The 2026 Domino‘s World’s Fastest Pizza Maker competition wrapped up at Mandalay Bay on May 13, and Richard Delcid — a general manager out of Manassas, Virginia — took the title with a time of 31.22 seconds for three large pizzas. That is a world record. The competition has been running since 1982, brings finalists in from Domino's stores globally, and judges on quality as well as speed: dough stretch, sauce coverage, topping portioning, and placement all get graded. Going fast while slapping together a garbage pizza does not win this thing.
Delcid has been with Domino's since 2012, started as a part-time door hanger, and this was his third time in the competition and second time as a finalist. The $5,000 prize, trophy, and championship belt were presented by CEO Russell Weiner on the floor at Mandalay Bay. It is a legitimately strange and specific thing to watch — skilled tradespeople competing at speed under professional judging criteria — and the fact that it has been running for 44 years says something about how seriously the company takes it internally.
