Junior Freestyle (WYYC2026)

This category is open to players aged 0–16 and offers a great opportunity for young yo-yo players to showcase their skills on the world stage.

This is your chance to compete against the best junior players from around the world and experience the thrill of a world-class yo-yo competition!

To maintain the concept of the Junior Freestyle and encourage new talent, players who have competed in the Final round of their national yo-yo contest in a championship division are not eligible to participate in the Junior Freestyle.

（ジュニア・フリースタイルの趣旨を維持し、新たな才能の育成を促進するため、各国の全国大会におけるチャンピオンシップ部門（各A部門）で、準決勝などを通過し、決勝ラウンドに出場したことのある選手は、ジュニア・フリースタイルに参加することはできません。）

Competition Format

• Only players 16 years old or younger can compete in this event (Born on August 13, 2009 or later)
• 90 second freestyle
• Player may choose their own music
• Player must choose one style among 1A-5A
• Scoring rules are the same as 1A-5A
• Evaluation categories will be the same as the Semi-Final Round of 1A-5A
• We will adjust/normalize the clicker score difference among styles with a coefficient
• Anyone who has been in the Final of their national contest is not allowed to compete in this event

Prelim Round

If we have more than 10 contestants, we may hold a Prelim round on Thursday, August 13, 2026. The number of finalists will be determined after registration closes.

• Scoring rules are the same as WildCard for 1A-5A
• 30 second freestyle
• You must choose music from the WildCard music library
• Player must choose one style among 1A-5A
• We will adjust/normalize the clicker score difference among styles with a coefficient

* Winning this freestyle event does not make the winner a “World Yo-Yo Champion.” Therefore, contestants in this event are also welcome to compete in 1A-5A and AP to aim for a World Title.

Normalization Among Different Styles

To eliminate the difference in raw clicker numbers among different styles, we will multiply the sum of positive and negative clickers of each judge with the following values.

We will apply this adjustment before normalizing, so the highest score for TE will still stay 60.0 pts.

1A – 1.00
2A – 1.28
3A – 1.35
4A – 1.19
5A – 1.27