It’s time for redemption for Ilia Malinin at the Figure Skating World Championships.

Every day since coming off the ice at the Winter Olympic Games following his disastrous free skate, all he’s heard is about his fall in the most important professional moment of his life.

After going from an almost guaranteed gold medal in the men’s individual skating competition to plummeting off the podium into eighth place, it’s been a countdown until the “Quad God” made his way back to the ice to see how he would bounce back.

Malinin will show what he has at Worlds, as he aims to pull off a three-peat as the men’s world champion.

On Thursday, the quest begins for the “Quad God,” with the short program, followed by the free skate two nights later to decide who will be crowned the 2026 world champion.

As the men’s event kicks off in Prague, here are the official times for each group and the expected start time for Malinin’s short program.

USA’s Ilia Malinin (R) speaks with gold medallist Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov (L) after competing in the figure skating men’s singles free skating final during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on February 13, 2026. (Photo by Antonin THUILLIER / AFP via Getty Images)

Thursday, March 26, 2026 (EST)

Warm-Up Group 1

• 5:37:50 a.m. — Semen Daniliants (ARM)
• 5:44:00 a.m. — Dias Jirenbayev (KAZ)
• 5:50:10 a.m. — Cha Young-hyun (KOR)
• 5:56:20 a.m. — Yudong Chen (CHN)
• 6:02:30 a.m. — Alp Eren Ozkan (TUR)
• 6:08:40 a.m. — Andreas Nordeback (SWE)

Warm-Up Group 2

• 6:22:40 a.m. — Edward Appleby (GBR)
• 6:28:50 a.m. — Tomas Guarino Sabate (ESP)
• 6:35:00 a.m. — Donovan Carrillo (MEX)
• 6:41:10 a.m. — Yu-Hsiang Li (TPE)
• 6:47:20 a.m. — Maurizio Zandron (AUT)
• 6:53:30 a.m. — Kyrylo Marsak (UKR)

Warm-Up Group 3

• 7:21:30 a.m. — Fedirs Kuliss (LAT)
• 7:27:40 a.m. — Kim Hyung-yeom (KOR)
• 7:33:50 a.m. — Georgii Reshtenko (CZE)
• 7:40:00 a.m. — Vladimir Samoilov (POL)
• 7:46:10 a.m. — Gennrikh Gartung (GER)
• 7:52:20 a.m. — Francois Pitot (FRA)

Warm-Up Group 4

• 8:06:20 a.m. — Gabriele Frangipani (ITA)
• 8:12:30 a.m. — Stephen Gogolev (CAN)
• 8:18:40 a.m. — Tamir Kuperman (ISR)
• 8:24:50 a.m. — Andrew Torgashev (USA)
• 8:31:00 a.m. — Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT)
• 8:37:10 a.m. — Vladimir Litvintsev (AZE)

Warm-Up Group 5

• 9:05:10 a.m. — Aleksandr Selevko (EST)
• 9:11:20 a.m. — Jacob Sanchez (USA)
• 9:17:30 a.m. — Adam Hagara (SVK)
• 9:23:40 a.m. — Lukas Britschgi (SUI)
• 9:29:50 a.m. — Daniel Grassl (ITA)
• 9:36:00 a.m. — Kao Miura (JPN)

Warm-Up Group 6

• 9:50:00 a.m. — Nika Egadze (GEO)
• 9:56:10 a.m. — Kevin Aymoz (FRA)
• 10:02:20 a.m. — Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)
• 10:08:30 a.m. — Ilia Malinin (USA)
• 10:14:40 a.m. — Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)
• 10:20:50 a.m. — Shun Sato (JPN)