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.

BELMONT, MI -- For students at Chandler Woods Charter Academy attempting to break a Guinness World Record, the goal was to stack a lot of cups. About 50 middle school students joined people across the ...

FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- To most people, a plastic cup is just a vessel from which to drink, but for Robert Weatherington, plastic cups mean competition. The 17-year-old from Fairfield is part of the U.S.

Most sports are actually absurd. Golf involves hitting a tiny ball into a hole hundreds of yards away. Soccer is based on the idea of what if we didn't use our hands. Speed stacking — if you really ...

Cup stacking teen heads to Junior Olympics Joey Cooksey, 16, demonstrates her cup stacking skills at Saturday Market in downtown Portland. She's trying to raise $1500 to pay for her trip to the Junior ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. P.J. Ball is a gifted athlete. He’s just 11 ...

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