diff --git a/src/apps/review/src/lib/hooks/useFetchChallengeInfo.spec.ts b/src/apps/review/src/lib/hooks/useFetchChallengeInfo.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c786c8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apps/review/src/lib/hooks/useFetchChallengeInfo.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import type { BackendPhase, ChallengeInfo } from '../models'
+
+import { getChallengeInfoRefreshInterval } from './useFetchChallengeInfo'
+
+jest.mock('~/apps/admin/src/lib/utils', () => ({
+    handleError: jest.fn(),
+}), { virtual: true })
+
+jest.mock('../services', () => ({
+    fetchChallengeInfoById: jest.fn(),
+}))
+
+const checkpointReviewPhase: BackendPhase = {
+    constraints: [],
+    description: 'Select checkpoint winners',
+    duration: 3_600,
+    id: 'checkpoint-review-phase',
+    isOpen: true,
+    name: 'Checkpoint Review',
+    phaseId: 'checkpoint-review-phase-type',
+    scheduledEndDate: '2026-08-01T01:00:00.000Z',
+    scheduledStartDate: '2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the minimum challenge data needed to exercise refresh-interval selection.
+ *
+ * @param overrides challenge fields to replace for the current test case
+ * @returns a complete ChallengeInfo fixture
+ */
+const buildChallengeInfo = (
+    overrides: Partial<ChallengeInfo> = {},
+): ChallengeInfo => ({
+    checkpointWinners: [],
+    currentPhase: 'Checkpoint Review',
+    currentPhaseEndDate: '2026-08-01T01:00:00.000Z',
+    id: 'challenge-1',
+    name: 'Checkpoint challenge',
+    phases: [checkpointReviewPhase],
+    status: 'ACTIVE',
+    submissions: [],
+    track: {
+        id: 'track-1',
+        name: 'Design',
+    },
+    type: {
+        id: 'type-1',
+        name: 'Challenge',
+    },
+    typeId: 'type-1',
+    ...overrides,
+} as ChallengeInfo)
+
+describe('getChallengeInfoRefreshInterval', () => {
+    it('polls while an active Checkpoint Review can still be hiding winners', () => {
+        expect(getChallengeInfoRefreshInterval(buildChallengeInfo()))
+            .toBe(10_000)
+    })
+
+    it('stops polling after Checkpoint Review closes', () => {
+        expect(getChallengeInfoRefreshInterval(buildChallengeInfo({
+            currentPhase: 'Submission',
+            phases: [{
+                ...checkpointReviewPhase,
+                isOpen: false,
+            }],
+        })))
+            .toBe(0)
+    })
+
+    it('stops polling when checkpoint winners are already available', () => {
+        expect(getChallengeInfoRefreshInterval(buildChallengeInfo({
+            checkpointWinners: [{
+                handle: 'winner',
+                placement: 1,
+                userId: 123,
+            }],
+        })))
+            .toBe(0)
+    })
+
+    it('does not poll completed challenges or unrelated phases', () => {
+        expect(getChallengeInfoRefreshInterval(buildChallengeInfo({ status: 'COMPLETED' })))
+            .toBe(0)
+        expect(getChallengeInfoRefreshInterval(buildChallengeInfo({
+            currentPhase: 'Review',
+            phases: [{
+                ...checkpointReviewPhase,
+                id: 'review-phase',
+                name: 'Review',
+                phaseId: 'review-phase-type',
+            }],
+        })))
+            .toBe(0)
+    })
+})
diff --git a/src/apps/review/src/lib/hooks/useFetchChallengeInfo.ts b/src/apps/review/src/lib/hooks/useFetchChallengeInfo.ts
index 31956bf61..d4ad09137 100644
--- a/src/apps/review/src/lib/hooks/useFetchChallengeInfo.ts
+++ b/src/apps/review/src/lib/hooks/useFetchChallengeInfo.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,39 @@ import useSWR, { SWRResponse } from 'swr'
 
 import { handleError } from '~/apps/admin/src/lib/utils'
 
-import {
+import type {
     ChallengeInfo,
 } from '../models'
 import { fetchChallengeInfoById } from '../services'
 
+const CHECKPOINT_REVIEW_PHASE_NAME = 'checkpoint review'
+const CHECKPOINT_WINNER_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 10_000
+
+/**
+ * Select the challenge-info polling interval used while checkpoint winners are pending.
+ * The Challenge API intentionally hides checkpoint winners until Checkpoint Review closes,
+ * so active pages poll during that phase and stop as soon as the refreshed response changes.
+ *
+ * @param challengeInfo latest challenge response held by SWR
+ * @returns polling interval in milliseconds, or zero when no refresh is needed
+ */
+export function getChallengeInfoRefreshInterval(
+    challengeInfo?: ChallengeInfo,
+): number {
+    const isActive = challengeInfo?.status?.trim()
+        .toUpperCase() === 'ACTIVE'
+    const hasCheckpointWinners = Boolean(challengeInfo?.checkpointWinners?.length)
+    const hasOpenCheckpointReview = challengeInfo?.phases?.some(phase => (
+        phase.isOpen === true
+        && phase.name?.trim()
+            .toLowerCase() === CHECKPOINT_REVIEW_PHASE_NAME
+    )) ?? false
+
+    return isActive && !hasCheckpointWinners && hasOpenCheckpointReview
+        ? CHECKPOINT_WINNER_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS
+        : 0
+}
+
 export interface useFetchChallengeInfoProps {
     challengeInfo: ChallengeInfo | undefined
     error: Error | undefined
@@ -41,6 +69,7 @@ export function useFetchChallengeInfo(
         {
             fetcher: () => fetchChallengeInfoById(challengeId ?? ''),
             isPaused: () => !challengeId,
+            refreshInterval: getChallengeInfoRefreshInterval,
         },
     )