The 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from January 20 to 26, 2025, at the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the junior and senior levels. The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2025 Four Continents Championships, 2025 World Championships, and 2025 World Junior Championships. At the senior level, Ilia Malinin won the men's event, Amber Glenn won the women's event, Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov won the pairs event, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the ice dance event. At the junior level, Lorenzo Elano won the men's event, Sophie Joline Von Felten won the women's event, Reagan Moss and Jakub Galbavy won the pairs event, and Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin won the ice dance event.
Three days after the competition, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a helicopter upon approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, and plunged into the Potomac River. All aboard were killed, including twenty-eight skaters, coaches, and family members returning from the U.S. Championships.
Background The U.S. Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition organized by U.S. Figure Skating to crown the national champions of the United States. The first U.S. Championships were held in 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut. The 2025 U.S. Championships were held from January 20 to 26 at the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas.
Qualification Skaters qualified for the U.S. Championships by either having a bye or by competing at the Pacific Coast Sectional Finals, Eastern Sectional Finals, Midwestern Sectional Finals, U.S. Ice Dance Finals, or U.S. Pairs Finals.
Senior-level skaters were eligible for a bye if they met any of the following criteria: Placing in the top five at the 2024 U.S. Figure Skating Championships Selection to the 2024 World Championship team Winning a medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics Qualifying for the same event at the Grand Prix Final or the Junior Grand Prix Final Competing at three international assignments classified as an ISU Grand Prix, ISU Junior Grand Prix, or ISU Challenger Series event
Junior-level skaters were eligible for a bye if they met any of the following criteria: Qualifying for the same event at the Junior Grand Prix Final Competing at three international assignments classified as an ISU Junior Grand Prix or ISU Challenger Series event
After accounting for all byes, the top placements from the Singles Sectionals, U.S. Pairs Finals, or U.S. Ice Dance Finals were then assigned until the maximum number of competitors for each event (eighteen in men's singles, eighteen in women's singles, twelve in pairs, and fifteen in ice dance) was met.
Changes to preliminary assignments U.S. Figure Skating published the initial list of entrants on November 25, 2024. These changes were reported after that original list was published.
+Changes to preliminary entries Date Discipline Withdrew Added Notes January 2 Senior women Ava Marie Ziegler Alexa Gasparotto Junior ice dance colspan="2" January 6 Senior women Clare Seo Brooke Gewalt January 14 Isabeau Levito Michelle Lee Foot injury January 20 Senior men Jason Brown Taira Shinohara Equipment issues
Required performance elements Single skating Men and women competing in single skating first performed a short program. Junior men performed their short programs on Tuesday, January 21; junior women on Wednesday, January 22; senior women on Thursday, January 23; and senior men on Saturday, January 25. 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 flip; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump or two triple jumps; one flying camel spin; one 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 flip; one jump combination consisting of two double jumps, one double jump and one triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying camel spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning 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.
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 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 competing in single skating finished their competition with free skating. Junior men performed their free skates on Wednesday, January 22; junior women on Thursday, January 23; senior women on Friday, January 24; and senior men on Sunday, January 26. The free skate for both men and women 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.
Pair skating Couples competing in pair skating also first performed a short program. Junior pair teams performed their short program on Tuesday, January 21, and senior teams on Thursday, January 23. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, the short program had to include the following elements:
For junior couples: one hand-to-hand pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple Salchow throw jump, one double flip 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 hand-to-hand 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.
All couples performed their free skates on Saturday, January 25. The free skate 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. Junior ice dance teams performed their rhythm dances on Tuesday, January 21, while senior teams performed theirs on Friday, January 24. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds, the theme of the rhythm dance for this season was "social dances and styles of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s". Examples of applicable dance styles included, but were not limited to: Rock and Roll, the jitterbug, the twist, the Hustle, and disco. The rhythm dance had to include the following elements:
For junior couples: two sequences of the paso doble, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence while not in contact.
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 in contact.
All couples performed their free dances on Saturday, January 25. 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 step sequence while on one skate and not in contact, 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 step sequence while on one skate and not in contact, and three choreographic elements.
Judging For the 2024–2025 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performancesuch as jumps, spins, and liftswere assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of 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 componentscomposition, presentation, and skating skillsand 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 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
Senior medalists +Senior medal recipients Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Pewter Men Ilia Malinin Andrew Torgashev Camden Pulkinen Maxim Naumov Women Amber Glenn Alysa Liu Sarah Everhardt Bradie Tennell Pairs Ice dance
Junior medalists +Junior medal recipients Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Pewter Men Lorenzo Elano Aleksandr Fegan Patrick Blackwell Kirk Haugeto Women Sophie Joline von Felten Skylar Lautowa-Peguero Jessica Jurka Emilia Nemirovsky Pairs Ice dance
Senior results Men's singles Ilia Malinin successfully landed a record six quadruple jumps during his free skate, but fell on his quadruple loop. He finished with an overall score 46.82 points higher than silver medalist Andrew Torgashev. Only Nathan Chen had won a U.S. Championship title by a greater margin, a feat which he accomplished twice. "It wasn't the perfect program that I exactly wanted," Malinin said in an interview. "One of the things I would say is maybe that I'm still not at my full potential yet, and that there's a lot bigger of a limit that I can go for."