Feb. 3 (UPI) --A competitive cup stacker has become the first to complete the task with a time of under 5 seconds at a competition in Georgia. William Orrell, ranked No. 1 by the World Sport Stacking ...

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 ...

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.

The first thing I noticed when I entered the St. Michael Center in Baltic, Connecticut, several Saturdays ago was the sound. It was sport stacking time, and the gym was filled with the click-clack-pop ...

The first thing I noticed when I entered the St. Michael Center in Baltic, Conn., several Saturdays ago was the sound. It was sport stacking time, and the gym was filled with the click-clack-pop of ...

Josh and Zach Hainsel know how to stack cups - fast. Unfortunately for their mother, it's usually not when they are doing the dishes. The brothers, who just finished third and fifth grade at Gold Hill ...

(updated at 1 p.m. to correctly name the school Thomas attends) Watching Ethan Thomas move is like watching a movie in fast-forward. The 10-year old is a speed stacker. That means for two hours a day ...