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, UK B-Boy Championships and R-16 Korea to be the 3 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.
Note: The following table only takes into consideration Battle of the Year, UK B-Boy Championships and R-16 Korea
Since 2014, eight solo international B-Boy competitions joined together in the creation of the World BBoy Series and a new masters event called Undisputed to determine the supreme individual B-boy world champion. The World B-Boy Series is the world's first B-Boying competition connecting eight different events around the world. They include Red Bull BC One, UK B-Boy Championships, Battle of the Year, R-16 Korea, Notorious IBE, Silverback Open Championships, Freestyle Session, Chelles Battle Pro and Outbreak Europe. In 2015, UK B-boy Championships was not held and Silverback Open Championships was added to the World Bboy Series. Freestyle Session and Silverback Open Championship are also part of Pro Breaking Tour's Championship Series established by the Urban Dance & Educational Foundation.