B-boying or Breaking, also called Breakdancing, is a style of street dance that originated among African-American and Puerto Rican youths in New York City during the early 1970s. The dance spread worldwide due to popularity in the media, especially in regions such as South Korea, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and Japan. Now, b-boying has gained much popularity around the world with countless competitions crowning the best bboy crews and solo bboys. Many consider Battle of the Year, The Notorious IBE, UK B-Boy ChampionshipsB-Boy Championships Retrieved August 18, 2013 and R-16 Korea to be the 4 major international bboy competitions which determine the best bboy crew in the world. Along with crew battles, solo, or 1 on 1 battles, have also gained much popularity around the world. UK B-Boy Championships, Battle of the Year and R-16 Korea are also well known for their 1 on 1 b-boy championships. However, Red Bull BC One is argued to be the most coveted competition to crown the best solo b-boy due to their audience and popularity worldwide.
International Solo B-boy Champions list In 2014 the most renowned international solo Breaking competitions joined together in the creation of the Undisputed World BBoy Series and a masters event called Undisputed Masters to determine the supreme individual Breaking champion. The events included in the Undipsuted World B-Boy Series are UK B-Boy Championships, Battle of the Year, R-16 Korea, Notorious IBE, Silverback Open Championships, Freestyle Session, Chelles Battle Pro, Outbreak Europe, Taipei BBoy City, Green Panda Festival and Legits Blast Winter. Former events for Undisputed include Red Bull BC One. Year Red Bull BC One UK BBoy Champs Battle of the Year R16 IBE Battle Pro Outbreak Freestyle Session Silverback Unbreakable2 Taipei Bboy City Legits Blast Winter Green Panda Nordic Qualifier Undisputed 2019 Menno Kid Karam Zeku Shade Phil Wizard Lil G Victor not held not held Zoopreme Illz Victor Alkolil Grom Zoopreme 2018 Lil Zoo not held Dany not held Phil Wizard Issei Cheerito not held Victor Stripes Onel Greku Lil G Phil Wizard 2017 Menno Sunni Onel not held Kuzya Lussy Sky Victor Thesis Issei Kill Veronot held Thesis Victor 2016 Issei Sunni Bruce Almighty Issei Victor Soso Kuzya El Niño Thesis Kuzya Isseinot heldnot held Thesis 2015 Victor not held Menno Menno Sunni Mounir El Niño Victor Victor Sunninot heldnot heldnot held Victor 2014 Menno Lilou Alkolil Issei Tonio Menno Kleju El Niño Thesis 1 Bruce Almightynot heldnot heldnot held Lilou 2013 Hong10 Menno Menno Issei Issei Menno 2012 Mounir Kareem Niek Issei Killa Sebi Menno 2011 Roxrite Morris Niek Taisuke Niek Neguin 2010 Neguin Flying Buddha Thesis Niek Hill Thesis 2009 Lilou Morris Lilou Roxrite 2008 Wing Kosto Wilson 2007 Ronnie Menno 2006 Hong10 Mouse 2005 Lilou Roxrite Menno 2004 Omar Physicx Abd-L 2003 Ruen Airdit 2002 Super G 2001 Sonic 2000 1999 Tim Twist 1998 Evo 1997 Evo 1996 Evo
Success by country Note: The following table only takes into consideration Red Bull BC One, Battle of the Year, UK B-Boy Championships and R-16 Korea as well as other Undisputed events. Country RBBC1 UK B-Boy BOTY R-16 Other Undisputed events Total Championships 4 5 2 1 13 25 3 1 1 6 2 13 3 2 4 1 1 11 2 0 0 6 3 11 0 8 0 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 3 7 0 2 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Undisputed
The World B-Boy Series is the world's first B-Boying competition connecting eight different events around the world. Since 2014, the 8 solo B-Boy champions of these international events will meet in a new masters event called Undisputed and battle to establish who is the supreme champion, who is "Undisputed".Undisputed Official Website Retrieved February 20, 2014
Undisputed Champions list Year Masters event Location Name Crew City 2019 Undisputed VMarrakesh, Morocco Phil Wizard Wizards/United Rivals/7 Commandoz Vancouver 2018 Undisputed IVSan Diego, United States Victor MF Kidz/Squadron Kissimmee 2017 Undisputed IIIPrague, Czech Republic Thesis Knuckleheads Cali Phoenix 2015 Undisputed IIMarseille, France Victor MF Kidz/Squadron Kissimmee 2014 Undisputed ILondon, United Kingdom Lilou Pockemon Lyon
World BBoy Series 2015 Events participating in the 2015 World BBoy Series. Freestyle Session / Pro Breaking Tour, United States Battle of the Year, Braunschweig, Germany R-16 Korea, South Korea Silverback Open Championships / Pro Breaking Tour, Philadelphia, United States The Notorious IBE, Netherlands Outbreak Europe, Slovakia Chelles Battle Pro, Chelles, France Red Bull BC One World Finals, Rome, Italy
To qualify to Undisputed, b-boys had to win 1 of the 8 World B-Boy Series events. In the event that one b-boy won multiple championships, the next highest ranked b-boy would qualify. Victor Silverback Open Championships, Freestyle Session and Red Bull BC One winner Menno R-16 Korea and Battle of the Year winner Mounir Chelles Battle Pro winner Kleju qualified as third highest rank among non-winners Alkolil replaced Issei as fourth highest rank among non-winners Fleau replaced El Niño as fifth highest rank among non-winners Thomaz replaced Kareem as sixth highest rank among non-winners Kid Colombia replaced Sunni Issei () had originally qualified as highest rank among non-winners but was unavailable for competition. El Niño () and Kareem () had both qualified to Undisputed by winning Outbreak Europe and being second highest rank among non-winners respectively. However, both got injured prior to the competition. Sunni (), the Notorious IBE winner, was also ruled out due to an injury.
World BBoy Series 2014 Events participating in the 2014 World BBoy Series. The UK B-Boy Championships, UK Freestyle Session / Pro Breaking Tour, United States Battle of the Year, Germany R-16 Korea, South Korea The Notorious IBE, The Netherlands Outbreak Europe, Slovakia Chelles Battle Pro, France Red Bull BC One World Finals, France
Bboys who competed for Undisputed Menno Chelles Battle Pro and RedBull BC One winner Issei R16 Korea winner Kleju Outbreak Europe winner Alkolil Battle of the Year winner Lilou UK Championships winner El Niño Freestyle Session winner Gravity qualified as highest rank among non-winners Spin replaced Tonio as second highest rank among non-winners
Tonio () had originally qualified to Undisputed by winning The Notorious IBE earlier in the year. However, due to visa complications, Tonio had to withdraw from the competition. As a result, Spin will be replacing Tonio for being the second ranked among non-winners.
References
External links R-16 Official site UK B-Boy Championships Official site BOTY Official site Undisputed World Bboy Series Official site