The 2026 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships took place from 21 to 25 January at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Background From 1923 to 1971, skaters from Canada and the United States competed at the biennial North American Figure Skating Championships. This allowed Canadian and American skaters the opportunity to compete at a comparable event to the European Figure Skating Championships. At this time, medal contenders at the World Figure Skating Championships and the Winter Olympics came from either Europe or North America. However, by the mid-1970s, skaters from Asia were also successfully competing at major international events. The last North American Championships were held in 1971, so skaters from Europe had the advantage of an International Skating Union (ISU) championship event that was not accessible to skaters outside of Europe. In order to provide equal opportunities for all skaters, the ISU established the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in 1999. The name referred to the four continents outside of Europe where competitive figure skating took place: Africa, Asia, Australia (Oceania), and North America.

The 2026 Four Continents Championships were held from 21 to 25 January at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.

Changes to preliminary assignments Only those competitors who are "members of a non-European ISU Member" are eligible to compete in the Four Continents Championships. Unlike the European Figure Skating Championships, where member nations are only entitled to enter one competitor or team per discipline, but with requirements that must be met in order to submit additional competitors, the Four Continents Championships allow member nations to enter up to three competitors or teams per discipline. The International Skating Union released a complete list of entrants on 29 December 2025. Date Discipline Withdrew Added 12 January Women Kim Chae-yeon Yun Ah-sun 13 January Men Jason Brown Liam Kapeikis

Required performance elements Single skating Women competing in single skating first performed their short programs on Thursday, 22 January, while men performed theirs on Saturday, 24 January. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, the short program had to include the following elements:

For 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 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.

Women performed their free skates on Friday, 23 January, while men performed theirs on Sunday, 25 January. The free skate performance for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes, and had to include the following: 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 first performed their short programs on Thursday, 22 January. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, the short program has to include the following elements: 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.

Couples performed their free skates on Saturday, 24 January. The free skate performance can last no more than 4 minutes, and has to include the following: three pair lifts, of which one has to be a 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 performed their rhythm dances on Thursday, 22 January. 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: one pattern dance step sequence, one choreographic rhythm sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.

Couples then performed their free dances on Friday, 23 January. The free dance performance could last no longer than 4 minutes, and had to include the following: three dance lifts, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step 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 performancesuch as jumps and spinswere 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, the 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 elements score. At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on three program componentsskating skills, presentation, and compositionand 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 Rhythm dance Free skate 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 elements 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

Medalists Medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline: Discipline Gold Silver BronzeMen Women Pairs Ice dance

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline: Discipline Gold Silver BronzeMen Women Pairs Ice dance

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline: Discipline Gold Silver BronzeMen Women Pairs Ice dance

Medals by country Table of medals for overall placement:

Results Men's singles +Men's resultsRankSkaterNationTotalSPFSKao Miura273.73198.594 175.14Cha Jun-hwan273.62688.891184.73Sōta Yamamoto270.07394.683175.394Kazuki Tomono268.60297.195171.415Mikhail Shaidorov266.20490.552175.656Jin Boyang258.86589.466169.407Tomoki Hiwatashi240.54880.888159.668Jacob Sanchez240.251178.577161.689Roman Sadovsky233.51979.669153.5510Liam Kapeikis226.751276.7210150.0311Chen Yudong223.681079.6613144.0212Wesley Chiu220.311573.6111146.7013Peng Zhiming217.341374.7914142.5514Aleksa Rakic213.181668.8312144.3515Donovan Carrillo213.051474.0016139.0516Lee Jae-keun211.22782.2518128.9717Kim Hyun-gyeom208.921767.5015141.4218Yu-Hsiang Li198.272063.3317134.9419Douglas Gerber189.061864.5519124.5120Dias Jirenbayev185.431963.9020121.5321Oleg Melnikov164.342158.9622105.38 22Jarvis Ho162.232452.4621109.77 23Ze Zeng Fang149.552354.372395.1824Paolo Borromeo136.152254.602481.55 25 Kwang Bom Han 52.44 25 52.44 Did not advanceto free skate 26 Chiu Hei Cheung 46.22 26 46.22

Women's singles +Women's resultsRankSkaterNationTotalSPFSYuna Aoki217.39271.411145.98Ami Nakai215.78173.832141.95Mone Chiba202.23368.073134.164Bradie Tennell199.37766.164133.215Lee Hae-in192.66667.066125.606Shin Ji-a185.061453.975131.097Gabrielle Daleman183.47467.6910115.788Sarah Everhardt182.72567.5111115.219Sofia Samodelkina182.51962.297120.2210Zhang Ruiyang178.611158.818119.8011Fée Ann Landry 177.181257.929119.2612Zhu Yi 174.001058.9912115.0113Sara-Maude Dupuis166.951356.5913110.3614Yun Ah-sun160.741551.7114109.0315Starr Andrews160.74865.821594.9216An Xiangyi140.661649.771690.8917Gian-Quen Isaacs137.051848.481888.5718Tara Prasad134.662044.231790.4319Tsz Ching Chan130.331749.291981.0420Andrea Montesinos Cantú127.971948.132179.8421Amira Irmatova123.202142.402080.8022Petra Lahti102.482241.832260.65

Pairs +Pairs resultsRankTeamNationTotalSPFS205.34371.851133.49200.99176.024124.97197.46271.953125.514196.29469.052127.245188.27565.685122.596181.12957.296121.447176.40663.117113.278159.201049.098110.119158.20955.929102.2810143.051147.771095.2811141.95859.271182.68

Ice dance +Ice dance resultsRankTeamNationTotalRDFD202.86179.971122.89194.72278.663116.06190.78374.242116.544183.49473.205110.295177.08568.336108.756176.97766.054110.927170.66667.317103.358164.56962.968101.609164.34864.41999.9310158.671061.551097.1211154.081161.261192.8212137.341252.391484.9513134.001543.731290.2714132.061346.021386.0415120.421444.961575.46

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External links 2026 Four Continents Championships at the International Skating Union