US and Canada 26-27 Senior Elig Skaters

[haribobo]

Looking towards next season, I wanted to provide SB standings of the senior eligible skaters to look at who could be hoping for TBA spots at SA and SC and other GP events...not sure yet which Canadian women might not return, if any...will need to update this list after 4CC and Jr Worlds

WOMEN

CANADA
Schizas-35
Dupuis- 42, maybe 4CC
Ruiter- 58
Spence- 115
Rose -195
Daleman- none, maybe 4CC
Landry - none, maybe 4CC
Woodley- none, maybe Jr Worlds
Kwon - none
MMP- none

USA
Whoever of Alysa, Amber, Isabeau, Bradie, and Sarah that continue are high up enough for GP events, and Starr is switching to pairs...

Sophie Joline Von Felten- 32, Jr Worlds (should be high enough for one GP event, maybe 2)

Hoping for SA spot and/or Challenger events
Alina Bonillo- 45 (possibly GP event or on alternates list)
Elyce Lin-Gracey- 61
Sherry Zhang- 86
Josephine Lee- 95
Katie Shen- 108
Logan Higase-Chen- 174

 

[haribobo]

CANADA
Stephen Gogolev 14, OLY and Worlds (likely)
Roman Sadovsky 22- 4CC?
Grayson Long 51- Jr Worlds?
Aleksa Rakic 52- 4CC?
Matthew Newnham 54
Wesley Chiu 82- 4CC?
John Kim 102
Anthony Paradis 114
David Bondar 138
David Li NO SCORE

USA
Tomoki Hiwatashi 21- 4CC
Andrew Torgashev 25- OLY, Worlds
Liam Kapeikis 40 - 4CC 1st Alt
Maxim Naumov 41- OLY, maybe Worlds
Lucius Kazanecki 43 - Jr Worlds
Jacob Sanchez 47- Jr Worlds, 4CC
Patrick Blackwell 50- Jr Worlds 1st Alt
Jimmy Ma 56
Daniel Martynov 58
Caleb Farrington 68
Kai Kovar 98
Lorenzo Elano 117

 

[Capt. DeSoto]

I was having trouble figuring out where the number next to each skater's name was coming from. I couldn't find it on any ISU list, but I think finally figured it out and I figured I'd post it for the benefit of others who might have been as in the dark as I was...

See the rankings results in the leftmost column (source - SkatingScores.com):

• Men
• Women

 

[Capt. DeSoto]

I'm a newish fan, so please forgive my ignorances...

Do Olympic scores play any role in the rankings used for GP selection? I thought it was ISU events only (excluding B-level events of course). So if, for example, Torgashev boosts his score at the Olympics above the #25 man on this list, but doesn't improve upon his score at Worlds, then he would still likely need to rely on a host assignment?

Edit: I think I just realized the answer myself, yes Olympics do count. I remember the leftmost column of the ISU ranking charts were reserved for both the ISU World Championship Event AND Olympics. If this forum allowed people to delete their own posts, I would.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm a newish fan, so please forgive my ignorances...

Do Olympic scores play any role in the rankings used for GP selection? I thought it was ISU events only (excluding B-level events of course). So if, for example, Torgashev boosts his score at the Olympics above the #25 man on this list, but doesn't improve upon his score at Worlds, then he would still likely need to rely on a host assignment?

Edit: I think I just realized the answer myself, yes Olympics do count. I remember the leftmost column of the ISU ranking charts were reserved for both the ISU World Championship Event AND Olympics. If this forum allowed people to delete their own posts, I would.

Don't worry!

There are several ways for skaters to earn 1 or 2 GP assignments. Any singles skater who finishes in the Top 12 at Worlds is guaranteed 2 GPs the following season. In the post-Olympic season, if skaters who finished top 12 retire then lower ranked skaters are bumped up until there are 12 skaters with 2 guaranteed GPs (for dance and pairs it's Top 10 at Worlds). Skaters who are in the Top 24 in either the SB or WS are guaranteed 1 GP. Usually skaters who are in the Top 24 on BOTH will get 2 GPs on the initial assignments list - for pairs & sometimes ice dance, there might not be enough slots to go around though, so it's not a definite guarantee you'll get 2, but you'll certainly get 1.

Once all of the skaters/teams guaranteed 2 and 1 assignment as well as the host spots are allocated, the host feds go through and select any skaters on the SB Top 75 list to invite. Usually, though not always, they start at the top of the list. Someone like Torgashev, who comes from one of the GP host feds, would almost certainly, if he was sitting somewhere between 25-36 on the SB list get at least 1 GP assignment somewhere, possibly 2 on the initial assignment list but there's no guarantee.

 

[ice coverage]

I was having trouble figuring out where the number next to each skater's name was coming from. I couldn't find it on any ISU list, but I think finally figured it out and I figured I'd post it for the benefit of others who might have been as in the dark as I was...

See the rankings results in the leftmost column (source - SkatingScores.com):

• Men
• Women

FYI, on the ISU site, lists of Season's Best scores are here:

https://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2025-26/sbtsmto.htm (2025-26 season for men)
https://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2025-26/sbtswto.htm (2025-26 season for women)​

Also here:

https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/statistics/​