Live extraction data brought audiences closer to the action at the World Barista Championship 2026 in Panama City, revealing the brewing details behind world-class performances.
BibeCoffee captured extraction time, water volume, flow rate and brew temperature during the semi-final and final, sharing real-time insights on the competition screens and livestream.
Our “WBC 2026 in Numbers” report below brings together 132 extractions from these two rounds. The visualisations explore the patterns across competitors and trace the six finalists’ brewing parameters from semi-final to final—revealing what changed and what remained consistent as they competed for the title.
One striking finding: all six finalists maintained exactly the same brew temperature between the two rounds, even as other extraction parameters shifted.
Sharing these insights is part of BibeCoffee’s commitment to the coffee community: making brewing performance easier to explore and understand. The same technology that captures these moments on the world stage helps coffee teams monitor performance and manage consistency across their machines every day.
