# Yoyo that won the WYYC **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [January 16, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588 "2019-01-16T11:26:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrBist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mrbist/32/48884_2.png) [@MrBist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrBist)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/1 "2019-01-16T11:26:06Z")
Well, we all know the players that won the WYYC, but which yoyo did they use? For exemple, here a list of 1A winner, from 2000 to 2018, I know 1 or 2 yoyos used. Does anyone know? 2000 Yu Kawada 2001 Tomonari Ishiguro 2002 Yuuki Spencer 2003 Johnnie DelValle 2004 Hiroyuki Suzuki 2005 Hiroyuki Suzuki 2006 Hiroyuki Suzuki 2007 Yuuki Spencer 2008 John Ando 2009 Shinya Kido 2010 Jensen Kimmitt 2011 Jin-Hao ‘Marcus’ Koh 2012 Hiroyuki Suzuki 2013 János Karancz 2014 Gentry Stein 2015 Zach Gormley 2016 Shion Araya 2017 Shion Araya 2018 Evan Nagao It was cool if there would be a builders championship as in Formula one or Moto GP. What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/2 "2019-01-16T12:09:21Z")
You want us to list here what we know? I’ll list what I know with the year and the yoyo used: 2008, Yoyofactory Superstar 2009 Yoyorecreation Sleipnir 2010 Yoyofactory Northstar 2013 Duncan Barracuda 2014 Yoyofactory Shutter 2015 CLYW Borelias 2016 C3 Yoyodesign Radius 2017 C3 Yoyodesign Radius 2018 Yoyofactory Edge Beyond. I’m quite certain a lot of what I’ve listed is pretty common knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![VagabondSF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vagabondsf/32/44724_2.png) [@VagabondSF](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/VagabondSF)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/3 "2019-01-16T12:15:25Z")
2005, Speeder by Yoyojam 2007, 888 by Yoyofactory 2012, ANGLAM by sOMEThING ---
**Author:** ![MrBist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mrbist/32/48884_2.png) [@MrBist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrBist)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/4 "2019-01-16T12:16:13Z")
Cool! What about the 2A? I want to say I’m the first to think yoyo is not so important, I think all these winner would had won in any way. ---
**Author:** ![AaronW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aaronw/32/49251_2.png) [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/5 "2019-01-16T15:23:51Z")
From what I remember: 2000 - Spintastic Tigershark 2002 - Bionic Freehand 1 2003 - YYJ Hitman ( I believe this was the first unresponsive yoyo that won a Worlds Contest) 2007 - YYF 888 ---
**Author:** ![hobbygod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobbygod/32/120997_2.png) [@hobbygod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbygod)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/6 "2019-01-16T15:47:36Z")
Mickey used speeders for his 3 in a row. Jensen’s was a Northstar ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/7 "2019-01-16T16:48:30Z")
This is always something I’ve wanted to compile and have a record of. 2000 - Tigershark 2001 - SpinFaktor 2002 - Freehand 1 2003 - Hitman 2004 - Speeder 2005 - Speeder 2006 - Speeder 2007 - 888 2008 - Superstar 2009 - Sleipnir 2010 - Northstar 2011 - Positron 2012 - Anglam 2013 - Barracuda 2014 - Shutter 2015 - Borealis 2016 - Radius 2017 - Radius 2018 - Edge Beyond ---
**Author:** ![c0dy46](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/c0dy46/32/47755_2.png) [@c0dy46](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/c0dy46)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/8 "2019-01-16T20:06:01Z")
Haha I never thought of this myself, kinda interesting in a curious kinda way, also any small reference to MotoGP will always draw a like from me 😄🏍 ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/9 "2019-01-16T20:07:42Z")
I’d love to see that list with the yoyo manufacturers noted next to the yoyo names. ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/10 "2019-01-16T20:14:47Z")
What about women’s 1A? ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/11 "2019-01-16T20:19:55Z")
I only put the names because I was going to try to list it for every style so it’d make it shorter. But I quickly realized I could only list most of them from 2018-2012(which was when I started yoyoing). I know a few here and there from pre-2012 but those that yoyo’d in the 00’s could maybe help me out. 2000 - Spintastics Tigershark 2001 - YYJ SpinFaktor 2002 - Duncan Freehand 1 2003 - YYJ Hitman 2004 - YYJ Speeder 2005 - YYJ Speeder 2006 - YYJ Speeder 2007 - YYF 888 2008 - YYF Superstar 2009 - YYR Sleipnir 2010 - YYF Northstar 2011 - TP Positron 2012 - Something Anglam 2013 - Duncan Barracuda 2014 - YYF Shutter 2015 - CLYW Borealis 2016 - C3 Radius 2017 - C3 Radius 2018 - YYF Edge Beyond Every single yoyo used to win 1a worlds pre-2015 pretty much gained legendary status. Some for innovation, some for performance, and some for just pure popularity. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/12 "2019-01-16T20:23:56Z")
YYF leads the way with 5 wins and 5 different models, and YYJ right there with 5 wins and 3 different models. Unfortunately, YYJ didn’t really survive while YYF has flourished. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/13 "2019-01-16T20:30:20Z")
I think a pretty cool fact is how Hiroyuki Suzuki won 3 titles for YYJ, then 6 years later created his own company and won again when people started saying he’ll never be in contention to win again. I don’t think any 1a player will ever have the dominance that he had again. In a division more competitive than all of the others combined, he had 4 wins, runner-up 5 times(3 wins and 5 runner ups in the span of 8 consecutive years), and made finals over 15 consecutive years. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/4/9/3490b66288bf9b2fb6ecd8a53f9e283c6687de2e.jpeg "2012World Commendation 1A Final") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQDJciRJEc) ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/14 "2019-01-16T20:41:48Z")
So the Anglam and the Edge Beyond are the only bimetals to appear on the list. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/15 "2019-01-16T20:46:49Z")
But there was one year, I think it was 2014, where like 5+ people were using the Draupnir. Pretty sure that’s the most representation an individual yoyo has ever gotten, at least since early 00’s. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/16 "2019-01-16T22:09:54Z")
> [@andy569](#): > > But there was one year, I think it was 2014, where like 5+ people were using the Draupnir. And those 5+ people didn’t win. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/17 "2019-01-16T22:23:48Z")
I guess the Shutter’s better than the Draupnir bois. It’s confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![hobbygod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobbygod/32/120997_2.png) [@hobbygod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbygod)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/18 "2019-01-17T00:31:30Z")
I heard a year or 2 ago that a lot of the yyf team that doesn’t have signature models use the edge, but I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/19 "2019-01-17T00:41:20Z")
What is most represented here is the fact that the player won the contest, not the yoyo. 2010 saw Jensen Kimmitt win with a plastic Northstar. I’m certain there were many other yoyos used that year that would be considered “higher end” than the Northstar. YYR, Turning Point, CLYW and more. Jensen won the contest because he was the best yoyoer at the time. I’d imagine he could have used any of the other yoyos used that year (with a small bit of get used to time) and still won the contest. Ultimately the best “competition yoyo” is the one that has gotten the most play time by the player competing with it. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588/20 "2019-01-17T00:50:20Z")
Yoyos aren’t immune to the Myth of Gear. This phenomenon appears in many other areas, like electric guitars/amps/effects, golf clubs, drawing/painting tools/materials, etc. This myth drives a lot of product sales, so maybe it has a valuable role to play for the industry/hobby. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-that-won-the-wyyc/297588.md?page=2)