Worlds 2026: Everything From Men's Qualification + Your Guide to Every Final

Men's qualification at the World Championships in Rotterdam is done, and it has set up what could be the best team final we've had in years. Here are the firsts, the heartbreaks, and what to watch for in every final. Every score below is from the official results, and you can go through all of them on our Worlds qualification boards.

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THE FIRSTS

Colombia are in a team final for the first time in history. They've often not had the numbers for a full team score, but after Angel Barajas's Olympics in 2024 and the clips of their juniors that kept going around, a lot of us were waiting for it to come together. Camilo Vera was a double junior world champion in 2025. Now, at his first senior Worlds, he and that junior group have helped Angel make history: eighth on 242.727, ahead of Italy by 0.232. Colombia have already won these championships in their own way, so in the team final, just enjoy them having fun.

Biggest celebration of the day: David Rumbutis on parallel bars. The routine of his life, a 9.000 E and a stick for 14.500. He's the first Swede ever to make a parallel bars final, and he got the last spot.

THE HEARTBREAKS

The saddest moment for me was Fusuke Maeda coming off high bar on his connected Def, by his fingertips. His routine is planned at 6.9, the highest D score on any apparatus here, and for many people it's the best thing to watch at these championships. Missing the Def cost him six tenths of D on top of the fall, and he finished on 13.566. If he'd stayed on, he'd have had at least a 15.2 and would have been well clear on top of high bar qualifying.

Tang Chia-Hung is in the high bar final with a safer set, but I was just as excited for his all-around. He was a top all-rounder at Tokyo 2021, this was his first major all-around since, and he's first reserve after a fall on floor (12.033) and big mistakes on parallel bars (11.200).

Carlos Yulo came in saying he wanted all-around gold, not to be "just the floor and vault guy". He's in both of those finals, but an 11.166 on pommels and a 10.766 on high bar left him 34th on 77.631, 1.367 short of the final.

The scariest one: Arthur Mariano hit his head on the bar on a Def and was bleeding badly. He tried to get up and went down again. He did come out to floor later with his head bandaged, but went down as a DNS.

THE TEAM FINAL

The team final is 3 up, 3 count: three gymnasts on each apparatus and every score counts, so there's nowhere to hide a fall.

Japan lead on 254.529, and they're the only team that really had a good day. Shinnosuke Oka scored 85.098, Daiki Hashimoto 84.632 and Shohei Kawakami 83.699, all three in the top five all-around, with 14s from Ryosuke Doi on floor and vault. If they do that again, they'll probably win. High bar is the open question: Oka and Kawakami got mid 14s, but Hashimoto and Maeda both fell. It would be nice to see Maeda hit one at these Worlds.

The next four teams could all finish second, which is what makes this final so good.

Great Britain are 3.069 back on 251.460. Jake Jarman (83.698) and Joe Fraser (83.065) both went 83 in the all-around, and GBR actually beat Japan on the first four apparatus. Parallel bars and high bar are where it goes wrong: you need 14s to win, and GBR's scores there went from 12.866 to 14.466. High bar alone costs them 2.668 of the 3.069.

Courtney Tulloch was huge, with 14.500 on rings and 14.033 on parallel bars. Harry Hepworth could have had a better day with his floor and rings landings, and his piked Dragulescu was downgraded, just like Carlos's (more on that under vault). Reuben Ward can go higher than 14.466 on pommels and 12.866 on high bar.

Counting D scores were down from what we expected for every top team. That's mostly Maeda's high bar not counting, Harry's vault downgrade and a rough day for the USA. Russia and China should be up around 98.5 too.

Russia are third on 249.162, 2.298 behind GBR. Arsenii Dukhno did his job, 83.866 with a 14.700 on floor, and a pommels fall is all that kept him from counting a 14. Daniel Marinov didn't have his best day: 12.233 on floor, then 13s everywhere. That's good for most people, but not for what Daniel can do, and a normal day from him is worth three or four marks to this team. Ilia Zaika did his part with a 14.533 on rings.

China are 1.669 behind Russia on 247.493, in a rebuilding year without Zhang Boheng, who's out injured and would be good for an 86. Yang Haonan saved them with 83.464. Zhang's replacement Lan Xingyu got his 14.733 on rings, and his vault and bars counted too, because Tian Hao had a really rough day: 12.133 pommels, 7.766 rings, 11.066 vault and 12.633 bars, for a 71.098. Zou Jingyuan did what he does best with 15.466 on parallel bars, and added a counting 14.066 on pommels and a decent rings. This team has a lot to gain, and I think they'll show it in the final.

The USA are fifth on 245.961, 5.499 behind GBR and 8.568 behind Japan. What went well: Fred Richard scored 82.098 despite a sit-down on a Tippelt on parallel bars, and Patrick Hoopes hit his high 14 on pommels (14.666). The other three had big errors.

Shane Wiskus started really well, with a stuck vault and 14.466 on parallel bars, but his last three let him down: 11.800 on floor, a counting 12.000 on pommels and 12.100 on rings. On the right day he's an all-around medal contender. The team final is the only one he made, and if he shows up there, that's aura regained.

Danila Leykin goes through to the all-around final on 78.998, after a fall on a pirouette after his Honma on parallel bars and an 11.666 on pommels, where he missed a skill, looked a little lost and came off. I love a Danny pommel set, so I'm hoping he pulls it together for both finals.

Most teams have two great all-rounders and three supporting roles. Japan have three incredible all-rounders plus Doi, and Maeda with 15.5 potential on high bar. The USA are built similarly, but their all-rounders didn't hit. It's Japan's title to lose.

Switzerland (244.430) are also in, along with the Netherlands (242.995), who are in a team final for only the second time. They had an incredible day in front of a home crowd, so expect it to be loud.

ALL-AROUND FINAL

This is a very strong field. Last year a 75 got you into the all-around final; this year 61 men scored more than that.

With Zhang out, gold looks like Oka vs Hashimoto, and at least eight men could take bronze. Oka leads on 85.098, which would already be a respectable winning score, and he's also in the rings, parallel bars and high bar finals. Hashimoto (84.632) has more difficulty, so he has more room to climb. His high bar fall alone cost him about a mark, and he's also in the pommels final, the most ridiculous specialist pommels final we've ever had.

For bronze, I've worked out where each contender lands without their mistakes:

Kawakami is out despite 83.699, because only two per country go through. On the right day he could win this, which makes it a gutting rule to see. And remember: last year Noe Seifert came in with clean routines, made no mistakes and took bronze. Anything can happen. The full qualification order is on the all-around board.

FLOOR

Everyone we need is in it. Harry Hepworth misses out in 11th after too many landing errors. Fred Richard had the routine of his life but did two stag leaps and took a 0.3 neutral deduction. Kameron Nelson had bad landings on his triple pike and his dismount, and with how his routine is built, that's always a risk. Noam Berkovich had a massive routine with a triple back. Every finalist had at least 5.7 D. Floor qualification.

POMMEL HORSE

Hashimoto is the only non-specialist left, and this might be the last pommels final with one in it. Roughly the top 15 were all specialists and they all hit, so the standard to get in was insane. Rhys McClenaghan was 10th, a great showing from him. The top five are really the top five on pommels right now, and the final will be incredibly close. Pommels qualification.

RINGS

Not the most competitive final. Lan Xingyu has three tenths more D than anyone else in the final (6.0) and will probably win. I hope Zaika does his new named skill in the final. Oka is flying the flag for the all-rounders, and Eleftherios Petrounias only just made it in eighth. Rings qualification.

VAULT

This is the interesting one. After how things were scored in qualification, we could see different vault choices in the final. Jarman tops it, winning the tiebreak with Artur Davtyan on 14.633, and his 5.6 first vault is a safe one.

Both Carlos and Harry had their piked Dragulescus credited as tucked (5.2 D). I disagree, especially with Carlos's, and the call came from Fujitsu's AI judging system. You can see Carlos's legs only tuck as he prepares to land. I think that should be an execution deduction, not a downgrade, because it's clearly a different level from a real tucked Dragulescu. Let's see what Harry and Carlos do in the final. Harry could also bring out his handspring triple twist. Vault qualification.

PARALLEL BARS

Zou Jingyuan scored 15.466, more than half a point clear, and will very likely win. Kawakami misses this one too, with a 14.800, behind two other Japanese gymnasts. I'm excited to see the Russian boys' double back full dismounts. Parallel bars qualification.

HIGH BAR

This will be exciting. Maeda, Hashimoto, Leykin and Richard are all missing. Not all of them hit, but there are simply too many great high bar workers for eight spots. I expect Tang Chia-Hung to upgrade by five tenths and Angel Barajas by a couple. Camilo Vera is harder to read. He can do Suarez and Liukin releases, but in qualification he just did a straddle Tkatchev out of his Tkatchev half, so I'm sure he'll pull something else out.

Shoutout to Jesse Moore, who I haven't talked about enough this Worlds. He's one of the best all-rounders in the world but didn't do the all-around here because of injuries, so I'm glad he made a final, especially one this stacked. Watch for his triple connection. High bar qualification.

WATCH EVERY FINAL

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