It’s hard to believe we’re already two days into the World Barista Championship, with 55 competitors having gone on the stage here in Boston. Yesterday, we found out which 16 competitors progressed on to semi-finals, and today we found out the finalists. Full rankings from WBC Round One are now available below. Make sure to tune into the livestream of the finalist announcement at wcc.coffee/boston, and cheer along on social with the hashtags #WBCBoston and #BostonWCC.
(Scores for the top 15 who qualified into the semi-final round will be released at the end of the competition)
| 16 | Carlos Rene Guerra | HONDURAS | Cafe San Rafael | 422.5 |
| 17 | Nisan Agca | TURKEY | Independent | 420.5 |
| 18 | Melody Lu | TAIWAN | Independent | 418.0 |
| 19 | Sam Spillman | USA | Dillanos Coffee Roasters | 414.5 |
| 20 | Wojciech Tysler | IRELAND | Bewley’s | 413.0 |
| 21 | Wendelien Van Bunnik | THE NETHERLANDS | Single Estate Coffee Roasters | 412.0 |
| 22 | Daria Pinchuk | BELARUS | Single Step Coffee Co. | 408.5 |
| 23 | Zdeněk Hýbl | CZECH REPUBLIC | Onesip Coffee | 405.0 |
| 24 | Martha Grill | BRAZIL | Octavio Café | 404.5 |
| 25 | Joanni Largo Juan | COLOMBIA | Cafe De Colombia – Juan Valdez Cafe | 399.5 |
| 26 | Aaron Phua | MALAYSIA | Cafe Thirty Seconds | 398.0 |
| 27 | Stitsyn Pavlo | UKRAINE | Lion Coffee | 397.5 |
| 28 | Jānis Podiņš | LATVIA | The Coffee Collective | 390.5 |
| 29 | Šimon Janík | SLOVAKIA | Fefe Café | 388.5 |
| 30 | Kanda Thochampa | THAILAND | Independent | 387.5 |
| 31 | Marcos Gonzalez Hernandez | SPAIN | Delikia | 387.0 |
| 32 | Tomoko Yamamoto | JAPAN | Unir | 385.0 |
| 33 | Slawek Saran | POLAND | Forum | 385.0 |
| 34 | David Solano | GUATEMALA | 12 Onzas | 382.5 |
| 35 | Tom Balerin | FRANCE | Criteria Coffee | 382.5 |
| 36 | Goda Pangonytė | LITHUANIA | Italala Caffe | 380.5 |
| 37 | Adrian Berg | NORWAY | Dromedar | 372.0 |
| 38 | Lee Jiun Loong | SINGAPORE | 2degrees North Coffee | 368.5 |
| 39 | Kaisa Kokkonen | FINLAND | Kaffa Roastery | 368.5 |
| 40 | Zhu, Jingui | CHINA | Uncle G Coffee | 367.5 |
| 41 | Delia Avram | ROMANIA | Meron Roastery | 367.0 |
| 42 | Jonatan Mendoza | EL SALVADOR | Bourbon Coffee Roasters | 355.5 |
| 43 | Viktor Örn Ellingsson | ICELAND | Kaffitár | 355.0 |
| 44 | Juan Camilo Giraldo | CHILE | Tallercafé | 354.0 |
| 45 | Hillary Mugasitsi | KENYA | The Lord Erroll Gourmet Restaurant | 353.5 |
| 46 | Joci Deak | HUNGARY | Mozata | 352.5 |
| 47 | Paul Ross | UNITED KINGDOM | Kiss The Hippo | 347.5 |
| 48 | César Bermejo | PANAMA | Brew Coffee Company | 343.0 |
| 49 | Harry Mole | SOUTH AFRICA | Tribeca Coffee Company | 334.0 |
| 50 | Jonas Gehl | DENMARK | Prolog Coffee | 317.0 |
| 51 | Anibal Kovalef | PERU | Origin Coffee Lab & The Coffee Road | 309.0 |
| 52 | Maryam Abdullayeva | AZERBAIJAN | Coffee Bar | 272.0 |
| 53 | Jonathan Ramirez | ECUADOR | Verena Kaffee Labor | 248.0 |
| 54 | Brian Mubanga | ZAMBIA | Munali Cafe Livingstone Zambia | 202.5 |
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The 2019 World Barista Championship is brought to you with the help of many sponsors, including Diamond Sponsor Pacific Foods, Qualified Espresso Machine Sponsor Victoria Arduino, Qualified Grinder Sponsor Mahlkönig, and Qualified Cleaning Products Sponsor Urnex.
