diff --git a/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js b/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js
index 22e9f5c962..8bcbd2c8cf 100644
--- a/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js
+++ b/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ export function getFirstChallenge(
   ];
 }
 
-export function getNextChallenge(current, entites) {
-  const { challenge: challengeMap, block: blockMap } = entites;
+export function getNextChallenge(current, entities, skip = 0) {
+  const { challenge: challengeMap, block: blockMap } = entities;
   // find current challenge
   // find current block
   // find next challenge in block
@@ -102,15 +102,26 @@ export function getNextChallenge(current, entites) {
   }
   const block = blockMap[currentChallenge.block];
   const index = block.challenges.indexOf(currentChallenge.dashedName);
-  return challengeMap[block.challenges[index + 1]];
+  // use next challenge name to find challenge in challenge map
+  const nextChallenge = challengeMap[
+    // grab next challenge name in current block
+    // skip is used to skip isComingSoon challenges
+    block.challenges[ index + 1 + skip ]
+  ];
+  if (nextChallenge && nextChallenge.isComingSoon) {
+    // if we find a next challenge and it is a coming soon
+    // recur with plus one to skip this challenge
+    return getNextChallenge(current, entities, skip + 1);
+  }
+  return nextChallenge;
 }
 
-export function getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock(current, entites) {
+export function getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock(current, entities, skip = 0) {
   const {
     challenge: challengeMap,
     block: blockMap,
     superBlock: SuperBlockMap
-  } = entites;
+  } = entities;
   const currentChallenge = challengeMap[current];
   if (!currentChallenge) {
     return null;
@@ -120,24 +131,50 @@ export function getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock(current, entites) {
     return null;
   }
   const superBlock = SuperBlockMap[block.superBlock];
+  if (!superBlock) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  // find index of current block
   const index = superBlock.blocks.indexOf(block.dashedName);
-  const newBlock = blockMap[superBlock.blocks[ index + 1 ]];
+
+  // find next block name
+  // and pull block object from block map
+  const newBlock = blockMap[
+    superBlock.blocks[ index + 1 + skip ]
+  ];
   if (!newBlock) {
     return null;
   }
-  return challengeMap[newBlock.challenges[0]];
+  // grab first challenge from next block
+  const nextChallenge = challengeMap[newBlock.challenges[0]];
+  if (nextChallenge && nextChallenge.isComingSoon) {
+    // if first challenge is coming soon, find next challenge here
+    const nextChallenge2 = getNextChallenge(nextChallenge.dashedName, entities);
+    if (!nextChallenge2) {
+      // whole block is coming soon
+      // skip this block
+      return getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock(
+        current,
+        entities,
+        skip + 1
+      );
+    }
+    return nextChallenge2;
+  }
+  return nextChallenge;
 }
 
 export function getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock(
   current,
-  entites,
-  superBlocks
+  entities,
+  superBlocks,
+  skip = 0
 ) {
   const {
     challenge: challengeMap,
     block: blockMap,
     superBlock: SuperBlockMap
-  } = entites;
+  } = entities;
   const currentChallenge = challengeMap[current];
   if (!currentChallenge) {
     return null;
@@ -147,13 +184,51 @@ export function getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock(
     return null;
   }
   const superBlock = SuperBlockMap[block.superBlock];
+  if (!superBlock) {
+    return null;
+  }
   const index = superBlocks.indexOf(superBlock.dashedName);
-  const newSuperBlock = SuperBlockMap[superBlocks[ index + 1]];
+  const newSuperBlock = SuperBlockMap[superBlocks[ index + 1 + skip]];
   if (!newSuperBlock) {
     return null;
   }
-  const newBlock = blockMap[newSuperBlock.blocks[0]];
-  return challengeMap[newBlock.challenges[0]];
+  const newBlock = blockMap[
+    newSuperBlock.blocks[ 0 ]
+  ];
+  if (!newBlock) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const nextChallenge = challengeMap[newBlock.challenges[0]];
+  if (!nextChallenge || !nextChallenge.isComingSoon) {
+    return nextChallenge;
+  }
+  // coming soon challenge, grab next
+  // non coming soon challenge in same block instead
+  const nextChallengeInBlock = getNextChallenge(
+    nextChallenge.dashedName,
+    entities
+  );
+  if (nextChallengeInBlock) {
+    return nextChallengeInBlock;
+  }
+  // whole block is coming soon
+  // grab first challenge in next block in newSuperBlock instead
+  const challengeInNextBlock = getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock(
+    nextChallenge.dashedName,
+    entities
+  );
+
+  if (challengeInNextBlock) {
+    return challengeInNextBlock;
+  }
+  // whole super block is coming soon
+  // skip this super block
+  return getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock(
+    current,
+    entities,
+    superBlocks,
+    skip + 1
+  );
 }
 
 export function getCurrentBlockName(current, entities) {
diff --git a/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.test.js b/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..685c95f192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,642 @@
+import test from 'tape';
+import {
+  getNextChallenge,
+  getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock,
+  getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock
+} from './utils.js';
+
+
+test('common/app/routes/challenges/utils', function(t) {
+  t.test('getNextChallenge', t => {
+    t.plan(4);
+    t.test('should return falsey when current challenge is not found', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: {},
+        block: {}
+      };
+      t.notOk(
+        getNextChallenge('non-existent-challenge', entities),
+        'getNextChallenge did not return falsey when challenge is not found'
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should return falsey when last challenge in block', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const currentChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'current-challenge',
+        block: 'current-block'
+      };
+      const nextChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'next-challenge',
+        block: 'current-block'
+      };
+      const shouldBeNext = getNextChallenge(
+        'next-challenge',
+        {
+          challenge: {
+            'current-challenge': currentChallenge,
+            'next-challenge': nextChallenge
+          },
+          block: {
+            'current-block': {
+              challenges: [
+                'current-challenge',
+                'next-challenge'
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      );
+      t.false(
+        shouldBeNext,
+        'getNextChallenge should return null or undefined'
+      );
+    });
+
+    t.test('should return next challenge when it exists', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const currentChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'current-challenge',
+        block: 'current-block'
+      };
+      const nextChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'next-challenge',
+        block: 'current-block'
+      };
+      const shouldBeNext = getNextChallenge(
+        'current-challenge',
+        {
+          challenge: {
+            'current-challenge': currentChallenge,
+            'next-challenge': nextChallenge
+          },
+          block: {
+            'current-block': {
+              challenges: [
+                'current-challenge',
+                'next-challenge'
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      );
+      t.isEqual(shouldBeNext, nextChallenge);
+    });
+    t.test('should skip isComingSoon challenge', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const currentChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'current-challenge',
+        block: 'current-block'
+      };
+      const comingSoon = {
+        dashedName: 'coming-soon',
+        isComingSoon: true,
+        block: 'current-block'
+      };
+      const nextChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'next-challenge',
+        block: 'current-block'
+      };
+      const shouldBeNext = getNextChallenge(
+        'current-challenge',
+        {
+          challenge: {
+            'current-challenge': currentChallenge,
+            'next-challenge': nextChallenge,
+            'coming-soon': comingSoon,
+            'coming-soon2': comingSoon
+          },
+          block: {
+            'current-block': {
+              challenges: [
+                'current-challenge',
+                'coming-soon',
+                'coming-soon2',
+                'next-challenge'
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      );
+      t.isEqual(shouldBeNext, nextChallenge);
+    });
+  });
+
+  t.test('getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock', t => {
+    t.plan(7);
+    t.test('should return falsey when current challenge is not found', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: {},
+        block: {}
+      };
+      t.notOk(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock('non-existent-challenge', entities),
+        `
+          gitFirstChallengeOfNextBlock returned true value for non-existant
+          challenge
+        `
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should return falsey when current block is not found', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: {
+          'current-challenge': {
+            block: 'non-existent-block'
+          }
+        },
+        block: {}
+      };
+      t.notOk(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock('current-challenge', entities),
+        `
+          getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock did not returned true value block
+          did non exist
+        `
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should return falsey if no current superBlock found', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: { 'current-challenge': { block: 'current-block' } },
+        block: {
+          'current-block': {
+            dashedName: 'current-block',
+            superBlock: 'current-super-block'
+          }
+        },
+        superBlock: {}
+      };
+      t.notOk(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock('current-challenge', entities),
+        `
+          getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock returned a true value
+          when superBlock is undefined
+        `
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should return falsey when no next block found', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: { 'current-challenge': { block: 'current-block' } },
+        block: {
+          'current-block': {
+            dashedName: 'current-block',
+            superBlock: 'current-super-block'
+          }
+        },
+        superBlock: {
+          'current-super-block': {
+            blocks: [
+              'current-block',
+              'non-exitent-block'
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      t.notOk(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock('current-challenge', entities),
+        `
+          getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock returned a value when next block
+          does not exist
+        `
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should return first challenge of next block', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const currentChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'current-challenge',
+        block: 'current-block'
+      };
+      const firstChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'first-challenge',
+        block: 'next-block'
+      };
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: {
+          [currentChallenge.dashedName]: currentChallenge,
+          [firstChallenge.dashedName]: firstChallenge
+        },
+        block: {
+          'current-block': {
+            dashedName: 'current-block',
+            superBlock: 'current-super-block'
+          },
+          'next-block': {
+            dashedName: 'next-block',
+            superBlock: 'current-super-block',
+            challenges: [ 'first-challenge' ]
+          }
+        },
+        superBlock: {
+          'current-super-block': {
+            dashedName: 'current-super-block',
+            blocks: [ 'current-block', 'next-block' ]
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      t.equal(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock(currentChallenge.dashedName, entities),
+        firstChallenge,
+        'getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock did not return the correct challenge'
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should skip coming soon challenge of next block', t => {
+      t.plan(2);
+      const currentChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'current-challenge',
+        block: 'current-block'
+      };
+      const firstChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'first-challenge',
+        block: 'next-block'
+      };
+      const comingSoon = {
+        dashedName: 'coming-soon',
+        block: 'next-block',
+        isComingSoon: true
+      };
+      const comingSoon2 = {
+        dashedName: 'coming-soon2',
+        block: 'next-block',
+        isComingSoon: true
+      };
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: {
+          [currentChallenge.dashedName]: currentChallenge,
+          [firstChallenge.dashedName]: firstChallenge,
+          'coming-soon': comingSoon,
+          'coming-soon2': comingSoon2
+        },
+        block: {
+          'current-block': {
+            dashedName: 'current-block',
+            superBlock: 'current-super-block'
+          },
+          'next-block': {
+            dashedName: 'next-block',
+            superBlock: 'current-super-block',
+            challenges: [
+              'coming-soon',
+              'coming-soon2',
+              'first-challenge'
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        superBlock: {
+          'current-super-block': {
+            dashedName: 'current-super-block',
+            blocks: [ 'current-block', 'next-block' ]
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      t.notEqual(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock(currentChallenge.dashedName, entities),
+        comingSoon,
+        'getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock returned isComingSoon challenge'
+      );
+      t.equal(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock(currentChallenge.dashedName, entities),
+        firstChallenge,
+        'getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock did not return the correct challenge'
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should skip block if all challenges are coming soon', t => {
+      t.plan(2);
+      const currentChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'current-challenge',
+        block: 'current-block'
+      };
+      const firstChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'first-challenge',
+        block: 'next-block'
+      };
+      const comingSoon = {
+        dashedName: 'coming-soon',
+        block: 'coming-soon-block',
+        isComingSoon: true
+      };
+      const comingSoon2 = {
+        dashedName: 'coming-soon2',
+        block: 'coming-soon-block',
+        isComingSoon: true
+      };
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: {
+          [currentChallenge.dashedName]: currentChallenge,
+          [firstChallenge.dashedName]: firstChallenge,
+          [comingSoon.dashedName]: comingSoon,
+          [comingSoon2.dashedName]: comingSoon2
+        },
+        block: {
+          'current-block': {
+            dashedName: 'current-block',
+            superBlock: 'current-super-block'
+          },
+          'coming-soon-block': {
+            dashedName: 'coming-soon-block',
+            superBlock: 'current-super-block',
+            challenges: [
+              'coming-soon',
+              'coming-soon2'
+            ]
+          },
+          'next-block': {
+            dashedName: 'next-block',
+            superBlock: 'current-super-block',
+            challenges: [
+              'first-challenge'
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        superBlock: {
+          'current-super-block': {
+            dashedName: 'current-super-block',
+            blocks: [
+              'current-block',
+              'coming-soon-block',
+              'next-block'
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      t.notEqual(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock(currentChallenge.dashedName, entities),
+        comingSoon,
+        'getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock returned isComingSoon challenge'
+      );
+      t.equal(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock(currentChallenge.dashedName, entities),
+        firstChallenge,
+        'getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock did not return the correct challenge'
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  t.test('getFirstChallengeOfNextBlock', t => {
+    t.plan(9);
+    t.test('should return falsey if current challenge not found', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: {}
+      };
+      t.notOk(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock('current-challenge', entities),
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should return falsey if current block not found', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: { 'current-challenge': { block: 'current-block' } },
+        block: {}
+      };
+      t.notOk(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock('current-challenge', entities)
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should return falsey if current superBlock is not found', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: { 'current-challenge': { block: 'current-block' } },
+        block: { 'current-block': { superBlock: 'current-super-block' } },
+        superBlock: {}
+      };
+      t.notOk(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock('current-challenge', entities)
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should return falsey when last superBlock', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: { 'current-challenge': { block: 'current-block' } },
+        block: { 'current-block': { superBlock: 'current-super-block' } },
+        superBlock: {
+          'current-super-block': { dashedName: 'current-super-block' }
+        }
+      };
+      const superBlocks = [ 'current-super-block' ];
+      t.notOk(getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock(
+        'current-challenge',
+        entities,
+        superBlocks
+      ));
+    });
+    t.test('should return falsey when last block of new superblock', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: { 'current-challenge': { block: 'current-block' } },
+        block: {
+          'current-block': {
+            superBlock: 'current-super-block'
+          }
+        },
+        superBlock: {
+          'current-super-block': { dashedName: 'current-super-block' },
+          'next-super-block': {
+            dashedName: 'next-super-block',
+            blocks: [
+              'first-block'
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      const superBlocks = [ 'current-super-block', 'next-super-block' ];
+      t.notOk(getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock(
+        'current-challenge',
+        entities,
+        superBlocks
+      ));
+    });
+    t.test('should return first challenge of next superBlock', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const firstChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'first-challenge',
+        block: 'next-block'
+      };
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: {
+          'current-challenge': { block: 'current-block' },
+          [firstChallenge.dashedName]: firstChallenge
+        },
+        block: {
+          'current-block': { superBlock: 'current-super-block' },
+          'next-block': {
+            superBlock: 'next-super-block',
+            challenges: [ 'first-challenge' ]
+          }
+        },
+        superBlock: {
+          'current-super-block': { dashedName: 'current-super-block' },
+          'next-super-block': {
+            dashedName: 'next-super-block',
+            blocks: [ 'next-block' ]
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      const superBlocks = [ 'current-super-block', 'next-super-block' ];
+      t.isEqual(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock(
+          'current-challenge',
+          entities,
+          superBlocks
+        ),
+        firstChallenge
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should skip coming soon challenge', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const firstChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'first-challenge',
+        block: 'next-block'
+      };
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: {
+          'current-challenge': { block: 'current-block' },
+          [firstChallenge.dashedName]: firstChallenge,
+          'coming-soon': {
+            dashedName: 'coming-soon',
+            block: 'next-block',
+            isComingSoon: true
+          }
+        },
+        block: {
+          'current-block': { superBlock: 'current-super-block' },
+          'next-block': {
+            dashedName: 'next-block',
+            superBlock: 'next-super-block',
+            challenges: [ 'coming-soon', 'first-challenge' ]
+          }
+        },
+        superBlock: {
+          'current-super-block': { dashedName: 'current-super-block' },
+          'next-super-block': {
+            dashedName: 'next-super-block',
+            blocks: [ 'next-block' ]
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      const superBlocks = [
+        'current-super-block',
+        'next-super-block'
+      ];
+      t.isEqual(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock(
+          'current-challenge',
+          entities,
+          superBlocks
+        ),
+        firstChallenge
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should skip coming soon block', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const firstChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'first-challenge',
+        block: 'next-block'
+      };
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: {
+          'current-challenge': { block: 'current-block' },
+          [firstChallenge.dashedName]: firstChallenge,
+          'coming-soon': {
+            dashedName: 'coming-soon',
+            block: 'coming-soon-block',
+            isComingSoon: true
+          }
+        },
+        block: {
+          'current-block': { superBlock: 'current-super-block' },
+          'coming-soon-block': {
+            dashedName: 'coming-soon-block',
+            superBlock: 'next-super-block',
+            challenges: [
+              'coming-soon'
+            ]
+          },
+          'next-block': {
+            dashedName: 'next-block',
+            superBlock: 'next-super-block',
+            challenges: [ 'first-challenge' ]
+          }
+        },
+        superBlock: {
+          'current-super-block': { dashedName: 'current-super-block' },
+          'next-super-block': {
+            dashedName: 'next-super-block',
+            blocks: [ 'coming-soon-block', 'next-block' ]
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      const superBlocks = [
+        'current-super-block',
+        'next-super-block'
+      ];
+      t.isEqual(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock(
+          'current-challenge',
+          entities,
+          superBlocks
+        ),
+        firstChallenge
+      );
+    });
+    t.test('should skip coming soon super block', t => {
+      t.plan(1);
+      const firstChallenge = {
+        dashedName: 'first-challenge',
+        block: 'next-block'
+      };
+      const entities = {
+        challenge: {
+          'current-challenge': { block: 'current-block' },
+          [firstChallenge.dashedName]: firstChallenge,
+          'coming-soon': {
+            dashedName: 'coming-soon',
+            block: 'coming-soon-block',
+            isComingSoon: true
+          }
+        },
+        block: {
+          'current-block': { superBlock: 'current-super-block' },
+          'coming-soon-block': {
+            dashedName: 'coming-soon-block',
+            superBlock: 'coming-soon-super-block',
+            challenges: [
+              'coming-soon'
+            ]
+          },
+          'next-block': {
+            superBlock: 'next-super-block',
+            dashedName: 'next-block',
+            challenges: [ 'first-challenge' ]
+          }
+        },
+        superBlock: {
+          'current-super-block': { dashedName: 'current-super-block' },
+          'coming-soon-super-block': {
+            dashedName: 'coming-soon-super-block',
+            blocks: [ 'coming-soon-block' ]
+          },
+          'next-super-block': {
+            dashedName: 'next-super-block',
+            blocks: [ 'next-block' ]
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      const superBlocks = [
+        'current-super-block',
+        'coming-soon-super-block',
+        'next-super-block'
+      ];
+      t.isEqual(
+        getFirstChallengeOfNextSuperBlock(
+          'current-challenge',
+          entities,
+          superBlocks
+        ),
+        firstChallenge
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});