The 2025 Warsaw Cup was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Polish Figure Skating Association, and the ninth event of the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series. It was held at the Arena COS Torwar in Warsaw, Poland, from 19 to 23 November 2025. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance, and skaters earned ISU World Standing points based on their results. Vladimir Samoilov of Poland won the men's event, Sara-Maude Dupuis of Canada won the women's event, and Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud of France won the ice dance event. A separate competition in pair skating was held, which was not part of the Challenger Series; it was won by Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada.

Background The inaugural edition of the Warsaw Cup was held in 2002 and consisted only of the men's and women's events at the junior level. The Warsaw Cup was exclusively a junior-level competition until 2010, when a senior-level pairs event was added. Men's and women's events at the senior level were added in 2012.

The ISU Challenger Series was introduced in 2014. It is a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and organized by ISU member nations. The objective was to ensure consistent organization and structure within a series of international competitions linked together, providing opportunities for senior-level skaters to compete at the international level and also earn ISU World Standing points. The Warsaw Cup was a Challenger Series event from 2014 to 2017. It was held in 2018, but not as part of the Challenger Series, and returned to the Challenger Series in 2019. No competition was held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition returned in 2021 and has been a Challenger Series event ever since. The 2025–26 Challenger Series consists of eleven events, of which the Warsaw Cup was the ninth.

Changes to preliminary assignments The International Skating Union published the preliminary list of entrants on 30 October 2025. Date Discipline Withdrew Added 6 November Women rowspan=7 Ice dance 10 November Men Women rowspan=2 Ice dance

Required performance elements Single skating Men competing in single skating first performed their short programs on Thursday, 20 November, while women performed theirs on Saturday, 22 November. 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.

Men performed their free skates on Friday, 21 November, while women performed theirs on Sunday, 23 November. 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.

Ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Wednesday, 19 November. 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 Thursday, 20 November. 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

Skaters were judged according to the required technical elements of their program (such as jumps and spins), as well as the overall presentation of their program, based on three program components (skating skills, presentation, and composition). Each technical element in a figure skating performance was assigned a predetermined base point value and scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from −5 to +5 based on the quality of its execution. Each Grade of Execution (GOE) from –5 to +5 was assigned a value as indicated on the Scale of Values. For example, a triple Axel was worth a base value of 8.00 points, and a GOE of +3 was worth 2.40 points, so a triple Axel with a GOE of +3 earned 10.40 points. The judging panel's GOE for each element was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores). The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a Total Elements Score. At the same time, the judges evaluated each performance based on the five aforementioned program components and assigned each a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25-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 chart below; 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 Ice dance 1.33 2.00 Deductions were applied for certain violations, such as time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls. The Total Elements Score and Program Component Score were then added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.

Medal summary

+Medalists Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Vladimir Samoilov Lukas Britschgi Samy Hammi Women Sara-Maude Dupuis Marina Piredda Mia Risa Gomez Pairs Ice dance

Results Men's singles Gabriele Frangipani of Italy withdrew from the competition after the short program due to a back injury. +Men's results Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS Vladimir Samoilov240.83185.081155.75 Lukas Britschgi229.73282.762146.97 Samy Hammi222.77475.873146.90 4Genrikh Gartung203.45866.154137.30 5Ivan Shmuratko201.76376.4412125.32 6Tamir Kuperman200.10573.1410126.96 7Ean Weiler199.451163.066136.39 8 Jakub Lofek 199.351262.185137.17 9Wesley Chiu198.511063.757134.76 10Landry le May193.64963.879129.77 11Artur Smagulov192.811461.858130.96 12Matvii Yefymenko188.021362.1111125.91 13Xan Rols181.341856.5814124.76 14Makar Suntsev180.131657.4215122.71 15Kornel Witkowski178.87667.8917110.98 16Kai Jagoda178.342053.1413125.2017Dias Jirenbayev176.13766.7018109.4318Arthur Wolfgang Mai173.711560.6716113.0419Lev Vinokur163.541756.9019106.6420Georgii Pavlov151.062449.6120101.4521Pablo García147.852252.122295.7322Euken Alberdi146.582350.202196.3823Iker Oyarzabal Albas143.582153.002490.5824Arttu Juusola130.092636.402393.6925Daniel Korabelnik126.152544.392581.76 WD Gabriele Frangipani Withdrew 19 56.10 Withdrew from competition

Women's singles +Women's results Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS Sara-Maude Dupuis185.66166.231119.43 Marina Piredda172.05262.552109.5 Mia Risa Gomez161.96653.813108.15 4Sarina Joos159.22454.994104.23 5Meda Variakojytė157.17753.315103.86 6Kristina Lisovskaja156.6554.086102.52 7Anna Pezzetta155.43359.561195.87 8 Jogailė Aglinskytė 151.85851.98899.87 9Laura Szczesna149.381050.4998.98 10Stefania Yakovleva148.851150.341098.51 11Niki Wories148.251247.887100.37 12Aleksandra Golovkina-Dolinske141.49951.421390.07 13Karolina Bialas135.211744.751290.46 14Anna Elizabeth Grekul125.811346.91578.91 15Sarah Marie Pesch125.442041.311484.13 16Weronika Ferlin123.861545.751878.1117Nela Šnebergerová123.811645.51778.3118Minja Peltonen123.31446.12077.219Taisiia Spesivtseva122.671844.291678.3820Oona Ounasvuori118.651943.362175.2921Marietta Atkins115.692140.532275.1622Jade Hovine114.572336.621977.9523Adela Vallova98.512531.592366.9224Julia Fennell90.772433.292457.4825Magdalena Zawadzka87.192238.332648.8626Martaliis Kuslap85.722629.852555.87

Ice dance +Ice dance results Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD 202.06 1 80.46 1 121.60 190.26 3 76.02 3 114.24 189.27 2 79.09 7 110.18 4 187.85 4 72.91 2 114.94 5 182.97 5 71.71 4 111.26 6 179.54 6 69.13 6 110.41 7 179.29 7 68.81 5 110.48 8 173.38 11 67.08 9 106.30 9 172.32 9 68.10 10 104.22 10 171.91 8 68.46 11 103.45 11 171.56 14 65.01 8 106.55 12 168.29 13 65.37 12 102.92 13 166.76 15 63.90 13 102.86 14 164.16 12 65.73 15 98.43 15 164.16 16 62.34 14 101.71 16 161.48 10 67.71 19 93.77 17 156.82 17 60.05 16 96.77 18 153.49 18 59.70 18 93.79 19 150.03 21 55.91 17 94.12 20 148.95 20 56.19 20 92.76 21 146.25 19 59.01 22 87.24 22 146.11 23 55.36 21 90.75 23 137.77 25 54.27 23 83.50 24 136.92 24 54.73 24 82.19 25 125.15 26 49.48 25 75.67 WD Withdrew 22 55.81 Withdrew from competition

References

Works cited

External links 2025 Warsaw Cup at the International Skating Union