What Is ATSX? Ice Cross World Championship Explained

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ATSX is the organizing body behind the Ice Cross World Championship, a winter racing series in which skaters descend a steep, obstacle-filled ice track at high speed. The official site (icecross.org) presents ATSX as the home of the Ice Cross World Championship and, from the 2025/26 season, the ATSX Ice Cross World Cup. If you want to follow results, athletes, or the season calendar, the site's news and results sections are the primary entry point.

What "ATSX" refers to

ATSX is the brand and governing name used for the Ice Cross World Championship series. The sport itself is ice cross: athletes race down a narrow, banked ice track featuring jumps, drops, and turns, typically in heats of several skaters at once. The site describes it as "the fastest sport on ice skates."

The organization publishes news, results, and athlete rosters under the ATSX name and promotes the series through the handle @atsxicecross.

Championship vs. World Cup: what changed

The 2025/26 season marks a structural shift. According to the site, this season is "the debut of the ATSX Ice Cross World Cup, building on the legacy of the World Championships," with two key events in Austria and Canada.

Format What it is Season noted on site
Ice Cross World Championship The established championship series 2023/24, 2024/25
ATSX Ice Cross World Cup New series debuting this season, built on the championship's legacy 2025/26

So the World Cup is not a replacement name for the championship in general — it is a new series layered onto the existing championship legacy, starting in 2025/26.

Season structure and locations

The site's news items point to a season that moves between European and Canadian venues:

  • Val Thorens, France — hosted the season opener for the 2023/24 World Championship and again featured in the 2024/25 opening, where reigning champions Veronika Windisch and Robin Worling dominated.
  • Winterleiten, Austria — described as ATSX's fastest track; it hosted the 2024/25 season finale, which the site calls a "heart-stopping finale at high speed."
  • Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, Canada — named alongside Winterleiten as a location in the first ATSX Ice Cross World Cup season.

The 2025/26 World Cup is described as spanning two key events, in Austria and Canada.

Competition categories

ATSX results are broken into three categories:

  • Men
  • Women
  • Juniors

Each category has its own ranking and athlete list. The site notes that the 2025/26 season delivered "breakthrough victories, repeat champions and historic achievements across senior and junior categories."

How to read results and rankings

Results are presented as ranked lists with points. From the site's published standings:

Men

  1. MERLINO Jonathan — 250
  2. WORLING Robin — 250
  3. SCHRAM Jack — 225

Women

  1. WINDISCH Veronika — 250
  2. SEIBOLD Sarah — 225
  3. BROWNING Camille — 225

Juniors

  1. BEATSON Jack — 250
  2. DUPUIS Kevin — 225
  3. VAJSABEL Stefan — 200

The pattern to note: the winner receives 250 points, with lower placings receiving fewer (225, 200 in these examples). Ties in points are possible, as seen with Worling and Merlino both at 250, and Seibold and Browning both at 225. The site links to "See full results" for the complete standings.

Finding athletes and following the series

The site maintains an athlete directory split by Men, Women, and Juniors, with a "See all athletes" link for the full list. Named athletes in the published roster include THIBAUDEAU Antoine, PEREIRA David, MACH Marek, WINDISCH Veronika, BEATSON Jack, and others across all three categories.

For ongoing coverage, the site's news section carries dated updates — for example, "Historic Milestones Define the ATSX 2025/26 World Cup" (24.02.2026) and "ATSX 2025/26 World Cup – A New Era Begins" (16.01.2026). Official social updates are published under @atsxicecross.

Practical takeaways

  • If you want to understand the sport: ice cross is a high-speed, multi-skater descent on an obstacle ice track; ATSX is the series name you'll see attached to it.
  • If you're tracking a specific season: check whether you're looking at World Championship results (2023/24, 2024/25) or the newer World Cup (2025/26), since the site treats them as related but distinct.
  • If you're looking for a specific athlete or ranking: use the category split (Men / Women / Juniors) and the full results link rather than the summary standings, which only show the top three per category.