The 2025 Trialeti Trophy is a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Georgian Figure Skating Union, and the eighth event of the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series. It was held at the Ice Palace Tbilisi in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 8 to 11 October 2025. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance, and skaters earned ISU World Standing points based on their results. All of the champions were from Georgia: Nika Egadze in the men's event, Anastasiia Gubanova in the women's event, Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava in the pairs event, and Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin in the ice dance event.

Background 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 2025–26 Challenger Series consists of eleven events, of which the Trialeti Trophy was the eighth.

Changes to preliminary assignments The International Skating Union published the preliminary list of entrants on 17 September 2025.

Discipline Withdrew Date Country Skater(s) Ice dance 15 September Men 1 October Women Pairs Ice dance Men 3 October Women Pairs Ice dance Men 6 October Women Men 9 October Pairs 10 October

Required performance elements Single skating Men and women competing in single skating first performed their short programs on Thursday, 9 October. 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, 10 October, while women performed theirs on Saturday, 11 October. 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 Friday, 10 October. 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, 11 October. 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, 9 October. 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, 10 October. The free dance 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 Pairs 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 Nika Egadze Jason Brown Tomoki Hiwatashi Women Anastasiia Gubanova Mariia Seniuk Lee Hae-in Pairs Ice dance

Results Men's singles Kyrylo Marsak of Ukraine was forced to withdraw prior to the free skate after he came down with food poisoning.

+Men's results Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS Nika Egadze 261.02 1 89.60 1 171.42 Jason Brown 249.30 2 85.26 2 164.04 Tomoki Hiwatashi 237.11 5 79.55 3 157.56 4 Arlet Levandi 223.53 8 72.70 4 150.83 5 Vladimir Samoilov 222.32 9 72.32 5 150.00 6 Lee Si-hyeong 217.77 7 73.22 6 144.55 7 Daniel Martynov 217.20 4 79.70 8 137.50 8 Vladimir Litvintsev 209.71 12 68.68 7 141.03 9 Aleksandr Selevko 208.14 3 79.97 11 128.17 10 Donovan Carrillo 205.05 10 70.92 9 134.13 11 Adam Hagara 192.46 6 78.94 12 113.52 12 Nikita Starostin 189.77 14 61.09 10 128.68 13 Georgii Reshtenko 171.43 13 64.98 14 106.45 14Pablo García 165.50 15 55.46 13 110.04 WD Kyrylo Marsak Withdrew 11 68.79 Withdrew from competition

Women's singles +Women's results Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS Anastasiia Gubanova 203.69 1 65.76 1 137.93 Mariia Seniuk 185.80 5 61.39 2 124.41 Lee Hae-in 183.28 3 62.10 3 121.18 4 Anna Pezzetta 178.13 2 64.32 7 113.81 5 Yun Ah-sun 177.34 6 60.10 4 117.24 6 Kim Seo-young 165.36 14 49.99 5 115.37 7 Rinka Watanabe 164.52 15 49.95 6 114.57 8 Iida Karhunen 162.31 7 56.73 12 105.58 9 Linnea Ceder 161.95 8 54.82 10 107.13 10 Ava Marie Ziegler 161.48 16 49.22 8 112.26 11 Stefania Yakovleva 158.75 13 50.75 9 108.00 12Starr Andrews158.38461.651596.73 13Olivia Lisko157.441151.3811106.06 14Nargiz Süleymanova150.221947.2113103.01 15Nataly Langerbaur147.091052.421694.67 16Meda Variakojytė146.941847.951498.99 17Kristina Lisovskaja141.791749.031792.76 18Elizabet Gervits141.791251.221890.57 19Eliška Březinová141.18953.251987.93 20Andrea Montesinos Cantú131.582044.542087.04 21Sarah Marie Pesch119.342144.502174.84 22Sabina Alieva96.122239.922356.20 23Sofia Farafonova93.332329.202264.13 24Amina Alexeyeva78.242425.292452.95 25Russalina Shakrova61.682524.072537.61

Pairs +Pairs results Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS 225.20 1 77.13 1 148.07 208.28 2 74.67 2 133.61 193.70 3 71.17 4 122.53 4 188.85 4 65.14 3 123.71 5 176.32 5 62.74 5 113.58 6 163.59 7 55.41 6 108.18 7 160.02 6 56.10 7 103.92 8 148.10 9 52.86 8 95.24 9 140.41 10 51.23 9 89.18 WD Withdrew 8 55.20 Withdrew from competition

Ice dance +Ice dance results Rank Skater Nation Total points RD FD 203.39 1 80.35 1 123.04 180.84 4 69.88 2 110.96 178.09 2 71.49 3 106.60 4 174.37 3 70.27 4 104.10 5 167.96 5 69.69 7 98.27 6 165.37 6 64.17 5 101.20 7 161.77 7 62.11 6 99.66 8 150.39 11 56.83 8 93.56 9 146.75 12 56.63 9 90.12 10 144.47 10 57.86 11 86.6111142.94859.621383.3212142.711355.921086.7913140.78959.101481.6814136.441450.241286.2015127.321549.921577.40

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