WORLD CHAMPIONS IN SOLVING
| YEAR | TEAM | INDIVIDUAL |
| 1977 | Finland | |
| 1978 | Finland | |
| 1979 | Germany | |
| 1980 | Israel | |
| 1981 | Finland | |
| 1982 | Yugoslavia | |
| 1983 | Finland | Roland Baier (Switzerland) |
| 1984 | Finland | Kari Valtonen (Finland) |
| 1985 | Finland | Ofer Comay (Israel) |
| 1986 | Great Britain | Pauli Perkonoja (Finland) |
| 1987 | Germany | Michel Caillaud (France) |
| 1988 | Germany | Michael Pfannkuche (Germany) |
| 1989 | USSR | Georgy Evseev (USSR) |
| 1990 | Great Britain, USSR | Georgy Evseev (USSR) |
| 1991 | USSR | Georgy Evseev (USSR) |
| 1992 | Russian Fed. | Pauli Perkonoja (Finland) |
| 1993 | Germany | Michael Pfannkuche (Germany) |
| 1994 | Germany | Arno Zude (Germany) |
| 1995 | Finland | Pauli Perkonoja (Finland) |
| 1996 | Israel | Noam Elkies (Israel) |
| 1997 | Israel | Jonathan Mestel (Great Britain) |
| 1998 | Israel | Georgy Evseev (Russia) |
| 1999 | Russian Fed. | Ofer Comay (Israel) |
| 2000 | Germany | Michel Caillaud (France) |
| 2001 | Israel | Jorma Paavilainen (Finland) |
| 2002 | Germany | Piotr Murdzia (Poland) |
| 2003 | Russia | Andrey Selivanov (Russia) |
| 2004 | Israel | John Nunn (Great Britain) |