2009 World Yo-Yo Contest

Single A	Double A	Triple A	Off-String	Counter-Weight	Combined
Round 1 Prelim	Prelims	Prelims	Prelims	Prelims	Day 1 [Aerial] [ Dual]
Round 2 Prelim	Finals	Finals	Finals	Finals	Day 2 [Aerial] [Dual] Totals
Finals					Day 3 and Final Results

AP Division			Yo-Yo Mod Contest		Iron Mod Contest
Final Results			Final Results		Coming Soon

Spin Top Divisions			Diabolo Divisions
Final Results			Final Results

2009 World Yo-Yo Contest 1A Prelims – Round 1 Results
Place	Players Name	City	Final Score
1	TRANTON, Eric	USA	96.17
2	JOHNSON, Ian	USA	86.35
3	CURFMAN, Alex	USA	82.43
4	BENHARRIS, Dylan	USA	78.80
5	ROBINSON, Andrew	USA	74.41
6	GORMLEY, Zach	USA	71.34
7	WHITE, Drew	USA	68.92
8	BAINES, Brandon	USA	65.94
9	SMITH, Shane	USA	64.32
10	ELLIS, Joshua	USA	63.33
11	ROWLAND, Fred	USA	63.29
12	VANZANDT, Sean	USA	63.18
13	ANTON, Katelyn	USA	58.36
14	ALMANZAR, Dave	USA	57.19
15	HODGKINSON, Donald	USA	56.45
16	BRADSHAW, Colby	USA	55.62
17	TANCREDI, Luke	USA	53.60
18	BOEHMAN, Isaac	USA	53.16
19	MOSS, Brad	USA	53.01
20	HAPONIK, Ed	USA	51.10
21	HOOKER, Jake	USA	50.20
22	MCCALLUMORE, Tylor	USA	31.65
23	VITALARI, Joey	USA	26.65
24	VAN RY, Hunter	USA	25.06
25	QUINN, Malachy	USA	24.84
26	DUDAS, Alexander	USA	9.35

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest 1A Prelims – Round 2 Results
Place	Players Name	Country	Final Score
1	KIMMITT, Jensen	Canada	99.22
2	OKADA, Kazuki	japan	92.96
3	MONTGOMERY, Mark	USA	87.89
4	KIDO, Shinya	Japan	86.45
5	NAKATSUKA, Kenji	Japan	84.65
6	ROJAS, Anthony	USA	81.66
7	NARUM, John	USA	79.86
8	LUO, Yicheng	China	78.40
9	BERENGUEL, Alex	USA	77.44
10	IIZUKA, Takahiro	JPN	76.38
11	FRASER, Chris	USA	76.05
12	WATANABE, Kota	Japan	73.80
13	PIRES, Rodrigo	Brasil	72.71
14	FASH, Augie	USA	72.65
15	KIDO, Kengo	Japan	71.35
16	MARTIN, Jon	USA	70.62
17	TANAKA, Takayasu	Japan	69.61
18	SPENCER, Yuuki	USA	67.08
19	SEVERANCE, Tyler	USA	64.41
20	IWAKURA, Rei	JAPAN	61.16
21	MANNEN, Kentaro	JAPAN	60.11
22	JOHNSON, Grant	USA	59.73
23	SCOTT, Samm	USA	59.57
24	SCHOLTEN, Connor	USA	54.95
25	CHOW, John	USA	54.30
26	KATO, Masashi	JAPAN	52.83
27	BROCK, Sebastian	USA	52.74
28	GALLERANI, Fabio	Italy	51.52
29	GARCIA, Jesse	USA	51.31
30	KIM, Alex	USA	50.59
31	WILSON, Joe	USA	50.49
32	KALUZSA, Krisztian	Hungary	49.25
33	BEIN, Ethan	USA	48.30
34	TRANTON, Eric	USA	46.97
35	BAKLANOV, Mikhail	Russia	46.34
36	ABRAJAN FLORES, Luis Orlando	Mexico	45.62
37	VILLASEﾒOR, Luis Enrique	Mexico	45.02
38	GREER, Anthony	USA	44.05
39	MARTINEZ, Javier Augusto	Mexico	43.82
40	JAKE, El	USA	42.78
41	MITTON, Keith Skip	Australia	42.37
42	SCHLENTZ, Roland	Luxembourg	41.98
43	GRONER, Sam	USA	41.32
44	DIETZ, Daniel	USA	40.52
45	PRESTES DA SILVA, Jones Roger	Brasil	39.24
46	HAWLEY, Chris	USA	37.66
47	HAYCOCK, Charles	Canada	36.14
48	BERGEN, Andrew	USA	35.58
49	GROGER, Nandor	Hungary	35.31
50	ALLEN, Mark	USA	34.85
51	SAMS, Isaac	USA	34.44
52	BENHARRIS, Dylan	USA	34.00
53	APAN, Alejandro	Mexico	32.09
54	BENDET, Aron	USA	30.38
55	MARTINEZ, Alejandro	Mexico	30.14
56	BAZANI, Marcelo	Brazil	28.52
57	CURFMAN, Alex	USA	27.75
58	SEIDEMANN-ESSOP, Adam	Canada	26.44
59	JOHNSON, Ian	USA	26.06
60	FORD, J.C.	USA	22.58
61	CARDONA, Sebastian	Mexico	21.38
62	MIYAMOTO, Hiroki	JAPAN	20.17
63	ROBINSON, Andrew	USA	18.38

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest 1A Finals Results
Place	Players Name	Country	Tech	Perf	Final Score
1	KIDO, Shinya	JAPAN	78.05	15.75	93.80
2	SUZUKI, Hiroyuki	JAPAN	72.21	13.50	85.71
3	FRASER, Chris	USA	69.44	8.50	77.94
4	KIMMITT, Jensen	CANADA	63.55	12.75	76.30
5	ROJAS, Anthony	USA	60.43	10.00	70.43
6	BERENGUEL, Alex	USA	59.27	10.75	70.02
7	IIZUKA, Takahiro	JAPAN	60.17	9.75	69.92
8	KOLOSKI, Eric	USA	56.95	11.00	67.95
9	KOH, Marcus	SINGAPORE	53.67	10.25	63.92
10	MONTGOMERY, Mark	USA	52.62	10.50	63.12
11	OKADA, Kazuki	JAPAN	50.54	11.50	62.04
12	CSISZAR, Martin	HUNGARY	51.34	10.00	61.34
13	BENNACEUR, Hadrien	FRANCE	50.21	9.50	59.71
14	NARUM, John	USA	49.14	8.00	57.14
15	KROUTIL, Vaclav	CZECH REPUBLIC	47.56	9.25	56.81
16	GANC, Mateusz	POLAND	45.39	11.00	56.39
17	SABATINI, Lorenzo	ITALY	45.15	8.75	53.90
18	LUO, Yicheng	CHINA	42.83	9.75	52.58
19	KERBEL, Paul	MEXICO	42.42	8.00	50.42
20	EVANS, Kahli	AUSTRALIA	39.38	7.50	46.88
21	NAKATSUKA, Kenji	JAPAN	37.61	5.50	43.11
22	MARECHAL, Ricardo	BRAZIL	31.32	6.75	38.07

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest 2A Prelims Results
Place	Players Name	State	Final Score
1	FURUKAWA, Yasushi	Japan	94.08
2	FUJII, Hiraku	JAPAN	90.67
3	YAMASHITA, Ryo	Japan	86.99
4	KANAI, Shuhei	Japan	75.95
5	JODAI, Masanori	JAPAN	74.23
6	YAMAUCHI, Satoshi	JAPAN	69.36
7	SUGIMATSU, Kazuyuki	JAPAN	68.06
8	JOHNSON, Grant	USA	63.27
9	OTA, Kenichi	Japan	62.23
10	MITCHELL, Patrick	USA	59.28
11	SHIGEKI, Ishii	Japan	53.27
12	MIKAMOTO, Yoshi	USA	52.02
13	VITALARI, Joey	USA	6.96

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest 2A Finals Results
Place	Players Name	Country	Tech	Perf	Final Score
1	SAITO, Shinji	Japan	79.35	17.00	96.35
2	FURUKAWA, Yasushi	Japan	77.31	17.00	94.31
3	FUJII, Hiraku	JAPAN	65.87	12.75	78.62
4	YAMASHITA, Ryo	Japan	57.98	14.00	71.98
5	HARRIS, Joseph	USA	49.13	11.75	60.88
6	KANAI, Shuhei	Japan	48.02	11.50	59.52
7	YAMAUCHI, Satoshi	JAPAN	46.26	11.25	57.51
8	JODAI, Masanori	JAPAN	36.80	9.75	46.55
9	SUGIMATSU, Kazuyuki	JAPAN	24.00	8.00	32.00

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest 3A Prelims Results
Place	Players Name	State	Final Score
1	KIMURA, Kentaro	Japan	99.60
2	IWATA, Masanobu	JAPAN	88.58
3	HIGASHI, Taiichiro	Japan	84.08
4	BORGERDING, Patrick	USA	80.49
5	TSUMUKI, Masato	Japan	80.32
6	SHIMADA, Daisuke	Japan	79.02
7	FREEMAN, Hank	USA	65.91
8	TRANTON, Eric	USA	39.45
9	CONNOLLY, Ann	USA	12.06
10	INOUE, Takuma	Japan	10.75
11	ARAMAKI, Jun	Japan	10.46

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest 3A Finals Results
Place	Players Name	Country	Tech	Perf	Final Score
1	KIMURA, Kentaro	Japan	80.00	18.75	98.75
2	MIYAMOTO, Hiroki	JAPAN	42.90	16.25	59.15
3	HIGASHI, Taiichiro	Japan	45.47	12.25	57.72
4	YATH, Paul	USA	40.75	11.50	52.25
5	SHIMADA, Daisuke	Japan	31.71	13.50	45.21
6	TSUMUKI, Masato	Japan	34.01	10.75	44.76
7	IWATA, Masanobu	JAPAN	32.60	11.75	44.35
8	BORGERDING, Patrick	USA	36.03	8.00	44.03

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest 4A Prelims Results
Place	Players Name	Country	Final Score
1	NARUM, John	USA	99.39
2	ONISHI, Tsubasa	Japan	86.08
3	OKADA, Naoto	japan	81.76
4	COLE, Ian	USA	74.52
5	CONDE, Benjamin	USA	70.01
6	MARTIN, Jon	USA	69.63
7	SCHOLTEN, Connor	USA	64.43
8	INOUE, Takuma	Japan	63.82
9	JOHNSON, Ian	USA	56.06
10	TOMINAGA, Yuichi	Japan	55.14
11	SUGIMURA, Kazuaki	Japan	55.01
12	DIETZ, Danliel	USA	52.99
13	KAWABE, Kunihisa	Japan	45.72
14	BERGEN, Andrew	USA	43.96
15	CHRISNER, Dashiell	USA	29.82
16	BENHARRIS, Dylan	USA	28.53
17	KOH, Marcus	Singapore	28.18
18	COONS, Jeff	USA	25.29
19	NEWELL, Kevin	USA	17.05
20	HASEGAWA, Takahiko	Japan	7.04

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest 4A Finals Results
Place	Players Name	Country	Tech	Perf	Final Score
1	OKADA, Naoto	japan	78.77	16.25	95.02
2	Iwakura, Rei	JAPAN	76.56	16.50	93.06
3	ONISHI, Tsubasa	Japan	72.73	13.00	85.73
4	Figueroa, Bryan	USA	70.06	14.25	84.31
5	NARUM, John	USA	67.18	14.50	81.68
6	Sabatini, Lorenzo	Italy	56.64	9.25	65.89
7	Groger, Nandor	Hungry	48.52	7.75	56.27
8	CONDE, Benjamin	USA	31.69	11.00	42.69
9	COLE, Ian	USA	33.07	6.75	39.82
10	MARTIN, Jon	USA	32.94	6.00	38.94

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest 5A Prelims Results
Place	Players Name	State	Final Score
1	INOUE, Takuma	Japan	98.07
2	SEVERANCE, Tyler	USA	89.56
3	NUMAGAMI, Makoto	JAPAN	85.15
4	SCOTT, Samm	USA	81.68
5	QUINN, Sterling	USA	74.56
6	FASH, Augie	USA	72.82
7	ISHIHARA, Hiroyasu	japan	71.83
8	ISHIDA, Hideo	JAPAN	71.64
9	KURIYAMA, Takayuki	JAPAN	67.89
10	BROCK, Sebastian	USA	58.95
11	MELLONS, David	USA	56.64
12	ROBINSON, Jonathan	USA	54.22
13	EBBINGHOUSE, Connor	USA	52.77
14	COONS, Jeff	USA	51.93
15	KISON, Peter	Slovakia	51.60
16	NEIMEIR, Will	USA	46.04
17	MCCLELLAN, Ty	USA	34.44
18	JOHNSON, Ian	USA	32.23
19	GOTTSCHALK, Uri	USA	31.92
20	CURFMAN, Alex	USA	31.43
21	BENHARRIS, Dylan	USA	30.09
22	FORD, J.C.	USA	21.91
23	MCCUE, Will	USA	21.25
24	NAKATSUKA, Kenji	Japan	7.13
25	BENSON, McLeod	USA	(2.33)

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest 5A Finals Results
Place	Players Name	Country	Tech	Perf	Final Score
1	INOUE, Takuma	Japan	80.00	16.50	96.50
2	CORREA, Miguel	USA	66.61	16.00	82.61
3	SEVERANCE, Tyler	USA	65.06	14.50	79.56
4	QUINN, Sterling	USA	57.78	9.75	67.53
5	SCOTT, Samm	USA	43.35	9.75	53.10
6	ISHIDA, Hideo	JAPAN	41.80	9.25	51.05
7	ISHIHARA, Hiroyasu	Japan	40.96	9.00	49.96
8	KURIYAMA, Takayuki	JAPAN	35.43	12.00	47.43
9	NUMAGAMI, Makoto	JAPAN	25.69	10.50	36.19
10	FASH, Augie	USA	25.75	10.25	36.00

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2009 World Yo Yo Contest Aerial Day 1 Results
Place	Players Name	Country	Final Score
1	IWAKURA	JAPAN	94.88
2	OKADA	JAPAN	91.12
3	JOHNSON	USA	88.88
4	INOUE	JAPAN	82.10
5	COONS	USA	73.52
6	SCHOLTEN	USA	70.97
7	KURIYAMA	JAPAN	64.86
8	ISHIHARA	JAPAN	56.97
9	MARTIN	USA	53.10
10	MARTINEZ	MEXICO	46.86
11	PARSONS	USA	41.83
12	OKADA	JAPAN	24.12


These scores are subject to change depending on Day 2 Aerial Results

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest Combined Dual Day 1 Results

Place	Players Name	Country	Final Score
1	SAITO, Shinji	Japan	100.00	Advance to Round 2
2	FURUKAWA, Yasushi	Japan	77.49	Advance to Round 2
3	YAMAUCHI, Satoshi	Japan	68.54	Advance to Round 2
4	KANAI, Shuhei	Japan	62.05	Advance to Round 2
5	OTA, Kenichi	Japan	57.40	Advance to Round 2
6	HIGASHI, Taiichiro	Japan	29.07	Advance to Round 2


	No Changes from Previous D1 Post

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest Combined Aerial D1 D2 Results
Place	Players Name	Country	Final Score
1	IWAKURA	JAPAN	90.50
2	JOHNSON	USA	87.89
3	OKADA	JAPAN	85.77
4	SAITO	Japan	83.07
5	INOUE	JAPAN	76.80
6	COONS	USA	69.87
7	SCHOLTEN	USA	68.30
8	FURUKAWA	Japan	66.55
9	KURIYAMA	JAPAN	60.89
10	ISHIHARA	JAPAN	54.70
11	OTA	Japan	52.79
12	MARTIN	USA	51.59
13	MARTINEZ	MEXICO	46.86
14	YAMAUCHI	Japan	39.64
15	PARSONS	USA	39.23
16	HIGASHI	Japan	33.43
17	OKADA	JAPAN	23.58
18	KANAI	Japan	0.85

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest D1 +D2 Dual Scores - Results
Place	Players Name	Tech	Final Score
1	SAITO	100.00	100.00
2	FURUKAWA	77.49	77.49
3	YAMAUCHI	68.54	68.54
4	OKADA	66.65	66.65
5	KANAI	62.05	62.05
6	OTA	57.40	57.40
7	SCHOLTEN	54.13	54.13
8	IWAKURA	39.69	39.69
9	HIGASHI	29.07	29.07
10	COONS	26.15	26.15
11	INOUE	23.34	23.34
12	JOHNSON	10.08	10.08

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest Combined Division - Day 1 plus Day 2 Results

Place	Players Name	Country	Dual Score	Aerial Score	Total 2 DAY Score
1	Saito	Japan	100.00	83.07	183.07	To Finals
2	Okada	Japan	66.65	85.77	152.42	To Finals
3	Furukawa	Japan	77.49	66.55	144.04	To Finals
4	Iwakura	Japan	39.69	90.50	130.19	To Finals
5	Scholten	USA	54.13	68.30	122.43	To Finals
6	Ota	Japan	57.40	52.79	110.19	To Finals


7	Yamauchi	Japan	68.54	39.64	108.18
8	Inoue	Japan	23.34	76.80	100.14
9	Johnson	USA	10.08	87.89	97.97
10	Coons	USA	26.15	69.87	96.02
11	Kanai	Japan	62.05	0.85	62.90
12	Higashi	Japan	29.07	33.43	62.50

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest Combined D3 1A Results
Place	Players Name	Country	Tech	Final Score
1	SAITO' Shinji	Japan	100.00	100.00
2	IWAKURA' Rei	JAPAN	93.29	93.29
3	SCHOLTEN' Connor	USA	81.90	81.90
4	OKADA' Naoto	Japan	80.26	80.26
5	FURUKAWA' Yasushi	Japan	69.63	69.63
6	OTA' Kenichi	Japan	56.35	56.35

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest Combined Division - Day 1 plus Day 2 plus Day 3 Final Results
Place	Players Name	Country	Dual Score	Aerial Score	1 A Score	Final Score
1	Saito	Japan	100.00	83.07	100.00	283.07
2	Okada	Japan	66.65	85.77	80.26	232.68
3	Iwakura	Japan	39.69	90.50	93.29	223.48
4	Furukawa	Japan	77.49	66.55	69.63	213.67
5	Scholten	USA	54.13	68.30	81.90	204.33
6	Ota	Japan	57.40	52.79	56.35	166.54

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2009 World Yo-Yo Contest Artistic Performance Division Results
Place	Players Name	Country
1st	Rei Iwakura	JAPAN
2nd	Tomiyuki Watanabe	JAPAN
3rd	Hironori Mii	JAPAN
AP Finalists in Alphabetical Order
Hasegawa, Takahiko		JAPAN
Higby, John		USA
Iwakura, Rei		JAPAN
Kunz, Noel		USA
Mexico Team		MEXICO
Mii, Hironori		JAPAN
Watanabe, Tomiyuki		JAPAN
Weber, Justin		USA

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Worlds Mod Contest 2009 – Results

1. Yuumi Shiga – “One Drop” – 363 pts. (winner – overall)

2. Ettore Ferro – “Stradavari” – 361 pts. (winner – best mod)

3. Shinobu Konmoto – “Drag Racer” – 344 pts.

4. Ban – “Bella-Donna” – 311 pts.

5. Jeff Pang – Silk/Milk mod – 297 pts.

6. Tetsuya Hoshino – “GT Brake Battle” – 291 pts.

7. Kudo Yoshitaro – “The 7-Seven” – 290 pts.

8. Mark Allen – Duncan Imperial twin top yo-yo – 274 pts.

9. Kunihisa Kawabe – “Wave-Yo” – 248 pts.

10. Landon Balk – Cocobolo with aluminum rims – 245 pts.

11. Kentarou Ooi – “Rodem” – 234 pts.

12. Takahiko Hasegawa – “M1 – mod for everyone” – 209 pts.

13. Takeshi Doi – Carbon fiber, hand molded – 201 pts.

14. Marcio Adriano Alves – “Adios Amigo” – 146 pts.

15. Preston (?) – “Cookies & Cream” – 125 pts.

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2009 World Spin Top Contest

Sport Trick List

12 -16 Division
1st	Sam Niemeier	12 yrs 8 points
1st	Sean Micca	13 yrs 8 points
3rd	Miguel Figueroa	15 yrs 7 points
4th	Dillon Schink	16 yrs 3 points
5th	Kevin Newell	15 yrs 2 points

30 - 44 Division
1st	Hans VanDan Elzen	35 yrs 6 points

Championship Freestyles
Fixed Division:
1st	1st) Jorge Alcoz
2nd	2nd) Felix Avellana
3rd	3rd) Mike Hout

Bearing Division:
1st	1st) Felix Avellana
2nd	2nd) Mike Hout
3rd	3rd) Jorge Alcoz

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2009 World Yo Yo Contest Diablo Ladder

	Name	Age	First Miss	Last Made
	11 and Under
1st	Evan McAleenan	10	3	5


	12 to 16
1st	Will Niemeier	16	14	15
2nd	Andrew Ruiz	16	11	12
3rd	Shane Smith	16	11	12
4th	Patrick Borgerding	15	11	12
5th	Dylan Benhaarris	15	7	9


	17 and Over
1st	David Melons	22	17	21
2nd	Kunihisa Kawabe	25	14	21
2nd	Hiraku Fujii	20	14	21
4th	Rei Iwakura	23	15	17
5th	Jeff Coons	19	15	16
6th	Jon Martin	21	3	11
7th	Mikhail Baklanov	17	5	9
8th	Steven Kinder	19	7	8
9th	Chris Hawley	17	7	8
10th	El Jake`	20	5	7
11th	Connor Ebbinghouse	17	5	7
12th	Reed Smith	17	4	6
13th	Mike Fasano	19	3	4

2009 World Yo Yo Contest - Diabolo Freestyles
Diablo Freestyle Results
Place	Player	Score
1	Rei Iwakura	98.27
2	Kunihisa Kawabe	84.77
3	Shane Smith	73.68
4	Hiraku Fujii	71.14
5	Andrew Ruiz	68.12
6	Will Neimeier	60.55
7	David Melons	58.59
8	Uri Gottschalk	55.60
9	Jeff Coons	42.75
10	Mikhail Baklanov	29.37