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.

JOPLIN, Mo. — It was cup stacking time again at St. Mary’s Elementary in Joplin. Part of the school’s annual “stack up” event where kindergarten through 5th grade kids were part of a world record ...

MILFORD — A room full of Woodland Elementary School students watched in awe Tuesday afternoon as 17-year-old Seamus Stoker whipped a dozen lavender-colored cups in and out of pyramid-shaped stacks.

Americans will compete at just about anything, including eating hot dogs and rolling logs. Now, cup stacking joins that list. Robert W. Fox, 46, a former physical education teacher, promotes cup ...

The "Wisconsin Winter Stack Up" hosted some of the country's fastest cup stackers. Sport stacking is a competition in which competitors stack specially designed cups up and down in set patterns. Speed ...

At Augusta National Golf Club, traditions at the Masters tournament include rushing to secure the perfect chair spot, grabbing affordable concessions, and stacking reusable cups as high as possible.

St. PAUL -- 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. Luke Myers practices his cup stacking skills at ...