Events
Ultimate Couch Potato
ESPN Zone regularly hosts events featuring athletes from local professional teams. Their most notable event is the Ultimate Couch Potato Competition, a competitive sitting competition. Held on January 1, four competitors try to out-sit each other while watching non-stop sports. Bathroom breaks are permitted only every eight hours and there is a five minute stretch-break every hour; they may eat and drink as much as they want. In 2009, competitions were held in New York, Chicago and Baltimore. The 2009 Ultimate Couch Potato in Baltimore, Maryland unofficially broke the Guinness World Record by sitting and watching consecutive sports for an unprecedented 70 hours, and 45 seconds. The 2009 event received a lot of attention nationally as well as from international outlets like the popular Australian television show Sunrise. The 2010 Ultimate Couch Potato in Chicago, Illinois broke an ESPN Zone record and also unofficially broke the Guinness World Record by watching 72 hours of non-stop sports. He is the only Ultimate Couch Potato competitor to win three years in a row. Unrelated to the competition, Suresh Joachim set the official world record with 69 hours and 48 minutes in 2005.
Ultimate Couch Potato Winners:
| Chicago | New York | Baltimore |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 Brett Farrenkopf: 14 hours 30 minutes | ||
| 2004 Patrick Arnold: 18 hours 30 minutes | ||
| 2005 Chris Connelly: 20 hours | ||
| 2006 Jason Pisarik: 32 hours | ||
| 2007 Jason Pisarik: 39 hours 55 minutes | ||
| 2008 Jeff Miller: 40 hours 30 minutes | 2008 Stan Friedman: 29 hours | |
| 2009 Jeff Miller: 39 hours 2 minutes | 2009 Stan Friedman: 19 hours 48 minutes | 2009 Jessica Mosley: 70 hours 45 seconds |
| 2010 Jeff Miller: 72 hours | 2010 Jorge Cruz: 48 hours 15 minutes 1 second | 2010 Jessica Mosley: 32 hours 59 minutes 14 seconds |
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