As WST World Cup Rome 2025 kicked off with our Ostia Park event that incorporated the new top 5 'golden run' format, there were many unexpected twists and turns both figurative and literal which came to determine the finals standings.

Here's how those results play into the World Skateboarding Ranking as we head to Washington DC’s World Championships this September, and we look forward to seeing how these results extrapolate across the 2025 season!

Ranking Hoppers: Men's Park

Egoitz Bijueska up 7 positions to 6th in the WSR (now pre-seeded for Washington)

An emphatic Park victory now sees the Spanish up-and-comer pre-seeded for Washington’s World Championships!

Yuro Nagahara bounces up 13 places to 13th position on the World Skateboarding Ranking (now pre-seeded for Washington)

The major benefactor of the new ‘golden run’ format came from nowhere to snatch second in Rome and is now pre-seeded for DC!

Pedro Carvalho sails up 5 paces to 17th position in the World Skateboarding Ranking

A first, heroic finals appearance for Pedro in Ostia won him no end of fans both in Ostia and watching at home!

Gui Khury flies up 77 spots to take 18th position on the WSR

Spinning his way up into the top 30 with a superb third in Ostia, the 2024 Vert World Champion put down a serious marker in Park.

Luiz Mariano hops up 8 ranking positions to 19th on the WSR

Another Brazilian Park finals debut on the WST, Luiz stunned everybody with a double flip melon over the volcano!

Soya Inomata leaps up 227 WSR postions to become 24th- ranked in Men's Park

A much, much better result at Ostia for the fearless Japanese teenager who also made the finals at the 2024 Vert World Championships.

Ranking Hoppers: Women's Park

Fernanda Tonissi moves up 5 WSR ranking positions to 19th place on the World Skateboarding Ranking

A best-ever 11th at WST Rome 2025 underlines the positive direction of progression along the WST for the 18-year-old Brazilian!

Lillian Erickson skips up 12 places for a new World Skateboarding Ranking of 31st place

Says she’s more relaxed within herself now on the WST and it showed- the only American woman to make semis in Ostia.

Rui Sugawara blasts up 213 to 38th position on the WSR for Women's Park

A first semifinals appearance for the younger Sugawara sister who, alongside Soya Inomata, was the standout in terms of progression within the Japanese Park team at Ostia.