Top 10 Finalists will advance to perform a 2 minute Scratch routine in the 2023 Technics DMC World Portablist Finals. Watch with us on Saturday, June 3rd at 2pm EST at https://www.youtube.com/@DMCworldchamps
Thanks to judges: Qbert, Enfoe, Toadstyle and Symatic for taking the time to carefully deliberate the skills of 80+ Portablists! Judges were only asked for their top 10 (which is why everyone is not scored from 1st to 84th.)
Check out everyone who competed here
Official Top 10 Finalists
1st: DJ A.K.A. (Turkey/Azerbaijan): 10 + 7 + 2 + 9 = 28 points
2nd: DamDanny (Philippines): 1 + 10 + 10 = 21 points
3rd: C-Hell (Russia): 8 + 4 + 3 + 6 = 21 points
4th: DJ Kaito (Japan): 5 + 5 + 8 = 18 points
5th: Felix the Cut (UK): 6 + 9 + 1 = 16 points
6th: DJ Samu (Japan): 8 + 7 = 15 points
7th: DJ Vazee (Poland): 3 + 6 + 5 = 14
8th: YulDJ (Spain): 10 points
9th: Kodac Visualz (USA): 9 + 1 = 10 points
10th: PrimoKTZ (USA): 9 points
Top 20 Results
11th DJ Straps (USA) 8 points
12: DJ Nelson X (Germany) 7 + 1 = 8 points
13th: Oct-Finger (Japan) 7 points
14th: DJ Likwit (Belgium) 3 + 2 + 2 = 7 points
15th: Mr. Mischief (Germany) 6 points
16th: Duke RX (France) 5 points
17th tie: DJ Perly (USA) 4 points
17th tie: DJ Simonczech (Czech Republic) 4 points
17th tie: Ambideckstriks (USA) 4 points
18th: DJ Haruto (Japan) 3 points
19th: DJ Paisan (Italy) 2 points
Official Judges
Notes & Scores
DJ Qbert: Invisibl Skratch Piklz / 2x DMC World Champion - USA
1st - DJ A.K.A. (Turkey/Azerbaijan): 10 points
"So smooth but swift!"
2nd - PrimoKTZ: 9 points
"Wax control at the start is insane! Just an awesome skratch musician straight up!"
3rd - C-Hell (Russia): 8 points
"Needle Ninja with the flows!"
4th - Nelson X (Germany): 7 points
"Unexpected Assasin!"
5th - Mr. Mischief (Germany): 6 points
"What a monster! Bad ass combo killer!"
6th - Duke Rx (France): 5 points
"One of my favorites out the box!"
7th - Perly (USA): 4 points
"Swing is so gangsta! New patterns, and rhythms at :49 are like whuuut?!"
8th - Likwit (Belgium): 3 points
"Smoothness, love it!"
9th - DJ Paisan (Italy): 2 points
"Speaking w hands! Nice rhythms."
10th - DamDanny (Philippines): 1 point
"So Amazing! Born to skratch!"
Honorable mentions from DJ Qbert:
Dj P.A.D. Love that pattern at :27
3DO with that grand finale!
Hypnotize w that end combo!
Kodak Visuals Expert Skratcher!
Dj Vazee Control is great!
Dj Gilateen Woo! Very nice! Great rhythms
Dj Sadu High level
Dj Samu Way up there!
Ben Tibbs with the combos!
Dj Buck# Mean Rhythms
Toadstyle: @iamthetoadstyle - USA
1st - YulDJ (Spain): 10 points
2nd - Felix Da Cut (UK): 9 points
3rd - DJ Straps (USA): 8 points
4th - Oct Finger (Japan): 7 points
5th - DJ Vazee (Poland): 6 points
6th - DJ Kaito (Japan): 5 points
7th - Ambideckstriks (USA): 4 points
8th - C-Hell (Russia): 3 points
9th - DJ A.K.A. (Turkey/Azerbaijan): 2 points
10th - Kodac Visualz (USA): 1 point
Enfoe: Vestax World Scratch Champion - USA
1st - DamDanny (Philippines): 10 points
2nd - DJ A.K.A. (Turkey/Azerbaijan): 9 points
3rd - DJ Kaito (Japan): 8 points
4th - DJ Samu (Japan): 7 points
5th - C-Hell (Russia): 6 points
6th - DJ Vazee (Poland): 5 points
7th - 7th - DJ Simonczech (Czech Republic): 4 points
8th - DJ Haruto (Japan): 3 points
9th - DJ Likwit (Belgium): 2 points
10th - Felix the Cut (UK): 1 point
Symatic (Cut & Paste Records / Skratchlords)
IDA UK/Ireland Skratch Champion
1st - DamDanny (Philippines): 10 points
2nd - Kodac Visualz (USA): 9 points
3rd - DJ Samu (Japan): 8 points
4th - DJ A.K.A. (Turkey/Azerbaijan): 7 points
5th - Felix The Cut (UK): 6 points
6th - DJ Kaito (Japan): 5 points
7th - C-Hell (Russia): 4 points
8th - DJ Vazee (Poland): 3 points
9th - Likwit (Belgium): 2 points
10th - Nelson X (Germany): 1 point
"Tough trying to chip it all down, I had to keep going back and comparing and sometimes it came down to whether or not someone made a proper ending to their set or not.. stuff like that. I focused on Variation, Flow, Originality, Technique. Sometimes things as simple as using different samples could help edge it between 2 vids I had next to each other. Perly/Nelson X was hard to choose, but in the end Nelson kept it a bit tighter and cleaner."