short programs on Thursday, December 4. Senior men competing in single skating performed their short programs on Thursday, December 4, while senior women performed theirs on Friday, December 5. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, the short program had to include the following elements:

For junior men: one double or triple Axel; one double or triple loop; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump or two triple jumps; one flying sit spin; one camel spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.

For senior men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.

For junior women: one double Axel; one double or triple loop; one jump combination consisting of two double jumps, one double jump and one triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying sit spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, or camel spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.

For senior women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.

Men and women in single skating finished their competition with the free skating segment. Junior men and women performed their free skates on Friday, December 5, while senior men and women performed theirs on Saturday, December 6. The free skate performance for junior skaters could last no more than 3 minutes 30 seconds, while that for senior skaters could last no more than 4 minutes, and had to include the following:

For junior men and women: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; and a choreographic sequence.

For senior men and women: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.

Pairs

Couples competing in pair skating also first performed a short program. Junior and senior pair teams performed their short programs on Thursday, December 4. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, the short program had to include the following elements:

For junior couples: one pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple toe loop or flip/Lutz throw jump, one double loop or double Axel solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.

For senior couples: one pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.

Senior couples performed their free skates on Friday, December 5, while junior couples performed theirs on Saturday, December 6. The free skate performance for junior couples could last no more than 3 minutes 30 seconds, while that for senior couples could last no more than 4 minutes, and had to include the following:

For junior couples: two pair lifts, one twist lift, two different throw jumps, one solo jump, one jump combination or sequence, one pair spin combination, one death spiral, and a choreographic sequence.

For senior couples: three pair lifts, one twist lift, two different throw jumps, one solo jump, one jump combination or sequence, one pair spin combination, one death spiral, and a choreographic sequence.

Ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance first performed a rhythm dance. Senior couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Thursday, December 4, while junior couples performed theirs on Friday, December 5. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds, the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "music, dance styles, and feeling of the 1990s". Examples of applicable dance styles and music included, but were not limited to: pop, Latin, house, techno, hip-hop, and grunge. The rhythm dance had to include the following elements:

For junior couples: one sequence of the rhumba followed immediately by one sequence of the quickstep, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence while not touching.

For senior couples: one pattern dance step sequence, one choreographic rhythm sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence while not touching.

All couples performed their free dances on Saturday, December 6. The free dance could last no longer than 3 minutes 30 seconds for juniors, or 4 minutes for seniors, and had to include the following:

For junior couples: two dance lifts or one combination lift, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one turns sequence while on one skate and not touching, and two choreographic elements.

For senior couples: three dance lifts or one dance lift and one combination lift, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one turns sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements.

Judging

For the 2025–26 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps and spins – were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of seven or nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution. The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (that is, an average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score. At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on three program components – skating skills, presentation, and composition – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.

Program component factoring

Discipline	Short program or Rhythm dance	Free skate or Free dance
Men	1.67	3.33
Women	1.33	2.67
Pairs	1.33	2.67
Ice dance	1.33	2.00

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls. The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.

Medal summary