Most wins of the World Championship of Magic Grand Prix

The most wins of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM) World Championship of Magic Grand Prix is three, by Fred Kaps, aka Abraham Pieter Adrianus Bongers (Netherlands), who took home the trophy in 1950 (Barcelona), 1955 (Amsterdam) and 1961 (Liège).

The FISM was founded in 1948 and is an alliance of magic societies encompassing 70,000 magicians from some 49 countries. The FISM's World Championship of Magic is held every three years and is the world's premier magic competition.

Kaps was most famous for the "Kaps Dancing & Floating Cork" routine, in which a cork would levitate in front of him; a ring would then be passed around it at various angles. He also achieved fame for his long-pouring salt trick, and his ability to change the colours of silk handkerchiefs.

Kaps won his first FISM Grand Prix, in Barcelona, Spain, for a routine that included the continual production of canes as if from thin air; he was also awarded a special prize for "most polished trick" at the event's closing ceremony. His second winning act, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, involved the copious pouring of salt from a cellar, and the conjuring of a full-sized rabbit from the tip of his cane. And his third, in Liège in Belgium, was awarded for producing an endless supply of banknotes and candles.