List of yo-yo world champions facts for kids

The List of World Yo-Yo Champions shows all the amazing players who have won the World Yo-Yo Contest. This list also includes winners from other special yo-yo competitions.

Who Runs the Yo-Yo Contests?

Different groups have organized the World Yo-Yo Contest over the years. Here's a quick look at who was in charge:

Main Yo-Yo Champion Divisions

These are the most important solo divisions where players show off their skills with one or more yo-yos.

Current Divisions

1A (Single Yo-Yo String Play)

This style uses one long-spinning yo-yo. Players do cool tricks where the yo-yo stays on the string. It was called "Single A" before 2004.

Past World Champions

Year	Category	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	Ref.
1932		Harvey Lowe	Joe Young
International Jugglers' Association
1992		Dale Oliver	Dale Myrberg	Jennifer Baybrook
1993	Senior	Rocco Ysaguirre	Jon Gates	Mark Hayward
	Amateur	Tom Gates	Masahiro Mizuno	Eric Cohen
1994	Pro-Am	Bill de Boisblanc	Jon Gates	Tom McCoy
	Senior (16 and older)	Mike Taylor Jr.	Bonnie Matthews	Josh Kavanagh
	Junior (12 to 15)	Brett Burkhart	Thai Nguyen	Liubo Yepez
	Novice (11 and under)	Chris Gryndle	Joe Hout	Marshall Wharam
1995	Pro-Am	Bill de Boisblanc	Dale Myrberg	Mike Tayler
	Masters	Mark Hayward	Ron Spears	Masahiro Mizuno
	Senior	Stuart Crump	Michael Harris	Mike Taylor
	Junior (12 to 15)	Jacob Hall	Jason Tracey	Tuan Nguyen
	Novice (11 and under)	Brett Jurgens	Steve Crump	Joe Hout
1996	Pro-Am	Dale Myrberg	Bill de Boisblanc	Mike Tayler
	Masters	'Dazzling' Dave Schulte	Jason Tracy	Masahiro Mizuno
	Senior	Jon Steinman	David Harris	Greg Cohen
	Junior (12 to 15)	Brett Jurgens	Joe Hout
	Novice (11 and under)	Mikey McCabe	Wayne	Abi Maharaj
1997	Pro-Am	Bill de Boisblanc	Alex Garcia	Jennifer Baybrook
	Masters	Nalukai Hookano	Yves Young	Steve Brown

Modern World Champions

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	Ref.
MPK Marketing
1998	Ryoichi Suzuki	Ross Pascual	Masashi Ishiwatari	Steve Brown
1999	Joel Zink	Hironori Mii	Keijiro Hasegawa	Keiichi Kura
World Yo-Yo Contest
2000	Yu Kawada	Hidemasa Semba	Matthew Rose	Chris Vedral
2001	Tomonari 'Black' Ishiguro	Kota Watanabe	Dennis Schleussner	Hidemasa Semba
2002	Yuuki Spencer	Hiroyuki Suzuki	Tomonari 'Black' Ishiguro	Eric Hesterman
2003	Johnnie DelValle	Brent Dellinger	Hiroyuki Suzuki	Yuuki Spencer
2004	Hiroyuki Suzuki	Tomonari 'Black' Ishiguro	Yuuki Spencer	Justin Weber
2005	Hiroyuki Suzuki	Yuuki Spencer	Takayasu Tanaka	Mark Montgomery
2006	Hiroyuki Suzuki	Paul Han	Eric Koloski	Takayasu Tanaka
2007	Yuuki Spencer	Hiroyuki Suzuki	Paul Han	Eric Koloski
2008	John Ando	Hiroyuki Suzuki	Sebastian Brock	Luo Yi Cheng
2009	Shinya Kido	Hiroyuki Suzuki	Chris Fraser	Jensen Kimmitt
2010	Jensen Kimmitt	Hiroyuki Suzuki	Christopher Chia	Yuuki Spencer
2011	Jin-Hao 'Marcus' Koh	Sebastian Brock	Gentry Stein	Hriroyuki Suzuki
2012	Hiroyuki Suzuki	Jin-Hao 'Marcus' Koh	Christopher Chia	Harold Owens III
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013	János Karancz	Christopher Chia	Luis Enrique Villasenor	Eric Tran-Ton
2014	Gentry Stein	Takeshi Matsuura	Iori Yamaki	Paul Kerbel
2015	Zach Gormley	Shion Araya	Iori Yamaki	Takeshi Matsuura
2016	Shion Araya	Yamato Murata	Zach Gormley	Gentry Stein
2017	Shion Araya	Andrew Bergen	Gentry Stein	Yamato Murata
2018	Evan Nagao	Takeshi Matsuura	Yuki Nishisako	Shion Araya
2019	Gentry Stein	Evan Nagao	Yuki Nishisako	Nathan Dailey
2023	Mir Kim	Ryuichi Nakamura	Evan Nagao	Connor Seals

2A (Two-Hand Looping)

This style uses two yo-yos, one in each hand, to perform looping tricks. It was called "Double A" before 2004.

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	Ref.
MPK Marketing
1998	Jennifer Baybrook	Takumi Nagase	Alan Batangan	Alex Garcia
1999	Takumi Nagase	Koji Yokoyama	Masaya Shimazaki	Paul Han
World Yo-Yo Contest
2000	Tomoya Kitamura	Koji Yokoyama	Masahiro Tanikawa	Taichi Takagi
2001	Matt Harlow	Koji Yokoyama	John 'JM' McNulty	Kenichiro Tada
2002	Shinji Saito	Yukihiro Suzuki	Koji Yokoyama	Matt Harlow
2003	Shinji Saito	Koji Yokoyama	Yukihiro Suzuki	Masahiro Tanikawa
2004	Shinji Saito	Koji Yokayama (tie)	Ryusei Saito	Justin Weber
		Hiraku Fujii (tie)
2005	Shinji Saito	Koji Yokoyama	Patrick Mitchell	Junya Yamamoto
2006	Shinji Saito	Koji Yokoyama	John Ando	Kiwamu Ebata
2007	Shinji Saito	Koji Yokoyama	Ryusei Saito	Shuhei Kanai
2008	Takuma Yamamoto	Shinji Saito	Hiraku Fujii	Jun Taniguchi
2009	Shinji Saito	Yasushi Furukawa	Hiraku Fujii	Ryo Yamashita
2010	Yasushi Furukawa	Ryo Yamashita	Shu Takada	Masakazu Yamasaki
2011	Shinji Saito	Yasushi Furukawa	Ryo Yamashita	Takuma Yamamoto
2012	Shu Takada	Takuma Yamamoto	Hiraku Fujii	Joseph Harris
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013	Takuma Yamamoto	Shu Takada	Ryo Yamashita	Chun Hay Chan
2014	Takuma Yamamoto	Yasushi Furukawa	Hiraku Fujii	Tomoyuki Kaneko
2015	Shinji Saito	Shu Takada	Takuma Yamamoto	Tomoyuki Kaneko
2016	Shu Takada	Hiraku Fujii	Takuma Yamamoto	Shuhei Kanai
2017	Shu Takada	Hiraku Fujii	Takuma Yamamoto	Chenghao Yi
2018	Shu Takada	Takuma Yamamoto	Hiraku Fujii	Man Ki Liu
2019	Takuma Yamamoto	Chun Hay Chan	Hajime Sakauchi	Arata Imai
2023	Hajime Sakauchi	Arata Imai	Arika Kato	Hiraku Fujii

3A (Two-Hand String Play)

This style uses two yo-yos, one in each hand, for string tricks. It's also known as "Triple A."

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2003	Daisuke Shimada	Jun Aramaki	Yu Kawada	Paul Yath
2004	Daisuke Shimada	Yuki Tanami	Maya Nakamura	Paul Yath
2005	Daisuke Shimada	Maya Nakamura	Masanobu Iwata	Kentaro Kimura
2006	Paul Yath	Yuki Tanami	Kentaro Kimura	Daisuke Shimada
2007	Yuki Tanami	Kentaro Kimura	Daisuke Shimada	Hank Freeman
2008	Hiroki Miyamoto	Kentaro Kimura	Hank Freeman	Masanobu Iwata
2009	Kentaro Kimura	Hiroki Miyamoto	Taiichiro Higashi	Paul Yath
2010	Minato Furuta	Taiichiro Higashi	Hank Freeman	Takeshi Matsuura
2011	Hank Freeman	Alex Hattori	Taiichiro Higashi	Minato Furuta
2012	Hank Freeman	Wang-Kit Ng	Minato Furuta	Ken Takabayashi
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013	Hank Freeman	Patrick Borgerding	Yasuki Tachibana	Kentaro Kimura
2014	Hajime Miura	Hank Freeman	Minato Furuta	Mizuki Takimoto
2015	Hajime Miura	Alex Hattori	Hank Freeman	Mizuki Takimoto
2016	Hajime Miura	Tomoya Kurita	Alex Hattori	Hank Freeman
2017	Hajime Miura	Minato Furuta	Alex Hattori	Tomoya Kurita
2018	Hajime Miura	Alex Hattori	Minato Furuta	Thawhir Iqbal
2019	Hajime Miura	Alex Hattori	Tomoya Kurita	Minato Furuta
2023	Hajime Miura	Minato Furuta	Sora Tahira	Tomoya Kurtia

4A (Offstring)

In this style, the yo-yo is not attached to the string on the player's finger. Players throw the yo-yo into the air and catch it.

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2003	Eiji Okuyama	Atsushi Yamada	Shingo Terada	Kenji Eto
2004	Tsubasa Onishi	Kunihisa Kawabe	Koichiro Mori	Eiji Okuyama
2005	John Narum	Eiji Okuyama	Jimmy Peng	Tsubasa Onishi
2006	Taiki Nishimura	Tsubasa Onishi	Eiji Okuyama	Rei Iwakura
2007	Eiji Okuyama	Rei Iwakura	Tsubasa Onishi	Atsushi Yamada
2008	Rei Iwakura	John Narum	Yohei Kagawa	Atsushi Yamada
2009	Naoto Okada	Rei Iwakura	Tsubasa Onishi	Bryan Figueroa
2010	Tsubasa Onishi	Rei Iwakura	Naoto Okada	John Narum
2011	Naoto Okada	Bryan Figueroa	Tsubasa Onishi	Ben Conde
2012	Rei Iwakura	Bryan Figueroa	Naoto Okada	Ben Conde
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013	Michael Nakamura	Naoto Okada	Chun Hin Chan	Gustavo Amaral
2014	Rei Iwakura	Michael Nakamura	Naoto Okada	Ian Johnson
2015	Naoto Onishi	Takumi Yasumoto	Rei Iwakura	Michael Nakamura
2016	Rei Iwakura	Tsubasa Onishi	Michael Nakamura	Yuki Uchida
2017	Rei Iwakura	Michael Nakamura	Chen Zhao	Yuki Uchida
2018	Hajime Miura	Tsubasa Onishi	Rei Iwakura	Koyo Hashimoto
2019	Rei Iwakura	Tsubasa Onishi	Yuki Uchida	Koyo Hashimoto
2023	Gun Ju Eom	Rei Iwakura	Koyo Hashimoto	Tsubasa Takada

5A (Counterweight or Freehand)

This style uses a counterweight instead of attaching the string to a finger. This lets players throw the yo-yo and do tricks without it being connected to their hand.

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2003	Rafael Matsunaga	Makoto Numagami	Shingo Terada	Matt Schmidt
2004	Makoto Numagami	Rafael Matsunaga	Shingo Terada	Andrew Lin Yikai
2005	Maya Nakamura	Makoto Numagami	Andrew Lin Yikai	Rafael Matsunaga
2006	Dana Bennett	Jake Bullock	Andrew 'AJ' Kirk	Tyler Severance
2007	Tyler Severance	Takeshi Matsuura (tie)	Dana Bennett	Miguel Correa
		Sojun Miyamura (tie)
2008	Takeshi Matsuura	Sterling Quinn	Takuma Inoue	Miguel Correa
2009	Takuma Inoue	Miguel Correa	Tyler Severance	Sterling Quinn
2010	Takeshi Matsuura	Sterling Quinn	Miguel Correa	Tyler Severance
2011	Takeshi Matsuura	Takuma Inoue	Samm Scott	Tyler Severance
2012	Takeshi Matsuura	Takuma Inoue	Hiroyasu Ishihara	Hideo Ishida
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013	Takeshi Matsuura	Tyler Severance	Samm Scott	Hideo Ishida
2014	Takeshi Matsuura	Jake Elliott	Sora Ishikawa	Ko Kwan Ho
2015	Jake Elliot	Takeshi Matsuura	Sora Ishikawa	Michael Nakamura
2016	Takeshi Matsuura	Jake Elliot	Sora Ishikawa	Naoya Takeuchi
2017	Takuma Inoue	Naoya Takeuchi	Hideo Ishida	Bryan Jardin
2018	Sora Ishikawa	Hideo Ishida	Yoshihiro Abe	Ko Kwan Ho
2019	Hideo Ishida	Yoshihiro Abe	Sora Ishikawa	Naoya Takeuchi
2023	Sora Ishikawa	Shigehiro Yamada	Hideo Ishida	Miggy Hizon

Online World Yo-Yo Contest

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular World Yo-Yo Contest couldn't happen in 2020. So, the Online World Yo-Yo Contest was created! Winners here get the title of "Online World Yo-Yo Champion" for their division.

1A (Online)

2A (Online)

3A (Online)

4A (Online)

5A (Online)

Women's (Online)

This division is just for female yo-yo players.

Over 40 (Online)

This division is for yo-yo players who are 40 years old or older.

Former Divisions

X Division

The X division used to combine different styles. In 2003, it was split into three new divisions: 3A, 4A, and 5A.

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2000	Hironori Mii	Takahiko Hasagawa	'Doctor Popular' Brian Roberts	Shingo Terada
2001	Shingo Terada	Takahiko Hasegawa	Jun Aramaki	Hironiri Mii
2002	Daisuke Shimada	Tsubasa Onishi	Takahiko Hasegawa	Hironiri Mii

CB Division

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2006	Shinji Saito	Shane Karan	Rei Iwakura	?
2007	Shinji Saito	Ryusei Saito	John Narum	Dave Geigle
2008	Shinji Saito	John Narum	Dave Geigle	Takeshi Matsuura
2009	Shinji Saito	Naoto Okada	Rei Iwakura	Yasushi Furukawa

Top Winners List

This table shows the players who have won the most championships and runner-up spots.

All Champions and Runner-ups (1899–present)

Rank	Name	1st	2nd	3rd	Total	Years: Division Champion	Years: Division Runner-up
1	Shinji Saito	13	1	0	14	2A (2002, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09, 11, 15); CB (06, 07, 08, 09)	2A (2008)
2	Takeshi Matsuura	7	4	0	11	5A (2008, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)	5A (2007, 15); 1A (14, 18)
3	Hajime Miura	8	0	0	8	3A (2014, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23); 4A (18)
4	Rei Iwakura	6	4	4	14	4A (2008, 2009 AP, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19)	4A (2007, 09, 10, 23)
5	Hiroyuki Suzuki	4	5	1	10	1A (2004, 05, 06, 12)	1A (2002, 07, 08, 09, 10)
6	Takuma Yamamoto	4	2	6	12	2A (2008, 13, 14, 19)	2A (2012, 18)
7	Shu Takada	4	2	1	7	2A (2012, 16, 17, 18)	2A (2013, 15)
8	Daisuke Shimada	4	1	5	10	X (2002); 3A (03, 04, 05)
9	Hank Freeman	3	1	3	7	3A (2011, 12, 13)	3A (2014)
10	Tsubasa Onishi	2	5	3	10	4A (2004, 10)	X (2002); 4A (2006, 16, 17, 19)
11	Naoto Okada	2	2	3	7	4A (2009, 11)	CB (2009)
12	Takuma Inoue	2	2	1	5	5A (2009, 17)	5A (2011, 12)
13	Yuuki Spencer	2	1	1	4	1A (2002, 07)	1A (2005)
14	Eiji Okuyama	2	1	1	4	4A (2003, 07)	4A (2005)
15	Shion Araya	2	1	0	3	1A (2016, 17)	1A (2015)
16	Gentry Stein	2	0	2	4	1A (2014, 19)	1A (2017)
17	Yasushi Furukawa	1	3	0	4	2A (2010)	2A (2009, 11, 14)
18	John Narum	1	2	1	4	4A (2005)	4A (2008), CB (08)
19	Kentaro Kimura	1	2	1	4	3A (2009)	3A (2007, 08)
20	Minato Furuta	1	2	3	6	3A (2010)	3A (2017, 23)
	Michael Nakamura	1	2	1	4	4A (2013)	4A (2014, 17)
	Makoto Numagami	1	2	0	3	5A (2004)	5A (2003, 05)
	Yuki Tanami	1	2	0	3	3A (2007)	3A (2004, 07)
	Jake Elliot	1	2	0	3	5A (2015)	5A (2014, 16)
	Tomonari Ishigaru	1	1	1	3	1A (2001)	1A (2004)
	Evan Nagao	1	1	1	3	1A (2018)	1A (2019)
	Maya Nakamura	1	1	1	3	5A (2005)	3A (2005)
	Tyler Severance	1	1	1	3	5A (2007)	5A (2013)
	Hideo Ishida	1	1	2	4	5A (2019)	5A (2018)
	Hironiri Mii	1	1	0	2	X (2000)	1A (1999)
	Rafael Matsunaga	1	1	0	2	5A (2003)	5A (2004)
	Hiroki Miyamoto	1	1	0	2	3A (2008)	3A (2009)
	Jin-Hao Koh	1	1	0	2	1A (2011)	1A (2012)
	Shingo Terada	1	0	3	4	X (2001)
	Yu Kawada	1	0	1	2	1A (2000)
	Dana Bennet	1	0	1	2	5A (2006)
	Zach Gormley	1	0	1	2	1A (2015)
	Jennifer Baybrook	1	0	0	1	2A (1998)
	Joel Zink	1	0	0	1	1A (1999)
	Matt Harlow	1	0	0	1	2A (2001)
	Johnnie DelValle	1	0	0	1	1A (2003)
	Paul Yath	1	0	0	1	3A (2006)
	Taiki Nishimura	1	0	0	1	4A (2006)
	Shinya Kido	1	0	0	1	1A (2009)
	Jensen Kimmitt	1	0	0	1	1A (2010)
	János Karancz	1	0	0	1	1A (2013)
	Naoto Onishi	1	0	0	1	4A (2015)
	Koji Yokoyama	0	8	1	9		2A (1999, 2000, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07)
	Alex Hattori	0	4	2	6		3A (2011, 15, 18, 19)
	Hiraku Fuji	0	3	5	8		2A (2004, 16, 17)
	Takahiko Hasegawa	0	2	1	3		X (2000, 01)
	Sterling Quinn	0	2	0	2		5A (2008, 10)
	Bryan Figueroa	0	2	0	2		4A (2011, 12)
	Ryusei Saito	0	1	3	4		CB (2007)
	Taiichiro Higashi	0	1	3	4		3A (2010)
	Ryo Yamashita	0	1	2	3		2A (2010)
	Christopher Chia	0	1	2	3		1A (2013)
	Yukihiro Suzuki	0	1	1	2		2A (2002)
	Jun Aramki	0	1	1	2		3A (2003)
	Paul Han	0	1	1	2		1A (2006)
	Tomoya Kurita	0	1	1	2		3A (2016)
	Yoshihiro Abe	0	1	1	2		5A (2019)
	Ross Pascual	0	1	0	1		1A (1998)
	Hidemasa Semba	0	1	0	1		1A (2000)
	Brent Dellinger	0	1	0	1		1A (2003)
	Atsushi Yamada	0	1	0	1		4A (2003)
	Kunihisa Kawabe	0	1	0	1		4A (2004)
	Shane Karan	0	1	0	1		CB (2006)
	Jake Bullock	0	1	0	1		5A (2006)
	Sojun Miyamura	0	1	0	1		5A (2007)
	Sebastian Brock	0	1	0	1		1A (2011)
	Wang-Kit Ng	0	1	0	1		3A (2012)
	Takumi Yasumoto	0	1	0	1		4A (2015)
	Yamato Murata	0	1	0	1		1A (2016)
	Andrew Bergen	0	1	0	1		1A (2017)
	Naoya Takeuchi	0	1	0	1		5A (2017)
	Chun Hay Chan	0	1	0	1		2A (2019)

Other Yo-Yo Divisions

Current

AP (Artistic Performance)

This division is all about creativity and putting on a show! Players perform routines that are judged on how artistic and entertaining they are.

Grand Prix

Year	Winner		2nd Place	3rd Place		Ref.
World Yo-Yo Contest
2002	Takahiko Hasegawa		Hironori Mii	Shingo Terada
2003	Mark Montgomary		Tomiyuki Watanabe	Dave Bazan
2004	Tomiyuki Watanabe		Yu Kawada	Jennifer Baybrook
2005	Takahiko Hasegawa		Hironori Mii	Tomiyuki Watanabe
2006	Yu Kawada		Tomiyuki Watanabe	Tomonori Ishiguro
2007	Tomonari 'Black' Ishiguro		Rei Iwakura	Steve Brown
2008	John Higby		Rei Iwakura	Tomiyuki Watanabe
2009	Rei Iwakura		Tomiyuki Watanabe	Hironori Mii
2010	Shaqler	Atsushi 'A2C' Yamada John 'Ryuji' Ando Shigesato 'Kuri' Kurita Takeshi 'Woodz' Maruyama	Rei Iwakura	Takahiko Hasegawa
2011	Takahiko Hasegawa		Justin Weber	Hironori Mii
2012	inmot!on	Ivo Studer Jan Schmutz	Takahiko Hasegawa	Tomiyuki Watanabe
International Yo-Yo Federation
2013	Spination	Tomiyuki Watanabe Yu Kawada	Chih-Min Tuan	W.H.O. Theatre	Ren-Zhi Yang Tzu-Wei Chang
2014	Spination	Tomiyuki Watanabe Yu Kawada
2015	Shaqler	Atsushi 'A2C' Yamada John 'Ryuji' Ando Shu Takada Takeshi 'Woodz' Maruyama
2016	Not awarded
2017	inmot!on	Ivo Studer Jan Schmutz
2018	Old Skool Famous	Hiraku Fujii Shuhei Kanai Tsubasa Ōnishi
2019	Shu Takada
2023	Daniel Tamariz

Other Awards

Year	Entertainment Award		Artistic Award		Creativity Award		Ref.
	Team	Members	Team	Members	Team	Members
International Yo-Yo Federation
2014	Not awarded		Spination	Tomiyuki Watanabe Yū Kawada	Chih-Min Tuan
2015	Shaqler	Atsushi 'A2C' Yamada John 'Ryuji' Ando Shigesato 'Kuri' Kurita Takeshi 'Woodz' Maruyama	Beat Poin't	Masakazu Yamazaki Tooru Abe	W.H.O Theatre	Chih-Han Chao Ren-Jhih Yang Tzu-Wei Chang Zhao-Xian Pan
2016	Old Skool Famous	Hiraku Fujii Shuhei Kanai Tsubasa Ōnishi	Tomiyuki Watanabe		Not awarded
2017	inmot!on	Ivo Studer Jan Schmutz	Not awarded		Not awarded
2018	Old Skool Famous	Hiraku Fujii Shuhei Kanai Tsubasa Ōnishi	TR-Yo Team	Hong Xin Cham Jia Cheng 'Stanley' Low Jia Xin Lee Jiann Yow Toh Jun Sheng Ho Sin Yu Wee Yong Leong 'Jerard' Loo Zi Hao Chew	Not awarded
2019	Not awarded		Shu Takada		Not awarded
2023	Daniel Tamariz		Ryo Oishi		Daniel Tamariz

Former

Team Division

This division was for groups of yo-yo players performing together. It was replaced by the AP (Artistic Performance) division in 2002.

Other Solo Divisions

Current

Women Only

This division is specifically for female yo-yo players.

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place
2014	Tessa Piccillo	Julia Aleksandra Gutowska	Corli du Toit
2015	Xiao-Wen 'Hobbit' Wang	Beatriz Gallegos 'Betty' Garcia	Reia Torita
2016	Beatriz Gallegos 'Betty' Garcia	Tessa Piccillo	Stephanie Height
2017	Tessa Piccillo	Beatriz Gallegos 'Betty' Garcia	Xiao-Wen 'Hobbit' Wang
2018	Xiao-Wen 'Hobbit' Wang	Ni Kang	Reia Torita
2019	Beatriz Gallegos 'Betty' Garcia	Miri Kim	Tessa Piccillo
2023	Miri Kim	Beatriz Gallegos 'Betty' Garcia	Wan Jiang Liu

40 and Over

This division is for yo-yo players who are 40 years old or older.

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place
2015	Kiyoshi Kawamura	Ken Wong	Isaac Kanarek
2016	Takahiko Hasegawa	Steve Brown	Richard Cobb
2017	Steve Brown	Jose Madrigal	Dale Oliver
2018	Kōji Torita	Man-Kin Wong	Takahiko Hasegawa
2019	Takahiko Hasegawa	Isaac Kanarek	Myk el-Ahrairah

Former

Ladder Division

This division was also known as "Compulsory" or "Advanced/Recreational" in earlier years.

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	Ref.
International Jugglers' Association
1997	Jason Tracy	Kenichi Nakamura	Nalukai Hookano
MPK Marketing
1998	Ed Giulietti	Valerie Krantz	Joel Zink
1999	Ryan Zink	Junichi Morita	Nemec Marcus