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 ...

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.

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 ...

EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — You won't find this sport under Friday Night Lights, but it's fast, fierce and earned an East Grand Rapids graduate a world championship. Will Allen, 19, is one of the ...

The sport involves stacking nine to 12 specially designed cups in predetermined sequences as quickly as possible.