The 2025/26 Challenger Series continues with an event in Tallinn, Estonia from the 25th-30th of November.
Here’s a rundown of who you can expect to see competing at this event and some information about them.
Women
| Skater | Country | Notable Results 24/25 | Notable Results 25/26 | Nationals | Program Information | Notable Jumps | World Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Dicicco | Argentina | World University Games 2025 - 33rd (23.75) | SP: Jamas Desaparece L Qe Nunca Parte / FS: The Matrix (soundtrack) | 2F+2Tq | |||
| Olesja Leonova | Estonia | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 13th (99.09) | Volvo Open Cup 2025 - 12th (121.12) | 14th (J) | SP: You? / FS: Succession | 3S<+2T | 177th |
| Kristina Lisovskaja | Estonia | Bellu Memorial 2025 - 8th (153.98) | Crystal Skate Open 2025 - 2nd (165.89) | 4th | SP: My Love / FS: Ghosts/Summer Overture/Lux Aeterna | 3T+3T | 75th |
| Marianne Must | Estonia | Sofia Trophy 2025 - 11th (139.61) | Lounakeskus Trophy 2025 - 9th (85.60) | 8th | 3Lz+2A | 377th | |
| Niina Petrokina | Estonia | Europeans 2025 - 1st (208.18) | Nepela Memorial 2025 - 8th (162.32) | 1st | SP: Criminal Tango / FS: Dune | 3Lz+1Eu+3S< | 16th |
| Karoliine Raudsepp | Estonia | Lounakeskus Trophy 2024 - 6th (106.63) | Lounakeskus Trophy 2025 - 8th (99.14) | 3Lz+2T | |||
| Janna Jyrkinen | Finland | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 4th (168.92) | Volvo Open Cup 2025 - 11th (129.83) | 3rd | SP: Start AWar / FS: The Godfather | 3Lz+3T | 103rd |
| Olivia Lisko | Finland | Sonja Henie Trophy 2025 - 2nd (174.22) | Lombardia Trophy 2025 - 7th (173.95) | 1st | SP: I Knew I Loved You / FS: Stars Wars | 3T+3T | 67th |
| Minja Peltonen | Finland | Tallink Hotels Cup 2025 - 2nd (154.87) | Lounakeskus Trophy 2025 - 3rd (130.40) | 4th | SP: Querer / FS: Summertime | 3Lz+2A+2Lo | 92nd |
| Clemence Mayindu | France | Tayside Trophy 2024 - 3rd (152.33) | Grand Prix de France 2025 - 11th (136.91) | 4th | SP: I'm That Girl/Alien Superstar/Pon de Floor/Break My Soul / FS: Believer/If You Go Away/No Redemption | 3T+3T | 129th |
| Julia Grabowski | Germany | Bavarian Open 2025 - 8th (146.87) | Tirnavia Ice Cup 2025 - 7th (123.58) | 2nd (J) | SP: Cinema Paradiso / FS: The Nutcracker Suite | 3Lo+2A | 194th |
| Anna Elizabeth Grekul | Germany | NRW Trophy 2024 - 3rd (146.50) | NRW Trophy 2025 - 5th (133.42) | 3rd | SP: Your Song / FS: New Moon/The Path of Silence/Possibility/Everybody Wants To Rule The World | 3S+2A+2T | 142nd |
| Ina Jungmann | Germany | Bavarian Open 2025 - 16th (128.72, J) | NRW Trophy 2025 - 6th (121.56) | 3rd (J) | SP: Zamba / FS: Prelude (Age of Heroes) | 3Lz+2T | 386th |
| Elena Agostinelli | Italy | Denkova Staviski Cup 2024 - 7th (153.84) | Denkova Staviski Cup 2025 - 3rd (151.83) | 8th | 3T+2A | 141st | |
| Chiara Minighini | Italy | Maria Olszewska Memorial 2025 - 1st (170.05) | Lombardia Trophy 2025 - 9th (158.86) | 6th | SP: Give Me Love / FS: Good bye Lenin (soundtrack) | 3Lz+2A+2A | 138th |
| Nikola Fomchenkova | Latvia | Daugava Open Cup 2025 - 5th (137.94, J) | Volvo Open Cup 2025 - 7th (145.40) | 3Lz+2T | 172nd | ||
| Ksenija Heimane | Latvia | Skate Celje 2024 - 17th (114.00, J) | Lounakeskus Trophy 2025 - 6th (109.96) | 3rd (J) | SP: We Are One / FS: All the Good Guys Go to Hell/Bad Guy | 2Lz+2Lo+2Lo | |
| Angelina Kuchvalska | Latvia | Volvo Open Cup 2025 - 9th (137.44) | 3T+2T | 279th | |||
| Livia Kaiser | Switzerland | Nebelhorn Trophy 2024 - 5th (191.24) | Swiss Open 2025 - 6th (144.61) | 2nd | SP: I Will Always Love You / FS: Infinity Cycle/Attaca | 3Lz+3T | 39th |
| Alexandra Odman | Sweden | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 5th (149.83, J) | Budapest Trophy 2025 - 8th (110.61) | SP: Reminiscence / FS: Gift of Life | 3Lz+3Tq | 235th | |
| Josefin Taljegard | Sweden | Bellu Memorial 2025 - 2nd (172.15) | Volvo Open Cup 2025 - 2nd (166.33) | 1st | SP: Survivor / FS: It's All Coming Back To Me Now | 3T+2T+2Lo | 42nd |
| Sofiia Hryhorenko | Ukraine | Tallinn Trophy 2024 - 17th (124.57) | Crystal Skate Open 2025 - 6th (118.03) | SP: I See Red / FS: Black Pather (soundtrack) | 3Lz+2A | ||
| Starr Andrews | USA | Challenge Cup 2025 - 4th (179.98) | Skate America 2025 - 5th (195.28) | 6th | SP: Run The World / FS: Fantasy/Turing Page/Interview With A Vampire | 3T+2A+2A | 46th |
| Alina Bonillo | USA | Maria Olszewska Memorial 2025 - 6th (150.47) | Tayside Trophy 2025- 1st (177.87) | 15th | SP: I Need AHero, Woman Down / FS: The Scret History - The Architect | 3Lz+3T | 206th |
| Sarah Everhardt | USA | Lombardia Trophy 2024 - 2nd (201.90) | Lombardia Trophy 2025 - 3rd (199.91) | 3rd | SP: Reel Around the Sun / FS: Poor Things (soundtrack) | 3Lz+3T | 13th |
Men
| Skater | Country | Notable Results 24/25 | Notable Results 25/26 | Nationals | Program Information | Notable Jumps | World Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobia Oellerer | Austria | Sofia Trophy 2025 - 2nd (171.75, J) | NRW Trophy 2025 - 6th (183.67) | 1st (J) | 3Lz+3T | 229th | |
| Alexander Zlatkov | Bulgaria | Sofia Trophy 2025 - 3rd (197.31) | Denkova Staviski Cup 2025 - 4th (188.57) | 1st | SP: Nureyev / FS: Mala Luna | 3Lz+3T | 85th |
| Georgii Reshtenko | Czech Republic | Nebelhorn Trophy 2024 - 13th (191.25) | Skate to Milano 2025 - 8th (213.06) | 1st | SP: Scratch/Shadow Hunter/Moriarty / FS: Kingsman: The Secret Service | 4T+3T | 77th |
| Gabriel Martinez | Ecuador | Mexico Cup 2025 - 2nd (119.00) | Skate to Milano 2025 - 25th (124.23) | SP: Lamparilla / FS: Sofrito | 3S+2T | ||
| Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate | Spain | Worlds 2025 - 20th (217.48) | NRW Trophy 2025 - 2nd (222.01) | 1st | 3Lz+2A+2A | 53rd | |
| Adrian Jimenez de Baldomero | Spain | Tallink Hotels Cup 2025 - 4th (142.72) | Jelgava Cup 2025 - 3rd (151.40) | 4th | 3Lz+2A | ||
| Arlet Levandi | Estonia | Tallink Hotels Cup 2025 - 1st (228.66) | Volvo Open Cup 2025 - 1st (235.60) | 3rd | SP: Camping/Truman Sleeps/Chalkboard / FS: Brotsjor/G-minor/Title of the Glory/Gravitational Forces/Obscura | 3F+2A+2A | 33rd |
| Aleksandr Selevko | Estonia | Golden Spin 2024 - 2nd (234.56) | Skate Canada 2025 - 2nd (257.21) | 2nd | SP: Kiss / FS: Adagio for Strings and Storm/The Longest Night in Limbo | 3Lz+2A+2A | 14th |
| Arttu Juusola | Finland | Nordics Open 2025 - 2nd (170.52) | Lounakeskus Trophy 2025 - 2nd (153.50) | 2nd | SP: The Leftovers/The Dearture / FS: Sheherazade | 3Lz+3T | 155th |
| Makar Suntsev | Finland | Budapest Trophy 2024 - 5th (194.62) | Warsaw Cup 2025 - 14th (180.13) | SP: Purple Rain / FS: Concierto de Aranjuez | 3F+2A+2A | 127th | |
| Valtter Virtanen | Finland | Merano Ice Trophy 2025 - 2nd (212.90) | Finlandia Trophy 2025 - 12th (173.79) | 1st | SP: A Stutter / FS: So Far/Oldurot | 3Lo+2A+2A | 79th |
| Xavier Vauclin | France | Merano Ice Trophy 2025 - 4th (204.54) | Nepela Memorial 2025 - 17th (177.15) | 5th | SP: Guns for Hire/To Ashes and Blood / FS: Les Larmes/Cloak and Dagger | 3T+1Eu+3S | 109th |
| Genrikh Gartung | Germany | Junior Worlds 2025 - 7th (218.94, J) | JGP Solidarity Cup 2025 - 3rd (219.14, J) | 1st (J) | SP: Did You Ever Feel Lonely? / FS: Brick & Blood/Marvel's Daredevil/Judge Jury Executioner | 4Lz+3T | 36th |
| Nikita Starostin | Germany | Tallinn Trophy 2024 - 4th (211.21) | NRW Trophy 2025 - 3rd (219.55) | 1st | SP: Follow Me / FS: Aveline/Marvel | 3F+2A+2A | 52nd |
| Corey Circelli | Italy | Nepela Memorial 2024 - 3rd (232.26) | Swiss Open 2025 - 2nd (205.84) | 5th | SP: Prince medley / FS: Pagliacci | 3Lz+3T / 4T | 87th |
| Matteo Rizzo | Italy | Budapest Trophy 2024 - 1st (247.26) | Nepela Memorial 2025 - 2nd (249.46) | 4th | SP: Silverlines / FS: Interstellar | 3A+2A | 9th |
| Davide Lewton Brain | Monaco | Santa Claus Cup 2024 - 2nd (203.78) | Skate to Milano 2025 - 6th (216.12) | SP: L'enfer / FS: My Perception of Love/Devouring Passion | 3Lz+3T | 74th | |
| Noah Bodenstein | Switzerland | NRW Trophy 2024 - 3rd (177.53) | Diamond Spin 2025 - 4th (172.86) | 2nd | 3F+2A+2A | 157th | |
| Nico Steffen | Switzerland | Skate Helena 2025 - 1st (176.54) | Swiss Open 2025 - 13th (160.89) | 3rd | SP: Turn Into The Noise / FS: Mausoleum | 3Lzq+2A+2A | |
| Ean Weiler | Switzerland | Daugava Open Cup 2025 - 1st (196.99, J) | JGP Solidarity Cup 2025 - 7th (200.90, J) | 1st (J) | SP: Watergun / FS: Rain/Enemy of Truth | 3Lz+3T | 56th |
| Hugo Bostedt | Sweden | JGP Czech Skate 2024 - 8th (176.52, J) | Tayside Trophy 2025 - 7th (172.31) | 2nd | SP: Don Quixote / FS: Matrix | 3F+3T | 126th |
| Kyrylo Marsak | Ukraine | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 1st (221.87) | Lombardia Trophy 2025 - 11th (223.20) | SP: Fall On Me / FS: Labrinth medley | 3A+2A+2A | 72nd | |
| Liam Kapeikis | USA | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 7th (208.93) | Nebelhorn Trophy 2025 - 6th (227.45) | 8th | SP: Unchained Melody / FS: Dragon Heart (soundtrack) | 3Lz+3T | 95th |
| Maxim Naumov | USA | Skate America 2024 - 7th (216.38) | Ice Challenge 2025 - 1st (246.70) | 4th | SP: Nocturne No. 20 / FS: In This Shirt | 3A+2A | 106th |
Ice Dance
| Team | Country | Notable Results 24/25 | Notable Results 25/26 | Nationals | Program Information | World Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natalia Taschlerova / Filip Taschler | Czech Republic | Finlandia Trophy 2024 - 4th (190.43) | Nepela Memorial 2025 - 2nd (186.60) | 1st | RD: Waiting For Tonight/Be With You/Rhythm Divine / FD: The Matrix | 14th |
| Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck | Spain | Worlds 2025 - 6th (200.92) | Nepela Memorial 2025 - 1st (192.67) | 1st | RD: Freedom/Let Me Entertain You / FD: Dune Part 2 (soundtrack) | 11th |
| Sofia Val / Asaf Kazimov | Spain | Ephesus Cup 2025 - 1st (176.51) | Warsaw Cup 2025 - 7th (179.29) | 2nd | RD: Ricky Martin medley / FD: Exogenesis Symphony | 53rd |
| Natacha Lagouge / Arnaud Caffa | France | Santa Claus Cup 2024 - 2nd (177.12) | Grand Prix de France 2025 - 9th (171.29) | 3rd | RD: Crystal Waters medley / FD: J'oublie/In The Mood For Love | 42nd |
| Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan | Germany | Bavarian Open 2025 - 1st (187.64) | Warsaw Cup 2025 - 5th (182.97) | 1st | RD: Yello medley / FD: La Maza/Ameksa | 21st |
| Lilia Schubert / Nikta Remeshevskiy | Germany | NRW Trophy 2024 - 3rd (146.58, J) | Ice Challenge 2025 - 5th (149.07) | 3rd (J) | RD: Gonna Make You SweatCream/No Limit / FD: Nureyev | 64th |
| Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Ireland | Lombardia Trophy 2024 - 5th (171.34) | Warsaw Cup 2025 - 10th (171.91) | RD: New Kids on the Block medley / FD: Reel Around the Sun/Home and the Hearthland | 46th | |
| Carlotta Argentieri / Francesco Riva | Italy | Denkova-Staviski Cup 2024 - 6th (151.84) | Denkova Staviski Cup 2025 - 5th (158.87) | 5th | 126th | |
| Laura Finelli / Massimiliano Bucciarelli | Italy | Mezzaluna Cup 2024 - 2nd (157.35, J) | Mezzaluna Cup 2025 - 11th (150.97) | 2nd (J) | 74th | |
| Victoria Manni / Carlo Roethlisberger | Italy | Egna Dance Trophy 2025 - 3rd (177.69) | Denkova Staviski Cup 2025 - 1st (181.39) | 2nd | 39th | |
| Arianna Sassi / Luca Morini | Switzerland | Nepela Memorial 2024 - 13th (142.63) | Denkova Staviski Cup 2025 - 6th (156.03) | 2nd | RD: Gonna Make You Sweat/U Can't Touch This/Ice Ice Baby/Get Ready For This / FD: Paradise City/Still Loving You/Welcome To The Jungle | 98th |
| Gina Zehnder / Beda Leon Sieber | Switzerland | Pavel Roman Memorial 2024 - 3rd (169.07) | NRW Trophy 2025 - 6th (150.45) | 1st | RD: La Copa de la Vida/Carnaval de Paris / FD: Trutalk/Truman Sleeps/Dreaming of Fiji/Escape from Illusion | 32nd |
| Amy Cui / Jonathan Rogers | USA | Ice Challenge 2024 - 2nd (174.10) | Bolero Cup 2025 - 4th (176.10) | 13th | RD: Here We Go Let's Rock n Roll/Gonna Make You Sweat/This Is How We Do It / FD: Nureyev | 71st |
| Eva Pate / Logan Bye | USA | Warsaw Cup 2024 - 4th (184.41) | Lombardia Trophy 2025 - 1st (186.96) | 8th | RD: Enter Sandman/Thunderstock / FD: The Lion King | 26th |
