The 2018 WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships kicked off with a bang in Orlando Florida! Opening Ceremonies featured flag bearers and country skits showcasing the world’s top stackers giving all a small taste of their homeland and country pride.

Competition was fierce with 382 stackers working their way through a preliminary round of competition and Finals for the team events. The Timed 3-6-3 Relay ended with Star Stacks Inc (Kian Lynch, Michael Vanner, Meredith Anderson, Kareef Ullah) taking first place with a time of 13.836 followed by Just Fast Not Furious (Nate Harrah, Trey Griffith, Tyler Hollis, Austin Naber, Spencer Lathe) with a 13.943 and then Team Soul Korea Blue ( Ye Jin Choi (예진 최), Da Young Kim (다영 김), Seo Hyun Lee, Sung Hyun Moon (성현 문), Seung Ji Ryu (승지 류) ) with a 14.225 . Doubles competition saw William Orrell & Trey Griffith take first place with a time of 6.373 (this time was video reviewed, as are all SOC qualifiers, and was found to be a scratch which pushed the 4th place team into SOC. See the Finals results for updated SOC doubles teams) followed by Yu-Ting Chang & Tzu-Yu Lee with a 6.494 and then Jae Ho Jung (재호 정) & Hyeon Jong Choi (현종 최) with a 6.695. Tomorrow's Stack Of Champions will see these top 3 teams get another attempt to better their times and see who comes out on top.

The day ended with 14 countries competing head to head in the International Challenge narrowing it down to the final four teams, Chinese Taipei, Korea, Germany and the USA. These four teams will return on Sunday to finish out their bracket and crown the world's top relay team!

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