The Mideast Regional Contest (MER) in the United States is one of the nine regional contests in the US, and covers the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The contest first started in 2002 and was held in Cleveland Ohio and organized by Steve Brown. Then in 2005, Takeshi Kamisato hosted it in Indianapolis Indiana on the following weekend after the World Yo-Yo Contest with some international attendees staying in the country to attend that year. In 2006 the contest returned to Cleveland ran by Steve Brown for what he claims was his last time. From 2007 to 2016, Jake Maloney would run the contest starting outside at the Kellogg Park Bandshell in 2007/8, then secured the Plymouth Michigan Cultural Center the following years. Yoyotricks.com assisted Jake Maloney in running the contest in 2016 in Plymouth, then ran it solo July 8th 2017 in Indianapolis's Indiana Convention Center as a part of the comic and pop culture event, Indy PopCon. Contest repeated at PopCon in 2018.
No one hosted the event in 2019. The 2020, 2021 and 2022 contests were cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Current Champions (2018)[]
- 1A: Michael Stecz
- 2A: Yu Tsumura
- 3A: no entry
- 4A: Philip White
- 5A: Jared Marcus
Past Champions[]
2017[]
- 1A: Chandler Steele
- 2A: Yu Tsumura
- 3A: Colin Beckford
- 4A: Philip White
- 5A: Jared Marcus
2016[]
- 1A: Michael Stecz
- 2A: Dennis Shatter
- 3A: Evan Nagao
- 4A: Philip White
- 5A: John Wolfe
2015[]
- 1A: Colin Beckford
- 2A: no entry
- 3A: Colin Beckford
- 4A: Mike Durdak
- 5A: Bryan Jardin
- Amatuer 1A: Gabriel Arcega
2014[]
- 1A: Michael Stecz
- 2A: Connor Scholten
- 3A: Eric Tran-Ton
- 4A: Connor Scholten
- 5A: Jake Elliott
2013[]
- 1A: Tylor McCallumore
- 2A: Yu Tsumura
- 3A: Eric Tranton
- 4A: Ben Conde
- 5A: Chase Baxter
2012[]
- 1A: Eric Tranton
- 2A: Connor Scholten
- 3A: Eric Tranton
- 4A: Connor Scholten
- 5A: Connor Ebbinghouse
2011[]
- 1A: Chris Fraser
- 2A: Connor Scholten
- 3A: Hank Freeman
- 4A: Connor Scholten
- 5A: Connor Scholten
2010 []
- 1A: Chris Fraser
- 2A: Connor Scholten
- 3A: Connor Scholten
- 4A: Connor Scholten
- 5A: Connor Scholten
2009 []
- 1A: Chris Fraser
- 2A: Rob Kitts
- 3A: Connor Scholten
- 4A: Connor Scholten
- 5A: Connor Scholten
2008[]
- 1A: Chris Fraser
- Open(Y): Connor Scholten (2A)
2007[]
- 1A: Chris Fraser
- Open(Y): Connor Scholten (2A)
2006[]
- 1A: Peter Stevens
- Open(Y): Tyler Severance (5A)
2005[]
- 1A: Jake Maloney
- Open(Y): Rob Kitts (2A)
2004[]
- 1A: Rob Kitts
- Open(Y): Dennis Shatter (5A & 2A)