2025 Zhoxxyy Awards Results: Gymnasts of the Year

Here are the results for the 2025 Zhoxxyy Awards Men’s Gymnastics. These awards commend the most distinguished male gymnasts of the year across eight categories: Senior, Junior, Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars and High Bar. The results are based on the votes submitted between December 21st and January 8th.

1. Senior Gymnast of the Year

♦ NOMINEES

Adem Asil (TUR)
Hashimoto Daiki (JPN)
Kawakami Shohei (JPN)
Daniel Marinov (AIN)
Oka Shinnosuke (JPN)
Noe Seifert (SUI)
Shi Cong (CHN)
Zhang Boheng (CHN)

♦ RESULTS

Noe Seifert (SUI)

Source: Fédération Suisse de Gymnastique

2. Junior Gymnast of the Year

♦ NOMINEES

Arsenii Dukhno (AIN)
Danila Leykin (USA)
Ojima Nao (JPN)
Simone Speranza (ITA)
Camilo Vera (COL)
Yang Lanbin (CHN)
Eldrew Yulo (PHI)

♦ RESULTS

Arsenii Dukhno (AIN)

Source: AFP

3. Floor Exercise: Gymnast of the Year

♦ NOMINEES

Harry Hepworth & Luke Whitehouse (GBR)
Jake Jarman (GBR)
Milad Karimi (KAZ)
Kameron nelson (USA)
Yang Lanbin (CHN)
Carlos Yulo (PHI)

♦ RESULTS

Jake Jarman (GBR)

Source: Eurosport

4. Pommel Horse: Gymnast of the Year

♦ NOMINEES

Hong Yanming (CHN)
Patrick Hoopes (USA)
Mamikon Khachatryan (ARM)
Nariman Kurbanov (KAZ)
Hamlet Manukyan (ARM)
Gabriele Targhetta (ITA)

♦ RESULTS

Hamlet Manukyan (ARM)

Source: Ronny Hartmann – Getty

5. Still Rings: Gymnast of the Year

♦ NOMINEES

Adem Asil (TUR)
Glen Cuyle (BEL)
William Emard (CAN)
Lan Xingyu (CHN)
Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
Donnell Whittenburg (USA)

♦ RESULTS

Donnell Whittenburg (USA)

Source: Victor Velter – Shutterstock

6. Vault: Gymnast of the Year

♦ NOMINEES

Nazar Chepurnyi (UKR)
Artur Davtyan (ARM)
Huang Mingqi (CHN)
Jake Jarman (GBR)
Mahdi Olfati (IRI)
Carlos Yulo (PHI)

♦ RESULTS

Carlos Yulo (PHI)

Source: World Gymnastics

7. Parallel Bars: Gymnast of the Year

♦ NOMINEES

Angel Barajas (COL)
Daniel Marinov (AIN)
Ian Raubal (SUI)
Shinnosuke Oka (JPN)
Tsunogai Tomoharu (JPN)
Zou Jingyuan (CHN)

♦ RESULTS

Zou Jingyuan (CHN)

Source: Press Agency Xinhua

8. High Bar: Gymnast of the Year

♦ NOMINEES

Félix Dolci (CAN)
Hashimoto Daiki (JPN)
Brody Malone (USA)
Carlo Macchini (ITA)
Tang Chia-hung (TPE)
Zhang Boheng (CHN)

♦ RESULTS

Brody Malone (USA)

Source: Naomi Baker – Getty

9. Men’s Artistic Gymnastics 2025 Recap

The year 2025 in men’s artistic gymnastics was defined less by revolution than by refinement. With the Paris Olympic cycle behind them, federations and athletes focused on consolidating gains, managing longevity, and testing new directions ahead of the next quad, based on the new Code of Points. Across competitions, routines became more strategically composed, reflecting a deeper mastery of the Code of Points rather than a simple escalation of risk.

Difficulty remained high, but execution increasingly separated contenders from the rest. The stuck landing bonus made the dismount decisive. On pommel horse, precision, rhythm, and reduction of form breaks shaped rankings more than headline difficulty (execution scores > 9.000 show this trend). High bar continued to reward those able to include upgraded elements like the Walstrom or the Liukin, and balance connection value with controlled dismounts.

A notable trend in 2025 was the coexistence of generations: established leaders adapted their routines to preserve consistency, while younger seniors entered the scene with ambitious compositions, sometimes prioritizing difficulty at the expense of reliability. This contrast made competitions less predictable and tactically rich.

Finally, 2025 reinforced a broader shift in men’s gymnastics: success now lies in intelligent routine construction, technical efficiency, and competitive maturity, sInce the difficulty value of a routine is now the combined total of the 8 elements with the highest value instead of 10. The year felt like a quiet but important reset, laying technical and strategic foundations for the battles to come later in the quad.

More:
2023 Zhoxxyy Awards
2024 Zhoxxyy Awards
World Gymnastics