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US National Yo-Yo Contest 2026

About the US National Yo-Yo Contest 2026

The 2026 National Yo-Yo Contest, organized by the National Yo-Yo League, ran June 26–28 at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino following a season of nine sanctioned regional qualifiers. Sixteen-year-old Thomas Rajan of Madison, Alabama took his first 1A national title, edging runner-up Chandler Steele (who posted a rare perfect 10.00 originality score) and third-place Hunter Feuerstein — the win earns Rajan a US seed at the 2026 World Yo-Yo Contest in Japan. Other division champions included Matt Szeto (2A), Aliyah Tan (3A), Ryan Connolly (4A, edging Josiah Pulsifer by just 0.52 points), Sterling Quinn (5A), Katie Thompson (Women’s), and Park Jun Sang of South Korea (1A International), part of a field drawing competitors from Korea, Singapore, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, and Japan.

§ Results

Date
June 26, 2026
Type
National
Location
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, 3000 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89109

1A Results

  1. 1st Thomas Rajan (first US National title) – 92.99
  2. 2nd Chandler Steele – 91.78
  3. 3rd Hunter Feuerstein – 87.81
  4. 4th Marc Zuno – 72.10
  5. 5th Dexter Listavich – 67.04
  6. 6th Kris Toledo – 66.83
  7. 7th Isaac Viteri – 65.68
  8. 8th James Heder – 64.56
  9. 9th Christian Harper – 61.90
  10. 10th Geo Gan – 54.70
  11. 11th Ryan Kim – 53.94
  12. 12th Connor Sheahan – 52.63
  13. 13th Conor Neumann – 51.62
  14. 14th Nathan Joseph – 39.97
  15. 15th Dylan Sabedra – 37.60

2A Results

  1. 1st Matt Szeto – 90.25
  2. 2nd Ryan Lai – 60.75
  3. 3rd Yoshi Mikamoto – 56.45
  4. 4th Tyler Boshears – 43.77
  5. 5th John Datoy – 41.97
  6. 6th Josh Yee – 32.42

3A Results

  1. 1st Aliyah Tan – 88.67
  2. 2nd Ian Smith – 41.73
  3. 3rd Danny Van – 14.15
  4. 4th Jeremy Germita – 9.94

4A Results

  1. 1st Ryan Connolly – 84.67
  2. 2nd Josiah Pulsifer – 84.15
  3. 3rd Myles Gregory – 65.27
  4. 4th Josh Kanoff – 47.16
  5. 5th John Datoy – 45.50
  6. 6th Drew Buscemi – 44.30

5A Results

  1. 1st Sterling Quinn – 92.25
  2. 2nd Jared Marcus – 73.11
  3. 3rd Michael Ferdico – 48.79
  4. 4th Jack Shen – 37.52
  5. 5th Josh Yee – 33.57
  6. 6th Theodore Munoz – 29.86

Women's Results

  1. 1st Katie Thompson – 77.39
  2. 2nd Shterna Srugo – 74.89
  3. 3rd Kai Tyner – 55.31
  4. 4th Maria Jones – 37.91
  5. 5th Talia Jamison – 36.01

Over 40 Results

  1. 1st Adam Brewster (1A) – 76.58
  2. 2nd Howard Huang (1A) – 65.40
  3. 3rd Mark Allen (1A) – 57.47
  4. 4th Yoshi Mikamoto (3A) – 47.58
  5. 5th Todd Rollenhagen (1A) – 32.57

1A International Results

  1. 1st Park Jun Sang (South Korea) – 93.03
  2. 2nd Karthik Devaraj (Singapore) – 86.60
  3. 3rd Shuyun Tang (United States) – 85.92
  4. 4th Sebastian Lavin (Mexico) – 65.96
  5. 5th Ryan Cooper (Canada) – 59.56

Sports X Results

  1. 1st Harrison Breaux (4A) – 64.67
  2. 2nd Elijah Rieves (4A) – 63.87
  3. 3rd Kai Tyner (5A) – 44.41

Doc Lucky's Duos Results

  1. 1st Dr. Throw & the Monster (Connor Pflueger & Lucas Pflueger) – 230/300
  2. 2nd CBC Light (Grayson Rhea & Annabella Rhea) – 218
  3. 3rd The Yo-Tubers (Taichi Lim & Aspen Hartmann) – 214

Advanced Youth 1A Results

  1. 1st Taichi Lim – 96.25
  2. 2nd Emerson Huang – 80.09
  3. 3rd Claudio Presti – 77.12

Spintop Championship Freestyle Results

  1. 1st Jose Madrigal – 94.50
  2. 2nd Tom Kunkel – 69.95
  3. 3rd Ian Smith – 60.02

The 2026 US National Yo-Yo Contest, held in Las Vegas, where 16-year-old Thomas Rajan won his first 1A national title.

§ Venue

Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, 3000 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89109

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