KB Financial Group 80th Korean Figure Skating Championships, Jan. 3-6, 2026

[Sylvia]

Ticket & Schedule info in Korean: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSjYgv8Ee-A/

❄ Competition schedule: 2026. 1. 3. (Sat) ~ 6. (Tue)
❄ Location: Mokdong Ice Rink

Korean Nationals decides who will make the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic team (2 men, 2 women + Lim/Quan) as well as the Prague Worlds Championship team.

Competition event order:
Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 3-4: Senior Ice Dance, Men, Women (Gala EX after victory ceremony)
Monday & Tuesday, Jan. 5-6: Junior SP & FS

Senior and Junior starting orders: https://x.com/skatingkor/status/2001677937947365547

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001678077386990004

@EdgyIceMarks please feel free to post additional details if you're around and feel like it.

 

[Sylvia]

Event & streaming info: https://www.soyouwanttowatchfs.com/blog/2026-korean-national-championships-info-streaming

 

[Sylvia]

skating korea on X: https://x.com/skatingkor/status/2007129857764086019

https://twitter.com/x/status/2007129857764086019

YT links in the post (KBS Sports - Yelim Kim is commentating):
RD? & Men SP: https://www.youtube.com/live/aoQcM4TwDF4
Women SP (final 2 groups): https://www.youtube.com/live/ClrIee177KM

 

[Sylvia]

Men's SP is underway!

 

[Sylvia]

Minkyu Seo's jumps: 4S, 3A, 3F+3T - 91.54 2nd

ETA: Habin Choi landed his opening 4Lz - 85.96 3rd.

 

[Sylvia]

Junhwan Cha landed everything! 4S, 3Lz+3Lo & 3A - I really like this program for him. 97.50 1st, no surprise.

Hyungyeom Kim 79.60 4th (4T<? 3A<? 3Lz+3T), Sihyeong Lee 78.78 5th (4T, 3A, 3Lz+2T step - both arms clasped overhead on all jumps), Jaekeun Lee 77.72 6th (4T<? 3A, 3Lz+3T).

 

[Karen-W]

The RD and first three groups of the Women's SP can be found at this link -

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The last two groups of the Women's SP is at the link @Sylvia provided earlier.

 

[Wyliefan]

Copying this over from Jackie on Bluesky:

Going into the FS, here’s where the 2 KOR spots in men’s and women’s stand

MEN
Junhwan Cha 353.22
Hyungyeom Kim 311.11
-
Jaekeun Lee 296.87 (-14.24)
Sihyeong Lee 287.08 (-24.03)

WOMEN
Jia Shin 290.63
Chaeyeon Kim 265.84
-
Haein Lee 262.18 (-3.66)
Ahsun Yun 238.16 (-27.68)
Young You 236.98 (-28.86)

 

[Wyliefan]

And this:

Korean Nationals 2025-26 Women SP Top 11
1 Jia Shin 신지아 74.43
2 Yuseong Kim 김유성 68.25
3 Jiyu Huh 허지유 66.92
4 Seojin Youn 윤서진 66.47
5 Haein Lee 이해인 66.38
6 Yujae Kim 김유재 64.98
7 Nayeon Ko 고나연 64.91
8 Chaeyeon Kim 김채연 64.06
9 Seoyoung Kim 김서영 63.19
10 Young You 유영 60.11
11 Ahsun Yun 윤아선 58.42

(He doesn't seem to have the men's scores up.)

 

[Karen-W]

And this:

Korean Nationals 2025-26 Women SP Top 11
1 Jia Shin 신지아 74.43
2 Yuseong Kim 김유성 68.25
3 Jiyu Huh 허지유 66.92
4 Seojin Youn 윤서진 66.47
5 Haein Lee 이해인 66.38
6 Yujae Kim 김유재 64.98
7 Nayeon Ko 고나연 64.91
8 Chaeyeon Kim 김채연 64.06
9 Seoyoung Kim 김서영 63.19
10 Young You 유영 60.11
11 Ahsun Yun 윤아선 58.42

(He doesn't seem to have the men's scores up.)

Men's SP results are as follow:
1 Junhwan Cha 97.50
2 Minkyu Seo 91.54
3 Habin Choi 85.96
4 Hyungyeom Kim 79.60
5 Sihyeong Lee 78.78
6 Jaekeun Lee 77.72
7 Younghyun Cha 64.74
8 Donghan Yu 62.00
9 Aaron Kim 58.66
10 Jaewook Chung 54.47

 

[Karen-W]

Men's FS is happening right now -

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[Ross H]

Cha's jumps in the free skate just now: 4S, 3A, 3Lz-Euler-3S, 3Lo, 3F-2A seq, 3Lz, 3F. 180.34 for the free skate, 277.84 overall, 1st for both.

Good performance - hopefully the technical content can go to another level for the Olympics.

 

[Karen-W]

Men's Final Results
Placement Name SP FS Total
1 Junhwan Cha 97.50 180.34 277.84
2 Minkyu Seo 91.54 177.77 269.31
3 Habin Choi 85.96 172.22 258.18
4 Hyungyeom Kim 79.60 156.14 235.74
5 Sihyeong Lee 78.78 154.52 233.30
6 Jaekeun Lee 77.72 151.64 229.36
7 Younghyun Cha 64.74 144.74 209.48
8 Aaron Kim 58.66 112.57 171.23
9 Donghan Yu 62.00 105.89 167.89
10 Jaewook Chung 54.47 107.85 162.32

Olympic & World Team Combined Scores from Ranking Competition & Nationals -
Name Ranking Comp Score Nationals Score Combined Score
1 Junhwan Cha 255.72 277.84 533.56
2 Hyungyeom Kim 231.51 235.74 467.25
3 Jaekeun Lee 219.15 229.36 448.51
4 Sihyeong Lee 208.30 233.30 441.60
5 Younghyun Cha 202.30 209.48 411.78

Jr Worlds Combined Scores from Ranking Competition & Nationals -
Name Ranking Comp Score Nationals Score Combined Score
1 Minkyu Seo 262.84 269.31 532.15
2 Habin Choi 250.37 258.18 508.55
3 Jaekeun Lee 219.15 229.36 448.51
4 Donghan Yu 180.94 167.89 348.83
5 Jaewook Chung 152.39 162.32 314.71
6 Aaron Kim 137.34 171.23 308.57

 

[Karen-W]

The FD and first four groups for the Women's FS is at this link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uybzegKIl7I

 

[Karen-W]

Ice Dance Final Results -

Name RD FD Total
1 Hannah Lim / Ye Quan 77.47 110.82 188.29

Olympic & Worlds Team Selection
Name Ranking Comp Score Nationals Score Combined Score
1 Hannah Lim / Ye Quan 187.00 188.29 375.29

 

[Karen-W]

The fourth group of the Women's FS is on the ice at the link I posted above. Looks like only the final group will be shown on KBS Sports' YT Channel. Here is the link for that broadcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4dEQEYGm5g

 

[Karen-W]

Chaeyeon had a rough FS and has left the door very wide open for Haein to skate through & claim the 2nd Olympic spot.

 

[Sktwo]

Another disappointing skate for Chaeyeon. She looked like she was in pain when landing some of her jumps and I noticed her back was taped up. She was very upset in the kiss and cry.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, turns out Haein did more than enough and has secured her spot on the Olympic team.

 

[Karen-W]

Women's Final Results -

Name SP FS Total
1 Jia Shin 74.43 145.46 219.89
2 Yuseong Kim 68.25 144.58 212.83
3 Jiyu Huh 66.92 133.81 200.73
4 Yujae Kim 64.98 134.76 199.74
5 Haein Lee 66.38 129.62 196.00
6 Seojin Youn 66.47 121.35 187.82
7 Nayeon Ko 64.91 119.14 184.05
8 Young You 60.11 122.98 183.09
9 Chaeyeon Kim 64.06 118.53 182.59
10 Seoyoung Kim 63.19 115.69 178.88
11 Ahsun Yun 58.42 120.39 178.81
12 Hyewon Joo 54.50 115.58 170.08
13 Subeen Jeong 58.39 107.12 165.51
14 Harin Jang 53.01 111.64 164.65
15 Hyowon Lee 55.13 107.23 162.36
16 Jeongyul Hwang 49.73 110.47 160.20
17 Geonhee Kim 52.47 106.15 158.62
18 Jiyu Kim 48.51 105.13 153.64
19 Minsong Kim 47.78 103.41 151.19
20 Hayoung Park 50.01 90.85 140.86
21 Doi Cha 56.83 83.98 140.81
22 Eunbi Park 49.65 91.04 140.69
23 Gyuri Lee 46.22 94.09 140.31
24 Hyorin Lee 51.39 79.84 131.23
25 Eun Lee 43.47 75.38 118.85
26 Nayeong Yu 35.61 76.10 111.71

Olympic & Worlds Team Selection -
Name Ranking Comp Score Nationals Score Combined Score
1 Jia Shin 216.20 219.89 436.09
2 Haein Lee 195.80 196.00 391.80
3 Chaeyeon Kim 201.78 182.59 384.37
4 Seoyoung Kim 182.09 178.88 360.97
5 Young You 176.87 183.09 359.96
6 Ahsun Yun 179.74 178.81 358.55

Jr Worlds Team Selection -
Name Ranking Comp Score Nationals Score Combined Score
1 Jia Shin 216.20 219.89 436.09
2 Yujae Kim 204.99 199.74 404.73
3 Yuseong Kim 188.86 212.83 401.69
4 Seojin Youn 201.65 187.82 389.47
5 Jiyu Huh 183.05 200.73 383.78
6 Seoyoung Kim 182.09 178.88 360.97
7 Nayeon Ko 176.70 184.05 360.75

 

[Stephanie]

I think junior worlds (like worlds) is based on nationals only, in which case Jiyu Huh will go and not Yujae.