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 ...

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 ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - It’s an unlikely P.E. unit at Huntington Elementary School that is teaching students to race against the clock while stacking cups. The cup stacking unit gives students the ...

Click here for the original audio. Thousands of U.S. schools have their students race the clock to stack cups in gym class. Why? A former circus clown from Colorado named Bob Fox holds the key. Here & ...