Cheryl JSport or Speed Stacking
October 18th 2006 06:45
Sport stacking, also known as speed stacking or cup stacking is an individual and team activity played using plastic cups. It originated in the early 1980's in southern California.
Participants of sport stacking stack and unstack cups in pre-determined sequences, competing against the clock or another player. Sequences are usually pyramids of three, six or ten upside-down cups.
Tournaments are governed by the World Sport Stacking Association. In 2004, the Association changed the activity's name from cup stacking to sport stacking to give it "immediate identification as a competitive sport."
Sport Stacking can be done with specially designed cups only, because otherwise the cups would stick together. Made of durable plastic, they have holes in the bottom to allow air to pass through quickly when stacking the cups together and are designed so they can be quickly separated from each other when stacked.
There are different types of stacks that are performed in competition, the most complicated and popular is called the Cycle Stack. It entails a sequence which includes, in order: a 3-6-3 stack, a 6-6 stack, and a 1-10-1 stack, finishing in a down stacked 3-6-3. The world record for the fastest cycle stack is 7.43 seconds, completed by Emily Fox.
When people are performing sport stacking it looks like the vision has been sped up. The clip below shows some footage from the 2004 world speed stacking championships, it also features Emily Fox and I promise you it is in real time!
This next clip is Chris Hardwick. He can do it in 10.23 seconds.
This guy does it in 9.05 seconds.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Sport stacking.
Participants of sport stacking stack and unstack cups in pre-determined sequences, competing against the clock or another player. Sequences are usually pyramids of three, six or ten upside-down cups.
Tournaments are governed by the World Sport Stacking Association. In 2004, the Association changed the activity's name from cup stacking to sport stacking to give it "immediate identification as a competitive sport."
Sport Stacking can be done with specially designed cups only, because otherwise the cups would stick together. Made of durable plastic, they have holes in the bottom to allow air to pass through quickly when stacking the cups together and are designed so they can be quickly separated from each other when stacked.
There are different types of stacks that are performed in competition, the most complicated and popular is called the Cycle Stack. It entails a sequence which includes, in order: a 3-6-3 stack, a 6-6 stack, and a 1-10-1 stack, finishing in a down stacked 3-6-3. The world record for the fastest cycle stack is 7.43 seconds, completed by Emily Fox.
When people are performing sport stacking it looks like the vision has been sped up. The clip below shows some footage from the 2004 world speed stacking championships, it also features Emily Fox and I promise you it is in real time!
This next clip is Chris Hardwick. He can do it in 10.23 seconds.
This guy does it in 9.05 seconds.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Sport stacking.
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