r/bboy • • 8m ago

Discussion Need to know the battle order for Freestyle Session 7 (2002) can anyone help me?

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I'm trying to compile the battles from the footage available online.

Currently I have...

Quarters:

Battle Monkeys vs Havikoro
Ichigeki vs Style Elements

Rockforce / Rhythm Bugz vs Skill Methodz / Ground Zero
????

Semis:

Style Elements vs Havikoro

Skill Methodz / Ground Zero vs ???

Final:

Style Elements vs Skill Methodz / Ground Zero

Finding it very hard to fill in the blanks. Any help much appreciated.


r/bboy • • 18h ago

Feedbacks 38 yo. Getting a hip replacement. Would love to hear from other folks who got one too.

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Hi folks,

I dealt with an accident that I walked away from 6 years ago, but it’s been impacting little by little throughout the years. Soo I decided to take the plunge and it’s happening in 2 weeks.

I was curious if anyone else gotta full hip replacement, and if it’s truly made a better impact. Or did they stop dancing.

Bigger thing is, I’m most excited to get my mobility back and try to work harder and gain more control.
Anyways, yall still dancing?


r/bboy • • 21h ago

Training/Motivation My breaking session from 2 years ago in a studio in Bangalore, India

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r/bboy • • 21h ago

Discussion Would BC1 content be more 'viral' if they had a music license

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There have been endless debates and posts about BC1 not having music license for their live streamed events.

Having been to quite a lot of the finals in person. The music is so so so good in the last chance cyphers, bonnie and Clyde and all the events that are not streamed. Then we get to the finals and the music sucks. The DJs really do their best.

I've been loving watching the Dance your style battles online and I think one of the biggest elements these videos blowing up is it is music we all know and love. It plays such a big part to us appreciating how the dance has interrupted it and the feeling they create.

So - do you think BC1 battles will blow up online if the music was better.


r/bboy • • 1d ago

Training/Motivation Does anyone train on Inflatable mats?

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I seen a Bboy using an inflatable mat to train on and I want to buy one so I can train outside my apartment but I wanted some input from other bboys/bgirls on the pros and cons of using this kind of mat.

I’m 47 now but I love Bboying and body weight exercises (calisthenics). Also what size would you recommend 10x10 or 13x13? I feel like 8x8 is not that big. Appreciate the input 🙏🏽😎

This more towards training power moves and freezes. Cuz I crash a lot lol 😂


r/bboy • • 2d ago

Feedbacks Recommendations for breaking shoes?

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In an ideal world, I would probably break in socks or barefoot. It feels the most freeing and least awkward in terms of my natural movements. It doesn’t feel like there’s this artificial barrier tripping me up. But for various reasons (dirty floors, protecting and supporting my feet, getting used to shoes), I don’t want to overly rely on going barefoot/socks.

So I’m wondering what are considered the next best options? What kinds of shoes feel the most natural for my preferences?


r/bboy • • 3d ago

Discussion Favorite tracks plz.

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What’s your absolute favorite tracks or track to go off on? One with lyrics and one without.


r/bboy • • 5d ago

Training/Motivation Handstand to Airflare

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Although I had practiced Handstand to Airflare alot even before I had multiple Airflares, I was never quite able to do it as nicely as I did today, for the first time. I hope this will help with Airflare combos and just overall control over Airflares in the future! Whoever can do this well, any pointers are welcome 😁


r/bboy • • 5d ago

Feedbacks An honest question about windmills

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Hi guys,

I am a huge admirer of all the videos I see here posted and hope to one day be able to devote time to learning.

In the meantime, I am unfortunately quite busy (work 80h+/week) and so that leaves me little time to anything other than family, chores, etc.

I'd like to learn to windmill before next summer because I have a handful of weddings coming up and think that would be cool to do.

The way I am thinking about it is that I already do calisthenics (human flag, muscle ups, front lever, back lever, straddle planche) so I think I have the strength.

However, I don't know what I don't know, so I'm not sure what the holes in my plan of "just learn windmill standalone" are.

Any thoughts? Pls no bully. Thank you!


r/bboy • • 6d ago

Training/Motivation Need help on my windmill.

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I’ve been trying to restab my windmill so I can do continuous. What am I missing?!


r/bboy • • 6d ago

Discussion I used the Elo system from chess and 5,600+ battles to rank the best b-boys and b-girls in the world, heres what I found

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I feel like every few months someone posts here asking “who’s the best b-boy right now?”, so I decided to find out for sure using Math 😂

I scraped the internet for results from the major events (RBBC1, Olympics, WDSF, Undisputed, Outbreak, Silverback, Freestyle Session, BOTY, The World Battle, Taipei B-Boy City etc), and ran every 1v1 through the Elo system from chess.

The dataset

  • 219 events from 34 series
  • 5,684 rated 1v1 battles (5,623 with a winner, plus 61 draws)
  • About 1,400 dancers with a rating

How it works

If you don't care about the Math just skip to the results at the bottom of the post.

  1. Everyone starts at 1500 elo.
  2. Before a battle, the gap between two ratings predicts who is likely to win: a dancer with Elo RA facing a dancer with Elo RB has an expected score of 1 / (1 + 10(RB − RA) / 400). So, equal ratings is 50/50, 100-point gap is about 64%, 200 points is about 76% and 400 points is about 91%.
  3. After the battle, the winner takes points from the loser, depending on the gap between the two dancers' elo. The elo change is 32 × (result − expected score), where a win scores 1, a loss 0 and a draw 0.5. Beat someone at your elo gives +16, someone rated 200 higher gives +24, someone rated 200 lower gives +8
  4. Draws also count; in round robins, a battle can split evenly (say 1–1 in rounds). That scores as half a win for each side, so the lower-rated dancer still gains points. A draw against someone rated 200 higher is worth +8.
  5. Battles are replayed in chronological order for every single battle in my dataset.
  6. Only the win/loss counts. A 5–0 and a 3–2 count the same.
  7. A RBBC1 final is worth the same as a Top 16 battle anywhere else.
  8. B-boys and b-girls are ranked separately.

Limitations (before yall come after me)

  • The dataset is limited to major events I could find the results for. Some competitions only have results from Top 8 onwards so I couldn't record the earlier rounds
  • It favours breakers who did well in recent years. When doing this project I realised that info about competitions from >10 years ago is really hard to find :( So the dataset is skewed towards recent competitions.
  • It doesn't account for bad judging/robberies, if someone is robbed they still lose elo.
  • It says nothing about style or influence, it's just a record of results from all the data I could find. IMO it underrepresents older breakers like Hong10 or Lilou who I loved growing up.

NOW THAT ALL THE YAP IS DONE, HERE ARE THE RESULTS!!!

Top 15 b-boys

# B-Boy Country Elo
1 Shigekix 🇯🇵 2008
2 Phil Wizard 🇨🇦 1954
3 Victor 🇺🇸 1945
4 Hiro 10 🇯🇵 1925
5 Menno 🇳🇱 1923
6 Dany Dann 🇫🇷 1870
7 Issin 🇯🇵 1868
8 Jeffro 🇺🇸 1861
9 Lithe-ing 🇨🇳 1822
10 Wing 🇰🇷 1803
11 Hong 10 🇰🇷 1789
12 Monkey Z 🇨🇳 1747
13 Lee 🇳🇱 1741
14 Lil Zoo 🇲🇦 1735
15 Amir 🇰🇿 1734

Top 15 b-girls

# B-Girl Country Elo
1 Royal 🇨🇳 1976
2 Ami 🇯🇵 1971
3 Nicka 🇱🇹 1966
4 India 🇳🇱 1937
5 671 🇨🇳 1885
6 Ayumi 🇯🇵 1872
7 Syssy 🇫🇷 1837
8 Riko 🇯🇵 1798
9 Stefani 🇺🇦 1751
10 Kimie 🇫🇷 1750
11 Logistx 🇺🇸 1741
12 Sunny 🇺🇸 1719
13 Kate 🇺🇦 1701
14 Ayane 🇯🇵 1689
15 San Andrea 🇫🇷 1679

Things I found interesting

  • Hiro10's ranking really surprised me cos I’m used to people seeing him as just a powermover. IMO he's ranked so highly cos he's on an insane run this year.
  • The b-girl top 3 are separated by 10 points. Royal, Ami and Nicka are basically tied.
  • Japan is everywhere. Three of the top 7 b-boys and three of the top 8 b-girls.
  • Notable b-boys outside top 15: Issei (#17), Gravity (#19), Lagaet (#20), Quake (#22)

FULL RANKINGS HERE!


r/bboy • • 6d ago

Just chilling in the cypher

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r/bboy • • 6d ago

Feedbacks Trying windmill exercise transition. Why it's wrong.

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I am trying to learn a transition from a shoulder freeze to a head freeze to improve my windmill. I think I might be doing the hop incorrectly or that it is not in the right position.

What do you think ?


r/bboy • • 6d ago

Upcoming Events What are some b boys you wish would appear in the 2026 Red Bull bc one?

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Personally,one I really wish I could see is B-Boy Cis
He’s been in cypher finals in 2022,2023 and 2025 and lost every one of them.
The 2022 Belgium cypher against Mighty Jimm
The 2023 Holland cypher against Kid Colombia
The 2025 Belgium cypher Djibril
He’s mad underrated and I wish he won at least one.
Hope he enters the world final at least once in the future
He deserves more recognition.


r/bboy • • 6d ago

Feedbacks Windmill progress update

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Hi guys, I posted start of the year asking for advice on my 1st round of windmills. (Legs slamming the ground)
Managed to get multiples and just posting a progress update.

Realised there are levels to this after unlocking windmills. Cleaning up stabmill form, headmills, barrels etc

Currently still have couple issues like head lifting off and collapsing low on 2nd rep onwards.

Open to feedback


r/bboy • • 7d ago

Feedbacks Does anyone have any advice on which areas I should focus on for my flares?

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r/bboy • • 8d ago

Feedbacks Tips on windmill leg movement?

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I’m at this stage of my windmill, however when going for my second windmill, my legs aren’t doing the right thing. What should I aim for?


r/bboy • • 8d ago

Discussion Song name 0:44?

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Anybody know the song name during Ra1on's second round?


r/bboy • • 8d ago

Training/Motivation Mastery lives in repetition ❤️‍🔥👊

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#battlefusionclan

#nepalbreakingscene


r/bboy • • 8d ago

Feedbacks How to cricket hop

2 Upvotes

Hoping tip please push body and after is what?


r/bboy • • 9d ago

Training/Motivation Knee, hip and hamstring mobility

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I started three months ago, I am 27 as of now,

My body is starting to adapt to the new movements and rotations but I had really sore hamstrings and knees since last week, even tho I really didn't want to I had to take a break from breaking

, im almost back to normal so I'm aching to resume my training, what are some good recommended 'prehab' exercises I can incorporate so specifically my hamstrings and hip ( and lower back also I guess) become less rigid/more flexible


r/bboy • • 9d ago

Off-topic What shoes are slippery on top.

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I wear shoes with rubber toes and sides, and it keeps getting stuck during flows. What shoes do yall wear that are grippy on the bottom but slippery on top and sides.


r/bboy • • 9d ago

Discussion What happened to the speed?

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Watching videos from the past to now there is a huge difference in speed when going off. What the hell happened? Everyone is on the half time and not double time. People don’t freak lyrics that much and when something simple gets done people oh and ahh.


r/bboy • • 10d ago

Discussion Who's the bboy at 2:31 - 3:03?

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r/bboy • • 10d ago

Discussion 29M Trying to get back to bboy after 12 years.

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Hey guys im almost done with my 20s and just recently got back to bboying again. Not that experience but i use to practice footworks, toprock, some freezes like baby, and wanted to ask is it still possible for my age to get back on track.

Just want to ask if i can still get back to it as well as learning power moves again like swipe and windmill (i used to progress this but college had dismantle my small group and literally had nobody in college have interest in practicing breakin with me which is the reason i had to stop)

I just want this childhood memory of mine to be back with me as my way to relief stress as i feel like this is more something i love watching and trying before.

Thanks