2025 CS Cranberry Cup International

2025 Cranberry Cup International
Logo of the Cranberry Cup International
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:August 7 – 10
Season:2025–26
Location:Norwood, Massachusetts,
United States
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Skating Club of Boston
Champions
Men's singles:
Canada Roman Sadovsky
Women's singles:
United States Isabeau Levito
Previous:
2024 CS Cranberry Cup International
Next CS:
2025 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition

The 2025 Cranberry Cup International was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating, and the first event of the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series. It was held at the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, in the United States, from August 7 to 10, 2025. Medals were awarded in men's and women's singles, and skaters earned ISU World Standing points based on their results. Roman Sadovsky of Canada won the men's event and Isabeau Levito of the United States won the women's event.

Background

The inaugural edition of the Cranberry Cup International was held in 2021 at the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, in the United States.[1] The 2025 Cranberry Cup was held from August 7 to 10.[2]

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.[3] The 2025–26 Challenger Series consisted of eleven events, of which the Cranberry Cup International was the first.[4] The Cranberry Cup International is held in conjunction with the John Nicks Pairs Challenge – the former hosts the men's and women's events, while the latter hosts the pairs event – and the two competitions constitute U.S. Figure Skating's contribution to the Challenger Series.[5]

Changes to preliminary assignments

The International Skating Union (ISU) published the preliminary list of entrants on July 22, 2025.[6][7]

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Ref.
July 26 Men France Luc Economides N/a [8]
Kazakhstan Nikita Krivosheyev
Kazakhstan Artur Smagulov
Women N/a Kazakhstan Sofia Samodelkina
August 4 Argentina Michelle Di Cicco N/a [9]
August 6 Australia Victoria Alcantara [10]
Netherlands Jolanda Vos

Required performance elements

Men and women competing in single skating first performed a short program on Saturday, August 9.[2] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[11] 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.[12]

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.[12]

Skaters performed their free skates on Sunday, August 10.[2] The free skate performance for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes,[11] and had to include the maximum of 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.[13]

Judging

See also: ISU Judging System

For the 2025–26 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps and spins – were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of seven or nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.[14] 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 elements score.[15] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on three program components – skating skills, presentation, and composition – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments.[16] 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.[17]

Program component factoring[18]
Discipline Short program Free skate
Men 1.67 3.33
Women 1.33 2.67

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[19] The total elements score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[20]

Medal summary

Roman Sadovsky at the 2025 World Championships
Isabeau Levito at the 2025 World Championships
The 2025 Cranberry Cup International champions: Roman Sadovsky of Canada (men's singles) and Isabeau Levito of the United States (women's singles)
Medalists[21]
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Canada Roman Sadovsky Estonia Aleksandr Selevko Canada Stephen Gogolev
Women United States Isabeau Levito Kazakhstan Sofia Samodelkina South Korea Shin Ji-a

Results

Men's singles

Roman Sadovsky of Canada won his first senior-level gold medal after two solid performances. Stephen Gogolev of Canada also had successful results, including receiving the highest technical score in the free skate, which included two quadruple Salchows and a quadruple toe loop, and ultimately winning the bronze medal. Aleksandr Selevko of Estonia received the silver medal with two solid performances that included a quadruple Lutz and quadruple toe loop in his free skate. Jimmy Ma of the United States had the lead after the short program; however multiple errors in his free skate caused him to ultimately finish in seventh place.[22]

Men's results[23]
Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roman Sadovsky  Canada 243.23 5 74.76 1 168.47
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksandr Selevko  Estonia 235.70 3 76.62 3 159.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stephen Gogolev  Canada 231.81 11 67.22 2 164.59
4 Tamir Kuperman  Israel 211.87 4 75.04 5 136.83
5 Jacob Sanchez  United States 211.31 2 78.60 7 132.71
6 Donovan Carrillo  Mexico 208.51 6 70.65 4 137.86
7 Jimmy Ma  United States 207.53 1 78.74 11 128.79
8 Liam Kapeikis  United States 201.94 8 69.65 8 132.29
9 Tomoki Hiwatashi  United States 201.66 9 69.45 9 132.21
10 Lee Jae-keun  South Korea 198.50 10 68.55 10 129.95
11 Mark Gorodnitsky  Israel 193.08 15 58.49 6 134.59
12 Kai Kovar  United States 189.91 7 69.75 13 120.16
13 Semen Daniliants  Armenia 187.48 12 66.22 12 121.26
14 Lev Vinokur  Israel 170.34 13 59.39 14 110.95
15 Lim Ju-heon  South Korea 161.89 16 56.83 15 105.06
16 Daniel Martynov  United States 153.00 14 58.83 16 94.17
17 Jared Sedlis  United States 139.71 17 51.98 17 87.73

Women's singles

Isabeau Levito of the United States ultimately won the gold medal despite some issues with her free skate, where she had difficulty with her triple flip-double Axel jump sequence. Likewise, Sofia Samodelkina of Kazakhstan had some difficulties, including under-rotated jumps, but ended up winning the silver medal. Shin Ji-a, four-time World Junior Championship silver medalist, appeared visibly nervous and had several falls in her free skate, but her high quality transitions and spins allowed her to win the bronze medal.[22]

Women's results[24]
Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Isabeau Levito  United States 207.61 1 70.69 2 136.92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sofia Samodelkina  Kazakhstan 203.15 2 65.80 1 137.35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shin Ji-a  South Korea 179.97 3 62.12 3 117.85
4 Sonja Hilmer  United States 165.83 4 59.34 4 106.49
5 Josephine Lee  United States 160.99 5 56.04 5 104.95
6 Katie Shen  United States 154.75 8 50.35 6 104.40
7 Olivia Elin Phillips  Sweden 147.05 11 47.01 7 100.04
8 Andrea Montesinos Cantú  Mexico 146.96 7 50.93 8 96.03
9 Kim Min-chae  South Korea 140.95 6 53.82 10 87.13
10 Brooke Gewalt  United States 136.83 9 48.92 9 87.91
11 Sienna Kaczmarczyk  Australia 132.63 10 48.44 11 84.19
12 Andrea Astrain Maynez  Mexico 125.02 12 42.19 12 82.83
13 Petra Lahti  New Zealand 115.90 13 38.88 13 77.02
14 Simona Bhasin  Australia 94.93 14 31.81 14 63.12
15 Alejandra Osuna Tirado  Mexico 87.13 15 31.62 16 55.51
16 Sophia Natalie Dayan  Argentina 85.52 17 23.45 15 62.07
17 Mya Li Poe  Chinese Taipei 84.31 16 29.11 17 55.20
WD Dimitra Korri  Greece Withdrew 18 22.60 Withdrew from competition

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