The sound of plastic cups clicking together circled the globe Thursday and could be heard loud and clear at Roncalli Middle School in the afternoon. It was the second annual World Sport Stacking ...

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 ...

Students at Katonah Elementary School took part in the second annual World Sport Stacking Association competition to achieve a Guinness world record in cup stacking. The school was just one of many ...

Cup stacking event aims for 600,000 participants; current record is 555,932. This sport requires speed, focus — and a lot of cups. Students at Cooper City Elementary stepped up to the challenge on ...

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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 ...