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The Wrap Up:

Concluding the 2025 ISSA World Cup Series

The ISSA World Cup Series 2025 brought together over 61 competitors from 12 countries facing off across three continents in eight high-speed events to determine the world’s top speed skydivers.

The ISSA World Series 2025 consisted of 8 separate meets, with the season culminating in Eloy, Arizona, with the eighth and final event hosted by AXIS Flight School at Skydive Arizona. This past weekend, 15 competitors from the United States and Europe met in Eloy for the final showdown.

In the open event at Eloy, Niklas Daniel (USA) claimed victory with another superb performance across eight rounds, posting an average speed of 521.02 km/h. Fabian Wernli (SUI) secured second place, while Jordan DuJack (USA) rounded out the podium in third.

Niklas Daniel receives the ISSA Trophy from ISSA representative Fabrian Wernli.

In the female class, Anna Lea (GBR) dominated with a remarkable average speed of 453.52 km/h. Brianne Thompson (USA) took second place, followed by Jessica Twarog (USA) in third.

In the overall winners 2025 standings, competing the World Cup Series Finals on their home base gave Niklas Daniel and Brianne Thompson a strong motivational boost. Niklas took the lead with his excellent performance, finishing ahead of Mervin O’Connel (AUS). The competition for third place was extremely close, with Thomas de Raat (NED) securing the spot by just 0.5 points in front of Marco Hepp (GER).

Brianne also delivered in the final, winning the overall women’s standings ahead of Sara Lundqvist (SWE) and Ingrid van Deelen (NED). Just 4.5 points separated first and third place.

This is AXIS Flight School’s Niklas Daniel second consecutive ISSA World Cup Series Title. Current FAI World Champion and 2024 ISSA World Cup Champion Niklas Daniel was able to defend possession of the ISSA Earnest Holford Memorial Sword and will get to keep it for another year. Niklas Daniel receives the ISSA Trophy from ISSA representative Fabian Wernli.

2025 ISSA World Cup Series Champion Niklas Daniel with the ISSA Earnest Holford Memorial Sword. Photo by Kay Robinson.
🤔 How the World Series scoring works:
Wherever a competitor did not participate in an event, the result for that meet(s) is zero. The World Series overall result is the sum of the two best meet results for each competitor regardless of the number of events completed (points per meet = meet result of a single meet). At the completion of the series, the competitor with the most points at the end of the year is declared the ISSA Speed Skydiving World Cup Series Champion 2025.
For the complete list of results, visit: https://www.issa.one/issa-world-cup-series-2025/

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