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  • čas přidán 18. 08. 2024
  • Sport stacking, cup stacking, speed stacking - whatever you call it, this sport is mesmerizing to watch. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more: / philedwardsinc1
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  • @MrJ1S
    @MrJ1S Před 7 lety +3893

    how the hell do u coach this? "go faster..ok good...now go faster"

    • @Vox
      @Vox  Před 7 lety +696

      I asked Mark the same thing basically - it's a good question!
      He said a lot of it is knowing how to mentally support the players - some kids need someone to help them before going into a big match, while others might want everybody to back off.
      The rest is technical stuff - so, for example, he might advise changing up a stacking style if a technique isn't working. He also told me that sometimes they'll watch a stack in slow motion to see where the pain points are.
      -Phil

    • @MrJ1S
      @MrJ1S Před 7 lety +287

      what a time to be alive

    • @pixelsandbacon
      @pixelsandbacon Před 7 lety +5

      That's crazy

    • @speedstackingmaniac
      @speedstackingmaniac Před 7 lety +44

      Mr. J1S I just got on the team. there's a lot more than speed to it, there's also consistency and focus, as the cups fall over easily

    • @marvelhasiholan5495
      @marvelhasiholan5495 Před 7 lety +15

      It must be really hard for you to expand your narrow view of sports from football to this. 😀

  • @Axelsypkenssmit
    @Axelsypkenssmit Před 7 lety +691

    why is there a distinction between stacking for man and woman?

    • @bodombeastmode
      @bodombeastmode Před 7 lety +1

      Axel sypkens smit good question

    • @jamaal141
      @jamaal141 Před 7 lety +216

      Men set faster times, like any sport men are invariably better so separation is needed (facts might trigger some SJWS)

    • @besim7376
      @besim7376 Před 7 lety +11

      Axel sypkens smit no good sport puts men and women together

    • @Axelsypkenssmit
      @Axelsypkenssmit Před 7 lety +112

      *****​ Besim Smakiq​ I get that for sports were strength or running decide the game but it seems like men and women should be equally good in this sport

    • @sourabhjain2947
      @sourabhjain2947 Před 7 lety +70

      Axel sypkens smit scientifically proven-men have better hand eye co-ordination(nothing to do with feminism or gender inequality)

  • @teaandtrumpets5664
    @teaandtrumpets5664 Před 4 lety +205

    Imagine convincing your parents to let you to stack cups with grown men in a church basement

  • @razerage1
    @razerage1 Před 6 lety +176

    the sound of cup stacking

  • @marisabel5500
    @marisabel5500 Před 7 lety +2729

    there's a male and female stacking championship? Why? Why not just mix? Its just....Stacking

    • @ChrisChoi123
      @ChrisChoi123 Před 7 lety +208

      cubing is completely dominated by men yet they still have neutral comps. what is your point

    • @crisrose9707
      @crisrose9707 Před 7 lety +320

      men and women are biologically different so it would be unfair to pit them against each other with a sport that is so physically involving when compared to speed cubing which is mostly finger work.

    • @jbvap
      @jbvap Před 7 lety +165

      because men are better than women even in "sports" when strength isnt an advantage. Its kinda like competitive shooting. Men blow women outta the water in that. Men have better reflexes ect.

    • @angerock49
      @angerock49 Před 7 lety +183

      men and women typically have different hand sizes tho. don't know if it impacts anything

    • @SeoulCalStudios
      @SeoulCalStudios Před 7 lety +86

      They had it mixed until 2010, so that it would be fair for females to get awards. back then it was always male than female back in the days. It's separate and it's better

  • @saleena5663
    @saleena5663 Před 7 lety +401

    Lol believe it or not, but we spent a month doing this in gym class .. A piece of advice: don't do this with metal cups

  • @cros108
    @cros108 Před 7 lety +124

    "hours and hours of practice"
    lmao that's a HUGE understatement

    • @tigerfighter2417
      @tigerfighter2417 Před 4 lety +4

      More like your whole spare time

    • @EpicEzin
      @EpicEzin Před 2 lety

      Even I spent hours today stacking 12 plastic cups. Yes it is hours today

  • @GeneralGoldChannel
    @GeneralGoldChannel Před 7 lety +518

    Can we have a sport where I knock these down

    • @NotAnotherKuromi
      @NotAnotherKuromi Před 5 lety +15

      Toddlers play that regularly.

    • @megan493
      @megan493 Před 5 lety +26

      So like, bowling? But you're the ball. And the pins are a wall of cups. That would be fun.

    • @justas423
      @justas423 Před 5 lety +6

      It's called "being a sore loser"

    • @bigtimeaze-azeramos9645
      @bigtimeaze-azeramos9645 Před 5 lety +1

      You were featured on Ryan flores video

    • @brownmamba6339
      @brownmamba6339 Před 4 lety +2

      Isn't that a carnival game. I believe it's called the "ball toss"

  • @GoHerping
    @GoHerping Před 7 lety +2251

    To people saying it's a useless talent, isn't every hobby technically a useless talent?

    • @kingjames4886
      @kingjames4886 Před 6 lety +147

      no... maybe your hobbies.

    • @12345678abracadabra
      @12345678abracadabra Před 6 lety +45

      Say that to bowling and golf while you're there.

    • @keeganpogue1856
      @keeganpogue1856 Před 6 lety +2

      Hey! GoHerping! Hey Alex!

    • @Matthias27182
      @Matthias27182 Před 6 lety +40

      My hobby is playing the piano and I don't think that it is useless.

    • @kaylinnvk
      @kaylinnvk Před 6 lety +102

      This sport isn’t useless. It trains your hand-eye coordination, focus, sportsmanship, patience. Also doesn’t get you bored, mostly.

  • @itshitime
    @itshitime Před 7 lety +333

    so this is a sport meanwhile esports are still be bashed

    • @mitchellwhitmer6525
      @mitchellwhitmer6525 Před 7 lety

      thunder2.0 IKR!

    • @matthew_quizon
      @matthew_quizon Před 7 lety

      thunder2.0 you mean the other way around?

    • @legitname6687
      @legitname6687 Před 7 lety

      just what I was about to say

    • @derek400004
      @derek400004 Před 7 lety +16

      i'm a professional gamer but to call esport a "sport" is just fuking insane imo. not everything with a competitive and analytical element should be called a "sport".

    • @itshitime
      @itshitime Před 7 lety +10

      and gamers have conditioned the brains to the limits of the mind. we call shooters athletes but there are fat shooters

  • @sparkysparkyboomman2185
    @sparkysparkyboomman2185 Před 5 lety +203

    I think they should improve their f2l look ahead

  • @lightningcreates1271
    @lightningcreates1271 Před 5 lety +164

    As a cuber, I’ve always thought of sport stacking as pointless, but this video makes it seem as sophisticated as cubing.

    • @pulsarcubes
      @pulsarcubes Před 4 lety +26

      as a cuber speedstackers probably feel the same lol

    • @pyronix
      @pyronix Před 4 lety +27

      as someone who does neither cubing or stacking, they all seem absurdly pointless.

    • @christiant.g.994
      @christiant.g.994 Před 4 lety +52

      @@pyronix as long as whoever does them enjoys them, no hobbies are pointless.

    • @josiahwong3934
      @josiahwong3934 Před 2 lety

      cap

    • @xmichael8238
      @xmichael8238 Před 2 lety +2

      Although i wished speedcubing was as easy to teach as speed stacking
      For example: I the word algorithm sounds far more intimidating then stacking cups XD

  • @0RobotWarsIsTheBest0
    @0RobotWarsIsTheBest0 Před 7 lety +710

    Vox covering what really matters

  • @neelparmar6690
    @neelparmar6690 Před 7 lety +256

    I'm sorry, but bottomless cups are not cups, they are glorified tubes which are narrower at one end. Real cups are capable of containing drinks too which is what cups are meant for in the first place.

    • @LuchianM1
      @LuchianM1 Před 7 lety +113

      you must be fun at parties

    • @PharaoRamsesII
      @PharaoRamsesII Před 7 lety +33

      he is - without him only the floor would have something to drink xD

    • @JimCullen
      @JimCullen Před 7 lety +17

      Eh, I think calling this a "sport" is a stretch, but using equipment designed for it is fine. The swords used in sport fencing are a long way removed from the actual weapons used during the renaissance and pre-modern eras that they're supposedly based on. This is just the same thing.

    • @anobesediabeticpotatonamed3115
      @anobesediabeticpotatonamed3115 Před 7 lety +2

      Cool.

    • @coolbrotherf127
      @coolbrotherf127 Před 7 lety +3

      One reason why they have holes is so that air can escape from the cups as they are stacked. If they didn't have the holes they couldn't be stacked at all.

  • @cupfulofeathers
    @cupfulofeathers Před 6 lety +22

    I've always found this sport fascinating! I remember seeing infomercials in the mid-2000's (when I was a preteen) selling cups. A few friends bought some and we played with them. It wasn't long before we moved on from the fad, but I never forgot about them. All these years later, I'm glad to see cup stacking is alive and well!

  • @kseries1981
    @kseries1981 Před 5 lety +101

    John: Hey man, you wanna catch a movie tonight?
    Steve: Nah, I'm gonna stay home and stack cups.
    John: .....

  • @ahdoah
    @ahdoah Před 7 lety +260

    These are the best videos that Vox are known for.
    Not the political bias covering which caused them to lose credibility

    • @corhydron111
      @corhydron111 Před 7 lety +10

      *lose

    • @arisenspirit
      @arisenspirit Před 7 lety +49

      ahdoah Hsieh People like you decided to lose credibility on them just because they said something that was different than your point of view

    • @longclaw22-72
      @longclaw22-72 Před 7 lety +31

      They didn't lose credibility. They present facts and are mostly liberal which is fine. They never claimed to be politically neutral but stupid conservatives keep coming to complain that they should drop their political leaning.

    • @nurlagrande
      @nurlagrande Před 7 lety +13

      ahdoah Hsieh stfu just because they don't say exactly what you want to hear they lose credibility? No.

    • @zarsasilver
      @zarsasilver Před 7 lety +3

      I think it's important to keep it neutral. Unless you base your channel of a certain view. Just because it appeals your to opinion, doesn't mean it should be there ether.

  • @axelahbhernandez8526
    @axelahbhernandez8526 Před 7 lety +911

    DO A RUBIKS CUBE STORY

    • @Vox
      @Vox  Před 7 lety +96

      Your wish was already granted...
      czcams.com/video/XwNUmnDu1r8/video.html

    • @MrMichalMalek
      @MrMichalMalek Před 7 lety +32

      Did you know the Rubik's cube WR is already half a sec. shorter since you released that video? :)

    • @rango_gaming
      @rango_gaming Před 7 lety +2

      Michal Málek it's 4.73 seconds... you might be thinking of the 2x2 WR

    • @MrMichalMalek
      @MrMichalMalek Před 7 lety

      J9A23C - nope, they did the Rubik's cube video just after C. Burns did his 5,25s, if you take away half a sec. (and 2 hundreths) you will get current 3x3 WR :P

    • @JustinTimeCuber
      @JustinTimeCuber Před 7 lety +7

      lmao stacking is for cuber-type people who are too lazy to learn algs xD

  • @geraldndungu3565
    @geraldndungu3565 Před 6 lety +218

    Lots of ugly comments here, I for one am truly blown away, wow by this level of technique, crazy.

  • @kritedz
    @kritedz Před 5 lety +174

    cubing and speed stacking are cousins XD

  • @MacWhipp
    @MacWhipp Před 7 lety +166

    This is what I love about CZcams in general and Vox in particular: 10 minutes ago I had no idea this even existed, and now I'm captivated. Thanks!

    • @mitchellwhitmer6525
      @mitchellwhitmer6525 Před 7 lety +24

      Benjamin Whipp That is what the internet should be, not a cesspool of hate.

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 Před 7 lety +1

      Miitchell Whitmer Ikr

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 Před 7 lety +1

      Benjamin Whipp Same

    • @daisychainmilk
      @daisychainmilk Před 6 lety

      Benjamin Whipp really? You never did this in elementary school?

    • @monicarenee7949
      @monicarenee7949 Před 2 lety

      Yeah I’m almost 35 and never heard of this other than just casually stacking to build pyramids. I never heard of speed stacking until this video

  • @sourabhjain2947
    @sourabhjain2947 Před 7 lety +867

    this is what 2008 economic crisis did to America

  • @alienmovieguy8925
    @alienmovieguy8925 Před 7 lety +10

    I've been stacking for about 5-6 years now and this video describes the sport perfectly. I loved the last few points as well, because it's so true to what a satisfying stack is. Some stackers, like me, are also really picky about the sounds of cups when they're made with different types of plastic and I've spent hours combing eBay and Craigslist to get certain types of cups. It's a little bit ridiculous, to put it lightly.

  • @SitStandWalk
    @SitStandWalk Před 7 lety +281

    when the aliens come, some will be watching concert pianists and gymnasts, but most will be watching these sport stackers!👽🖖

    • @theworldoverheavan560
      @theworldoverheavan560 Před 6 lety

      Lol

    • @TrueBluw
      @TrueBluw Před 5 lety +3

      And the rest are going to be doing their job, making humans into burgers "hey Phil! Get back to work!" "Sorry I can't I'm watching humans slam cups around" "godamnit Phil"

  • @eva-mg6jm
    @eva-mg6jm Před 7 lety +94

    Did anyone else do this in elementary school?

  • @StackGuy
    @StackGuy Před 7 lety +49

    Wow! Great video vox!
    I once wrote a school report on this and how muscle memory is involved. Currently, I'm the fastest in the state of colorado

  • @ikaunieksplay
    @ikaunieksplay Před 7 lety +17

    5:52 "..thats lead to blazingly fast and close times.."
    Talk about the Rubiks Cube World Records
    Mats Valk : 4.74 seconds
    Feliks Zemdegs : 4.73 seconds

  • @michellereames1680
    @michellereames1680 Před 7 lety +9

    AHHHH I did this when I was like 10. The nostalgia and pride are emerging in my heart! It was one of those things that I felt decently good at as opposed to other sports at which I always failed. So glad to see what a sensation it's become!

  • @bijakriyandi
    @bijakriyandi Před 7 lety +563

    if THIS is a sport, then eSports are definitely sport!

    • @mitchellwhitmer6525
      @mitchellwhitmer6525 Před 7 lety +7

      ErbiuMilan IKR

    • @StackGuy
      @StackGuy Před 7 lety +4

      yep

    • @yusukematsuki
      @yusukematsuki Před 7 lety +17

      Both are sport, but this is more, it makes you sweat.
      (I suppport eSport, don't get triggered please.)

    • @DFxAngelz
      @DFxAngelz Před 7 lety +31

      If a lot of people don't consider this a sport then it's even more likely they wouldn't consider gaming a sport 😂 then again, chess used to be in the olympics so anything is possible.....

    • @itsdark2507
      @itsdark2507 Před 7 lety +1

      ErbiuMilan cubing will be one too

  • @Housewarmin
    @Housewarmin Před 7 lety +420

    *cup song by Anna Kendrick plays*

    • @benc6046
      @benc6046 Před 6 lety +2

      Sincerelyy Eccentric It wasn’t by Anna Kendrick.

    • @frog5973
      @frog5973 Před 6 lety +1

      Sincerelyy Eccentric Nope it wasn't by Anna Kendrick

    • @frog5973
      @frog5973 Před 6 lety

      Sincerelyy Eccentric it's not the cup song that thing is annoying I don't do it anymore it's stupid

    • @senorchelestor2099
      @senorchelestor2099 Před 6 lety

      Sincerelyy Eccentric at 700 bpm

  • @robertli3600
    @robertli3600 Před 6 lety +87

    I remember a long time ago in 4th grade where the PE teacher actually announce us to the sport and made us practice it. We would be graded on it and everything. But in my mind I was just like, is this really a sport?

    • @brianbethea3069
      @brianbethea3069 Před 5 lety +7

      By the textbook definition of what a sport is, yes, it is a sport.

    • @jackspeckman3717
      @jackspeckman3717 Před 3 lety +6

      PE stands for PHYSICAL education not sit there and stack cups

    • @cubing7276
      @cubing7276 Před 3 lety +2

      Sport: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
      So by definition any competition involves a sport

    • @cubing7276
      @cubing7276 Před 3 lety +2

      @@jackspeckman3717 it needs as much skill as badminton, tennis or most things you normally call a sport

    • @jackspeckman3717
      @jackspeckman3717 Před 3 lety

      @@cubing7276 I’m saying it’s not physical

  • @littleferrhis
    @littleferrhis Před 6 lety +14

    When I was a kid, I got really into cup stacking(around 2006-2010). I went to tournaments and even made it to the top 5 once against some of the top cup stackers in a couple states. I remember doing tons of talent shows and people watching in awe as I moved the cups at what seemed to them as insane speed, but to me was way too slow to compete in anything. I unfortunately had to stop because it stopped becoming fun, because I felt I was pushing myself too hard. I watched this video just to see how far cup stacking has gone, and it has definitely changed quite a lot in the past 10 years. When I started there was only one style of cup, the timers only went to hundredths of didgets(not thousandths), and the record for the cycle was somewhere around 6 or so, and CZcams was not nearly used as much, mainly because it was rather new. I’m only 18 and I feel ancient in this sport. It’s really addictive once you get started in it, so if your young and got time to kill give it a shot!

  • @PikaPetey
    @PikaPetey Před 7 lety +275

    finally a non-political video

    • @1000teresa4ever
      @1000teresa4ever Před 6 lety

      check out different playlists on the main channel. by pass the political stuff.

    • @Marr0wgar
      @Marr0wgar Před 6 lety +3

      You show up in the weirdest places.

    • @NatureShy
      @NatureShy Před 6 lety

      I see you a lot all over the place. Weren't you a brony animator (or still are)?

    • @CelticAndyTheBard
      @CelticAndyTheBard Před 5 lety

      Trump sucks

    • @CelticAndyTheBard
      @CelticAndyTheBard Před 5 lety

      @@nivvlol for more reasons than I have time or space here to list. One example though: he is a climate change denier, yet got a permit to build a sea wall at the Irish golf course he owns.....DUE TO RISING SEA LEVELS AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. He's a hypocrite that cares about himself but not the people.

  • @buttfartlickknee590
    @buttfartlickknee590 Před 6 lety +186

    …why would this be a sport that needs to be separate for men and women…?

    • @RHCMike
      @RHCMike Před 5 lety +19

      Because men dominate in sport stacking. I don’t know the biology but it was completely unfair and discouraging for women who stack to have to compete knowing that biologically they didn’t have a chance. It’s like basketball, pair a NBA player and a WNBA player and the NBA player will win 100% of the time

    • @sauceaddict9569
      @sauceaddict9569 Před 5 lety

      Huh

    • @manuel0578
      @manuel0578 Před 4 lety +3

      It might take some decades but in the end women would have been doing just as good as men if they had left it mixed...separating it just furthers sexism.

    • @thedoublehelix5661
      @thedoublehelix5661 Před 3 lety +3

      @@manuel0578 why? why would women be just as good as men in cup stacking. If they'd catch up in mixed championships wouldn't they catch up in separate championships

    • @DeTruthful
      @DeTruthful Před 3 lety +1

      @@manuel0578 why it’s an individual sport a it being mixed or un mixed doesn’t effect the stacker.

  • @currentlyexisting7269
    @currentlyexisting7269 Před 5 lety +4

    Its also used for Rubik's cube competitions

  • @aarOuOn
    @aarOuOn Před 6 lety +4

    I remember doing this in PE class in middle school. It was a ton of fun and I even bought a cup stacking set. Haven't done it in years but it was definitely one of the highlights of middle school for me. Great sport.

  • @ItzFuzionMC
    @ItzFuzionMC Před 7 lety +237

    As much as i like with vox's political videos, i like these kinds of videos much more. THIS is what i subscribed for.

    • @rahil6455
      @rahil6455 Před 7 lety +2

      Fuzion u dumb

    • @ItzFuzionMC
      @ItzFuzionMC Před 7 lety +11

      How? for voicing a genuine opinion?

    • @crisrose9707
      @crisrose9707 Před 7 lety +3

      y tho?

    • @QuinsonHonQBB123XX
      @QuinsonHonQBB123XX Před 7 lety +4

      Agreed. People keep saying that Vox is inaccurate when it comes to politics.
      They did explain speed stacking and cubing very well though. (I've stacked since 2010 and cubed since 2014)
      Heck, I subscribed just because they did a good video about cubing.
      P.S I'm usually fine with Vox's explanations, but people in the comments of the videos about politics disagree.

    • @andrep.g.490
      @andrep.g.490 Před 6 lety

      Fusion are you 12?

  • @JulianWyllie
    @JulianWyllie Před 7 lety +8

    I tend to like these miscellaneous videos more than the serious stuff sometimes. Great dimension to the pieces about the patent too.

  • @JPLToyExperience
    @JPLToyExperience Před 6 lety +20

    Oh my gosh!

  • @Wilburbruh
    @Wilburbruh Před 4 lety +4

    My aunt was a PE teacher when I was around 11 and started doing this. My cousins and I got really into it and when I was 12 I got second in state for the cycle for my age group. Those were the days.

    • @tigerfighter2417
      @tigerfighter2417 Před 4 lety

      Wilburbruh Those are the memories I’m creating for myself

  • @kaidubois4502
    @kaidubois4502 Před 7 lety +5

    It would be great to see a video like this one on racing and acro mini quads/drones. It's a great hobby and an emerging sport.

  • @Aleksander9813
    @Aleksander9813 Před 7 lety +134

    This is the same as speedrunning videogames, but this one I don't understand. Doing the same thing with the exact same formations doesn't get really repetitive and boring? I can understand speedrunning and rubik's cube competitions since those have more things going on, with random elements, but can someone explain how this doesn't get dull overtime?

    • @alquinjulesguzman4690
      @alquinjulesguzman4690 Před 7 lety +13

      Aleksander for my experience playing it. feels nice to have them stack *smoothly*. but I can see why you say it can be boring because of there not much of a pattern or possible other change in the game.

    • @mitchellwhitmer6525
      @mitchellwhitmer6525 Před 7 lety +4

      Aleksander Vox should really do a vid on E Sports.

    • @StackGuy
      @StackGuy Před 7 lety +16

      I have kept at it because of the community of stackers. I'm sure I would have quit stacking after a while if no one else did it. There is so much more going on than you actually see; it just comes with experience

    • @yusukematsuki
      @yusukematsuki Před 7 lety

      It makes you sweat, has rules.

    • @Aleksander9813
      @Aleksander9813 Před 7 lety +2

      Speedrunning has rules. And it also has laws, and the trick is finding ways to circumvent those videogame laws ("I shouldn't be able to go through walls, but exploiting something I can run past it"). However the rules and laws change from game to game and even between playthroughts. Having the same few (few, as in fewer than other sports) rules all the time doesn't make it boring?

  • @brean5000
    @brean5000 Před 5 lety +30

    Sport stacking, but with glass.

  • @lovemecom3832
    @lovemecom3832 Před 6 lety +5

    This is really incredible! It may seem very simple but when if we are in their place, it’s not that easy. Thumbs up for you guys.👏👍

  • @speedcuber103
    @speedcuber103 Před 7 lety +14

    As a cuber I can't see how people can do this ages on end unlike cubing this is literally the same thing

    • @tampabay407
      @tampabay407 Před 7 lety +2

      Conor Sheridan cubing is the same thing too... just more algorithms, but it's not infinite

    • @teethgrinder83
      @teethgrinder83 Před 7 lety +2

      Aaron Smith says the guy commenting on nearly every thread on here 😆 if I didn't know better I'd say a cup stacker dumped you at some point lol

    • @teethgrinder83
      @teethgrinder83 Před 7 lety

      Aaron Smith because I woke at 3.30am and couldn't get back to sleep,was bored as hell and happened to see your name in a few threads that was all lol

    • @Yurio
      @Yurio Před 7 lety +3

      Tampa Bay Speedsolving is not the same as speedstacking. Speedsolving requires a lot more skills, to be a world class speedstacker you just have to practice one motion a lot of times until you can do it fast. With cubing, world class cubers memorize hundreds of algs, plan out their solve before starting, and while solving need to look ahead to optimize their move count. Both are pretty useless in the real world but how are those the same thing.

    • @g22827
      @g22827 Před 6 lety

      I'm a cuber, and I'm not sure how people can keep stacking for a long time, but to each his own I guess.

  • @Vox
    @Vox  Před 7 lety +448

    We ran into a lot of amazing sport stacking channels while researching this video - here's a few:
    Zhewei Wu: Awesome stacking, including a lot of big names. Includes GoPro Stacking!
    czcams.com/channels/sAFx6q22Vf4C3IteoJopmQ.html
    William Orrell: The lion of Carolina (OK, we made that up). But he is almost certainly the top U.S. Stacker, and he has awesome cups.
    czcams.com/users/GoldenYoshi88
    Hyeon Jong Choi: Vox is US-based, but stacking is international. Hyeon Jong Choi is an amazing South Korean stacker who's also younger than the ones we featured (which is common in the sport).
    czcams.com/channels/l9a3kL7JgpDWmAdhnszJgg.html
    Josh Hainsel: The new 3-6-3 record holder!
    czcams.com/users/hainsels
    WSSA: The active channel of the sport itself.
    czcams.com/users/theWSSA
    Again, this is just a very small list and we'd love to know what we missed.
    -Phil

    • @TheIrshNinjaaa
      @TheIrshNinjaaa Před 7 lety +3

      Vox Awesome that you guys are going out of your way to show a more neiche sport and their channels

    • @N0THiNG6
      @N0THiNG6 Před 7 lety +7

      Vox make a video on armwrestling

    • @andrewlu123able
      @andrewlu123able Před 7 lety +1

      Vox please make a video on the young world on Esports

    • @lgstack2496
      @lgstack2496 Před 7 lety +5

      Check out my youtube channel! I am a former Collegiate World Record holder and Team Usa stacker. Have lots of stacking videos on my channel and will be happy to answer any questions:)

    • @dakkamaster12
      @dakkamaster12 Před 7 lety +4

      Have you guys looked into FIRST robotics? It is a organisation promoting robotics to high-school teams. There are over 5000 teams worldwide, with competitions taking place before thousands of onlookers

  • @katherineang9618
    @katherineang9618 Před 6 lety +12

    Sport stacking in PE? Wtf I want that

    • @caftood
      @caftood Před 5 lety

      Katherine Ang I did it

  • @SuperCakeFTW
    @SuperCakeFTW Před 3 lety +2

    I did this as a kid and it just randomly popped into my mind.
    It was really fun actually.

  • @GA96_
    @GA96_ Před 7 lety +47

    Love this! Glad to see this amazing sport getting the recognition it deserves :)

  • @Skip2MeLou1
    @Skip2MeLou1 Před 7 lety +6

    This is the only use I've ever had for CZcams's 0.25x speed

  • @ShuOgawa
    @ShuOgawa Před 5 lety +13

    4:00 That’s cheating in speedcubing tho I wished it wasnt

  • @16gabrielle6
    @16gabrielle6 Před 7 lety +43

    this is literally the only sport i understand

  • @christianlemus44
    @christianlemus44 Před 7 lety +25

    I can see it now "cup stacking the major motion picture"

    • @lisaberman5069
      @lisaberman5069 Před 7 lety

      Christian Lemus The is already a documentary called Stacker.

    • @fezmaster9938
      @fezmaster9938 Před 7 lety

      Aaron Smith major motion picture usually means it gets shown in theaters internationally.

  • @noelmorelli
    @noelmorelli Před 7 lety +593

    this looks more like a party trick to me, not a sport

    • @rahil6455
      @rahil6455 Před 7 lety +29

      Im Just Noel thank you, someone else actually has sense

    • @noelmorelli
      @noelmorelli Před 7 lety +25

      Rahil Shah hahaha but gotta admit its preety cool to watch

    • @rahil6455
      @rahil6455 Před 7 lety +6

      Yeh for something i used to do in primary school lol

    • @speedstackingmaniac
      @speedstackingmaniac Před 7 lety +5

      Im Just Noel both :)

    • @mparmar158
      @mparmar158 Před 7 lety +1

      seriously, how retarded these people are

  • @nomad2972
    @nomad2972 Před 7 lety

    I was introduced to this sport in 3rd grade by my P.E. teacher, I loved it ever since.

  • @acepogigwapo8613
    @acepogigwapo8613 Před 4 lety +7

    "Speed stacking" like👍👍👍
    "Speed cuber" comment👏👏👏

  • @seal3081
    @seal3081 Před 7 lety +4

    so a business that makes cups developed a sport around it. Pretty smart.

  • @ehlingr
    @ehlingr Před 7 lety +234

    This is the kind of thing you take up if you enjoy being bullied.

    • @itecnus3490
      @itecnus3490 Před 7 lety +5

      lol

    • @speedstackingmaniac
      @speedstackingmaniac Před 7 lety +12

      Ryan Ehling Bullies like you?
      *puts on sunglasses* thug life

    • @JuanTheBone
      @JuanTheBone Před 7 lety +4

      Bullies learn the hard way that cup stacking dates back to ancient china(notice all the asian kids), and it was practiced by monks as part of their martial arts training. Stack up, stack down.

    • @thomdotexe
      @thomdotexe Před 7 lety +19

      Kinda like those kids that have sports cars as their backgrounds that are going to remain virgins for the rest of their life....

    • @tannersmith2791
      @tannersmith2791 Před 7 lety

      Ryan Ehling Human strength is outdated and no longer important because of machines.

  • @liqmm
    @liqmm Před 4 lety +1

    Their f2l is a little slow but OLL to PLL transition look-ahead is on point

  • @valty3727
    @valty3727 Před 3 lety

    this video makes me happy cause i definitely know that they’ll have fond memories of that church basement later on. like the feeling of just being in a club room or a gym or anywhere with your friends after school hanging out trying to get better at a sport, it can’t be replaced

  • @AryaBeltaine
    @AryaBeltaine Před 7 lety +3

    clicking on this, I was expecting some weird frat thing but this is amazing.. theyre so fast.. damn

  • @liamdavis2387
    @liamdavis2387 Před 7 lety +211

    Apparently, inventing good sports was not something the Americans inherited from Britain.

    • @StackGuy
      @StackGuy Před 7 lety +14

      I guess football or baseball just don't exist, right?

    • @Nattyktown
      @Nattyktown Před 7 lety +21

      Stack Guy "football" is basically US rugby and "baseball" is basically US rounders m8

    • @Nattyktown
      @Nattyktown Před 7 lety +12

      Stack Guy both are just fairly obvious variations on British sports

    • @kennethguevarra3845
      @kennethguevarra3845 Před 7 lety +2

      Ultimate Frisbee is pretty fun

    • @sswpp8908
      @sswpp8908 Před 7 lety +15

      Basketball and volleyball are pretty good.

  • @raphaellemariea.catulin685

    dang it i miss my set. they broke while they were in storage when we moved houses. but it’s comforting to know it has evolved quite well now.

    • @tigerfighter2417
      @tigerfighter2417 Před 4 lety

      Yeah we remodeled and my cups where thrown out but now I just ordered a new set

  • @noahhite1699
    @noahhite1699 Před 5 lety +25

    Any cubers here?

    • @afox1689
      @afox1689 Před 5 lety

      me

    • @tjryan339
      @tjryan339 Před 5 lety

      I know I'm late but yeah I'm a cuber

    • @mcb187
      @mcb187 Před 5 lety

      Me

    • @Pragmatist818
      @Pragmatist818 Před 5 lety +3

      Cubing is a lot harder, not to downgrade speed stacking but it's more of practice of dexterity and doing the same thing over and over again

    • @conzo4620
      @conzo4620 Před 5 lety

      Gabriel Lupisan I think I’d suck at speed stacking

  • @matteomalcoci746
    @matteomalcoci746 Před 5 lety +8

    Where's speedcubing?!

  • @Mar-yp4lk
    @Mar-yp4lk Před 6 lety +5

    8:13 that awkward moment

  • @itsbonertme666
    @itsbonertme666 Před 7 lety

    God the sound of the cups being re-stacked is sooooo satisfying to me for some reason.

  • @bllushing
    @bllushing Před 7 lety

    I remember these things when I was younger. Like 10 or maybe even younger. Now I'm 17, and my friend reminded me of cupstacks. I decided to look up cupstacking videos, and I'm surprised that this video was uploaded this year.

  • @RyanCarpenter
    @RyanCarpenter Před 7 lety +20

    During the credits, you sound disappointed with your time at the end of 5.238 seconds. But you're looking at it in entirely the wrong way--you were just 3.453 seconds short of setting a NEW world record!!!! That's what I'd be bragging about. *nodding* =) How many people can say that they were short a mere 3.453 seconds from a new world record?

    • @alejrandom6592
      @alejrandom6592 Před 6 lety +1

      2x2 rubiks cube WR is 0.49 and my best is 0.79
      Omg I am 0.3 sec near the wr! :v

    • @TrueBluw
      @TrueBluw Před 5 lety +2

      @@alejrandom6592 thats sarcasm right?

    • @Hello-jh1rq
      @Hello-jh1rq Před 5 lety +1

      @@TrueBluw No its true the record is actually 0.49 seconds

    • @TrueBluw
      @TrueBluw Před 5 lety +1

      @@Hello-jh1rq I was referring to the fact that he thought he was going to beat the world record

    • @TrueBluw
      @TrueBluw Před 5 lety +1

      @@Hello-jh1rq r/wooosh

  • @hrgwea
    @hrgwea Před 7 lety +5

    This sport brings so much progress to humanity. I'm proud!

  • @nataliepfeffer9549
    @nataliepfeffer9549 Před 7 lety

    My gym teacher taught me how to cup stack. She teaches it when your in Kindergarten. And in first, second, third and fourth we do little things to help us. When you're in 2nd, 3rd, And 4th she can pick you for the team. At 2:15 we go practice. You practice everyday at school or at home. And near the end of the year you have a tournament where the whole school watches you. I was on the team. I went to the tournament. I won first place out of the 2nd grade cup stackers. There were 6 2nd grade cup stackers (counting me). Then one left. So there were 5 cup stackers. It was a good year.

  • @rahulsn8529
    @rahulsn8529 Před 2 lety +2

    Watch it in 2x it will be more faster

  • @justas423
    @justas423 Před 5 lety +8

    "He takes practice in a churches attracting the best stackers" Yeah "practice"

  • @unnamedchannel1237
    @unnamedchannel1237 Před 4 lety +4

    Why would this even become a thing? Is it a bit like that bottle flipping craze but taken to an extreme?

    • @velky_reeds
      @velky_reeds Před 4 lety +1

      Speed stacking actually existed before bottle flipping was a thing

  • @skybound6590
    @skybound6590 Před 4 lety +1

    Can't wait for a Vox video on speedcubing.

  • @graham_lively1732
    @graham_lively1732 Před 6 lety +1

    As a speedcuber it's quite interesting seeing this sport that shares so many similarities with mine and is yet so different.

  • @tylergcole1727
    @tylergcole1727 Před 7 lety +4

    This is absolutely a sport. The competition is unbelievably fierce. I used to hold world records for sport stacking. These kids, including my former-self, practice 2-3+ hours everyday, all year.

  • @Boogers32150
    @Boogers32150 Před 7 lety +120

    *B-but Vox. What about Muslim cup stackers?*

    • @bossnian5615
      @bossnian5615 Před 7 lety +3

      Döla Freundlich wat

    • @speedstackingmaniac
      @speedstackingmaniac Před 7 lety +6

      Döla Freundlich the sport is growing in Arab countries, if that helps answer you :)

    • @speedstackingmaniac
      @speedstackingmaniac Před 7 lety

      Döla Freundlich they don't have CZcams channels though, most of them use instagram

    • @yusukematsuki
      @yusukematsuki Před 7 lety +2

      Im a muslim cup stacker?
      Buy the way, define "Cup stacker" do you define by time?, by recognition?

    • @SeoulCalStudios
      @SeoulCalStudios Před 7 lety +1

      There are Muslim "Sport Stackers" in the middle east. I'm good friends with them. Some are good and some are bad.

  • @Dengel946
    @Dengel946 Před 6 lety

    I remember working at that address mentioned (which hasn’t changed in quite some time) when I was younger because my mom was one of their first employees. My brother and I would practice in our off time and they would even pay us to travel around the country to teach and demonstrate at schools and convention centers. Even at that time about 15 years ago it was still a debate whether or not it was a sport. Either way we did it because it was fun and we were getting payed. As for the long term aspects of starting at a young age, my brother and I became ambidextrous rather quickly and were soon playing hockey, baseball, and lacrosse both left and right handed. Thanks for the video, brought back some good memories.

  • @timcanpy2687
    @timcanpy2687 Před 4 lety +2

    “Hey kids why don’t you come stack with me in my churches basement”

  • @nizzleprizzle9783
    @nizzleprizzle9783 Před 7 lety +3

    Yeah we did this in gym class in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade.

  • @Steelymon
    @Steelymon Před 5 lety +5

    2:18 “Amazing stackers like Melissa, and Mark”
    *Mark drops them all over and over.* lmao

    • @noahspatig704
      @noahspatig704 Před 3 lety

      As a fellow stacker, when you go fast, it can take hours to get a clean time. You can’t get a clean and fast time every single time. It’s just not possible

  • @ent1ty576
    @ent1ty576 Před 6 lety

    I used to do this but I never stuck to it for long. A high school student at our school caught my attention so I wanted to learn. Good thing that dude was kind and actually approached me to learn it. I never remembered what my fastest time was but I expect it was slow

  • @DemiDragonQueen
    @DemiDragonQueen Před 6 lety

    My PE teacher had us do this when I was in 4th grade. My parents even got me a set, and I used it a lot. I'm a junior in college now. I kinda miss it.

  • @tucfang2577
    @tucfang2577 Před 3 lety +3

    3:09 "the best stackers get drunk"

  • @Mell0wY3ll0w
    @Mell0wY3ll0w Před 7 lety +19

    If only kids would transfer these skills into stacking the dishwasher.

    • @pluv1e
      @pluv1e Před 6 lety +4

      Mellow Yellow i know it's you mom

  • @behnjamin5305
    @behnjamin5305 Před 6 lety

    YAY ZHEWEI WU IS HERE!!!

  • @samsignorelli
    @samsignorelli Před 6 lety

    The dexterity is astounding. Actions are smooth, which equals fast if you do it right.

  • @greatunclestroller7179
    @greatunclestroller7179 Před 4 lety +6

    Weebs be like: "I want an anime about sports stacking"

  • @MrHotDog365
    @MrHotDog365 Před 2 lety +4

    The fact that so many little kids can do this at an elite level is proof that it is a waste of time and not a sport

    • @rjstacker1734
      @rjstacker1734 Před 2 lety +2

      Kids play football…. Kids play basketball…. Kids play tennis…. All at elite levels, and are they still a sport???? ✨yes✨

  • @mimikyoo
    @mimikyoo Před 7 lety

    phil make's vox's best videos

  • @angelitabecerra
    @angelitabecerra Před 2 lety

    The hand-eye coordination, speed, and concentration for this is mind boggling 🤯😲

  • @CasaiTX
    @CasaiTX Před 7 lety +3

    This isn't a sport my school made me do this and I hated it my fastest time for a 363 66 1101 was 17 seconds and my school forced me to go to a competition that I luckily got sick the day before

  • @DeTruthful
    @DeTruthful Před 3 lety +3

    Shoelace tying would be a more useful sport

  • @coolbrotherf127
    @coolbrotherf127 Před 6 lety +1

    I did this from 2008-2010. My best time for the full cycle was 11 seconds flat. At the time that was actually fairly close to the record. Since then the community has developed a lot an 11 seconds seconds really slow these days.

  • @ritcheymt
    @ritcheymt Před 7 lety

    I wholeheartedly believe that Putting Things On Top Of Other Things should not only be a sport, but an Olympic sport, and moreover, I agree with Monty Python -- that it should indeed be governed by a royal society. It is a noble, worthwhile pastime that builds many virtues while incidentally teaching a wide variety of crucial life skills.

  • @ZeusTheImortal
    @ZeusTheImortal Před 7 lety +3

    LOVE IT NOTIFICATION SQUAD!!!!

  • @orangebanana845
    @orangebanana845 Před 7 lety +66

    Why is this taught in PE? It's not at all physical, and if they're teaching it because it's (apparently) a sport, why not teach chess in PE as well?

    • @Nothing_serious
      @Nothing_serious Před 6 lety +15

      I think it is physical though. You move your hand a lot of times very fast so you do use a lot of energy for it.

    • @Alex2K
      @Alex2K Před 6 lety +1

      Phil Coutinho or esport xd

    • @bkr1895
      @bkr1895 Před 6 lety +13

      They should teach chess In PE it’s some of the best mental exercise you can get

    • @lone2234
      @lone2234 Před 6 lety +1

      They teach chess in PE what are you talking about

    • @inigo8740
      @inigo8740 Před 6 lety

      @@lone2234 where do they teach chess in PE? That's an interesting school.

  • @SakuraRilakkuma
    @SakuraRilakkuma Před 7 lety

    oh god speed stacking brings back so many elementary memories. I still remember the first competition I had and it was at the place I recently graduated from (it was a school district competition btw).

  • @jeighcalpito4335
    @jeighcalpito4335 Před 7 lety

    Got into Stacking 2 years ago, fastest record for Cycle was around 9 or 8 seconds..? But this has inspired me to start it again, after I find it in my Garage