US Nationals 2025 RECAP

We examine all the action from US Nationals 2025, including momentous performances from Alysa Liu, Efimova & Mitrofanov, and Andrew Torgashev, big wins for Ilia Malinin and Amber Glenn, and some questionably large scoring.

Chapters

0:00 — Intro
1:41  — Men's Competition
16:05 — Pair's Competition
31:10 — Women's Competition
40:34 — Ice Dance Competition
45:52 — Gold in our Hearts
48:11 — Wrap Up

U.S. Nationals 2025 have come and gone, but so many fantastic memories will remain! Unlike last year’s National Championships, in which saw quite a lot of messiness, this year felt like a great step forward for many towards the 2026 Olympic Games. 

Men’s Competition 

To absolutely no one’s surprise, Ilia Malinin dominated the competition — winning by nearly 50 points (in Nationals points, at least). While he was near-flawless in his short program, he was obviously disappointed with his one fall in the free skate on the illusive quad loop, missing out on a clean Nationals free skate. That said, he genuinely was skating on a whole other level here than the rest of the competition — though there were some fantastic performances from other men!

Coming in for silver was a refined, patient, and compelling Andrew Torgashev. Both of his programs looked stellar, and his confidence and control are growing with each competition.

Pairs Competition

This was the one place where we saw an upset at the top. Last year’s silver medalists, Alisa Efimova & Misha Mitrofanov, proved they were there to win by skating their best competitive performance to date — earning them a standing ovation from the crowd and their first national title. 

After a disastrous free skate, reigning US Champs, Ellie Kam & Danny O’Shea, had to settle for bronze behind a strong performance by Katie McBeath & Daniil Parkman. 

Women’s Competition

While we’re thrilled that this competition was as exciting and as close as it was, we almost wish there could have been two gold medals awarded. The ultimate victor here was reigning national champ and undefeated icon of the season, Amber Glenn, who came back after a tight short program to squeak just past Alyssa Liu.

Our silver medalist, though, had THE skate of the competition — a nearly flawlesss, emotionally nuanced short program that left Alyssa, us, and many others watching in tears.

Dance Competition

Similar to the Men’s Championship here, it was essentially a forgone conclusion that Madison Chock & Evan Bates would clinch their sixth national title (which ties them with Meryl Davis and Charlie White for the most national championship golds). 

In second was the ever-evolving Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko. While their rhythm dance left people thinking they could be a bit vulnerable, their brilliant and aggressive free dance solidified their silver with an exclamation point.