Contest Divisions

CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISIONS

Yo-Yo has various play styles, and in competition there are five main divisions from 1A to 5A. They are separated depending on the number and type of Yo-Yo they use. The winner of each division will be crowned a World Champion title.

*There are no class divisions by gender or age.

1A

String Trick Freestyle with One Long-Spinning Yo-Yo

2A

Looping Trick Freestyle with Two Responsive Yo-Yos

3A

String Trick Freestyle with Two Long-Spinning Yo-Yos

4A

Freestyle with Off String Yo-Yo(s)

5A

Freestyle with Counter-Weight Yo-Yo(s)

AP

Art & Performance Division

Freestyle Competition. Technical ability and performance will be scored.

In the Final round, contestants will perform a freestyle routine to music of 3 minutes (Semi-Final: 90 seconds, Prelim: 1 minute, WildCard: 30 seconds), and judges will score Technical Execution and Freestyle Evaluation.

Depending on their latest contest placement, players will be seeded into different rounds.

Previous year’s World Champions are seeded to Finals, Previous year’s World 2nd and 3rd place and National Champions are seeded to Semi-Finals, and Previous year’s World finalist and National Contest Top 10 are seeded to Preliminaries. All other contestants must compete from the WildCard Round. (Please see the details below.)

Round Structure
Seeding Rules
Seeded Players
Freestyle Music Guidelines
WildCard Round & Music

Freestyle Scoring Rules

Summary of Freestyle Scoring Criteria
Detail of freestyle Rules
AP Division Rules

NON-CHAMPIONSHIP EXHIBITIONS

WOMEN’S FREESTYLE

  • Only Women can compete
  • 2 minute freestyle
  • Choose one style from 1A-5A

OVER-40 MASTER CLASS

  • Only 40 years old or older players can compete
  • 2 minute freestyle
  • Choose one style from 1A-5A
  • Only former World Champions, National Champions and top players are eligible to compete in this class
    (Detailed rules will be available soon)

OVER-40 OPEN CLASS

  • Only 40 years old or older players can compete
  • 2 minute freestyle
  • Choose one style from 1A-5A
  • Everyone who is over 40 and not eligible to compete to Master Class