# 2018 World Yo-Yo Contest Coverage Thread - Shanghai CHINA 🇨🇳

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2018-world-yo-yo-contest-coverage-thread-shanghai-china/291662>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [August 10, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2018-world-yo-yo-contest-coverage-thread-shanghai-china/291662 "2018-08-10T01:59:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dust/32/83340_2.png) [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2018-world-yo-yo-contest-coverage-thread-shanghai-china/291662/81 "2018-08-15T23:52:53Z")

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WHOA!!!  
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I applaud with much enthusiasm!

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**Author:** ![AndreBoulay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andreboulay/32/69662_2.png) [@AndreBoulay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndreBoulay)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2018-world-yo-yo-contest-coverage-thread-shanghai-china/291662/82 "2018-08-16T01:37:19Z")

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Yeah… Unreal… I feel like this is the turning point where Soloham turned into its own true thing that works in freestyle. Hajime did it as if it was just normal 4A - no hesitation in binding - so smooth, etc.

3A used to be like this - really rigid.  
Throw → Mount → Bounce YoYo Around → Bind → Repeat, etc.  
But then Kentaro Kimura in 2009 won Worlds and I feel like it really it changed at that point… And that is kind of what I felt watching Hajime win with this routine!

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/7/6/f76be423f131e66c82ec4daab047bf2f8380167b.jpeg "2009 World 3A 1st Kentaro Kimura") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oOZ-ed0zPE)

Amazing to watch the evolution happen in front of you! 😊

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**Author:** ![Nathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathan/32/191605_2.png) [@Nathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2018-world-yo-yo-contest-coverage-thread-shanghai-china/291662/83 "2018-08-16T05:29:44Z")

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This Kentaro routine is still my favorite Worlds routine ever.

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**Author:** ![Theolodger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theolodger/32/65462_2.png) [@Theolodger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Theolodger)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2018-world-yo-yo-contest-coverage-thread-shanghai-china/291662/84 "2018-12-16T10:13:48Z")

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Hong Kong seems to be bigger on 2A

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