Why is "Compulsory figures" trending?
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- Date: 2026-05-12 16:26:32
This topic has appeared in the trending rankings 1 time(s) in the past year. While it does not trend frequently, its appearance suggests a renewed or concentrated surge of public interest.
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Trend History
This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-05-12 and was most recently seen on 2026-05-12.
Wikipedia Overview
Compulsory figures or school figures were formerly a segment of figure skating, and gave the sport its name. They are the "circular patterns which skaters trace on the ice to demonstrate skill in placing clean turns evenly on round circles". For approximately the first 50 years of figure skating as a sport, until 1947, compulsory figures made up 60 percent of the total score at most competitions around the world. These figures continued to dominate the sport, although they steadily declined in importance, until the International Skating Union (ISU) voted to discontinue them as a part of competitions in 1990. Learning and training in compulsory figures instilled discipline and control; some in the figure skating community considered them necessary to teach skaters basic skills. Skaters would train for hours to learn and execute them well, and competing and judging figures would often take up to eight hours during competitions.
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The Lost Art That Gave Figure Skating Its Name - Reuters
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Who Needs Triple Axels and Toe Loops—Give Us ‘Compulsory Figures’ - WSJ
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In Sapporo on 7 February 1972, compulsory figures made for compelling viewing - olympics.com
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Hicham Faraj designs a typeface inspired by the figure 8 movement of ice skaters - It's Nice That
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'Nobody asked me': Janet Lynn says figure skating should have kept compulsory figures - Rockford Register Star
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How Olympians Stay Motivated - The Atlantic
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50 Years of Skating - Skate Canada
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Books by past CBC Poetry Prize winners and finalists being published in 2025 - cbc.ca
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Bringing the figure back - Abbotsford News
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IN FIGURES EIGHT, A SKATER'S FATE - The Washington Post
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