Despite being new to the FIM Trial World Championship, Ryon Land has already made history. A third-place finish at the season-ending TrialGP of Great Britain secured him the Trial3 crown, becoming just the second American to win an international trials championship of any kind after Bernie Schreiber claimed the 1979 world title.

Land arrived in the FIM World Championship as the reigning Spanish Junior winner and fresh off signing a factory deal with Sherco. Riding a Sherco 125, he swept the weekend in Portugal and won Day 2 in France.

He went to Britain leading Harison Skelton by 41 points. Skelton finished ahead of Land on both days, including topping the first day with Land right behind; he was third to Land’s fifth on Day 2, which Land’s Sherco colleague Jin Kuroyama won. However, neither showing closed the gap enough as Land walked away with the title by 29.

“I’m lost for words,” Land stated. “To become only the second world champion from America feels amazing and we’re going to go full gas on 2026 and hope for the best. Thanks to Sherco and my family and everyone who has supported me.”

Toni Bou and Harry Hemingway respectively won the TrialGP and Trial2 titles, the former notching his 19th consecutive crown dating back to 2007. Berta Abellan claimed the Women’s Trial World Championship whereas Sara Trentini did so in Trial2.

2025 FIM Trial3 standings

Rank	Number	Rider	Points	Margin
1	324	Ryon Land	331	Leader
2	369	Harison Skelton	302	– 29
T-3	305	Jonas Jorgensen	295	– 36
T-3	326	Jin Kuroyama	295	– 36
5	371	Fabio Mazzola	226	– 105
6	347	Alessandro Ame	173	– 158
7	381	Oriol Garcia Campano	157	– 174
8	358	Marco Laure	148	– 183
9	356	Angel Llopis Tarrega	144	– 187
10	349	Max Dance	80	– 251
11	337	Patrick Bjørnland Larsen	61	– 270
12	367	Fenno Goertz	52	– 279
13	302	Euan Sim	51	– 280
14	385	Eneko Martinez	49	– 282
15	366	Ivan Alzial	39	– 292
16	334	Scott Sander	36	– 295
17	388	Yamato Kimura	32	– 299
18	340	Miquel Angel Nadal Morla	30	– 301
19	373	Saffer Leo	24	– 307
20	346	Jorge Garcia Torre	20	– 311
21	386	Edio Poncia	18	– 313
22	390	Daniel Cerutti	14	– 317
23	378	Max Golla	11	– 320
T-24	339	Lennox Schlosser	8	– 323
T-24	360	Wojtek Duda	8	– 323
26	379	Thomas Le Breton	7	– 324
27	328	Joan Mir Santandreu	5	– 326
28	387	Mason Vasey	4	– 327
T-29	329	Paul Staudigel	0	– 331
T-29	332	Harrison Lightfoot	0	– 331
T-29	357	Theo Flourette	0	– 331
T-29	370	Zain Pughe-Hutchinson	0	– 331
T-29	377	Jakub Błażusiak	0	– 331
T-29	382	Javier Terrin Gallego	0	– 331
T-29	394	Lino Gallardo	0	– 331
T-29	395	George Jones	0	– 331

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