I have finished episode 1 , and for me it was not so challenging , the biggest error i have found for now is that when you have to talk to the captain if you talk to Isaiah from the tile where he should go , he will not move and so you can't go to the captain
Another problem is the way that one have to use to challenge the skaters near the first leader, i had to pass on their tile to start a challenge. In one case because i didn't stopped i had gone too much far (i could not see the trainer) and the game blocked without the fight starting . Maybe if a skater see you they go toward you and