Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 30, 2025. Click here for that audio. In the early 2000s, thousands of U.S. schools had their students race the clock to stack cups in gym class.

RIVERTON, Utah - Hundreds of elementary school kids joined thousands around the world in an attempt to break a world record. Rosamond Elementary students are taking part in the World Speed Stacker ...

Stacking cups may sound like a chore after washing the dishes. Actually, stacking cups - or speed stacking - is an activity that has some Wright City Elementary School students excited about summer ...

Here’s a fun activity to bring multigenerational family members together. Children, parents, and grandparents can all practice their teamwork skills. Just like Donkey Hodie and her Grampy, families ...

Everyone’s paying attention to the Winter Olympics halfway around the world in Sochi, Russia. Closer to home, there’s growing interest in a slightly different "sport" -- this one using a small, ...

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To call cup stacking popular is a major understatement. "I could not believe the impact it had on students," said physical education teacher John Dunlop. "Seriously, I was floored." "It changed my ...

Can you imagine spending an afternoon stacking and unstacking a bunch of plastic cups? If that doesn't sound like fun, then you probably haven't tried sport stacking. This emerging sport may sound ...

Yung-Deng Lin can stack a group of cups in about 1.6 seconds, an impressive time for a 7-year-old. To give an idea of how fast the child can stack cups, the World Sport Stacking Association overall ...

Away from competition, Luke Myers seems like a typical 14-year-old. But put some stacking cups in front of him and prepare to be astonished. The Eden Prairie teenager is among the world’s best at a ...

William Orrell is ranked as the top performer in the world in fast-cup stacking by the World Sport Stacking Association. Now, Orrell recently defeated the speed stacking world record, that was held by ...