Sport Stacking - World Records

World Records

In 2002, Emily Fox set the Cycle World Record with a time of 7.43 seconds. This record remained for nearly four years until Robin Stangenberg broke the record with a time of 7.41 seconds at the 3rd Weidig Open in Butzbach, Germany. Then on April 15, 2007, David Wolf of Germany set the new cycle world record at the 2007 World Sport Stacking Championships in Denver with a time of 7.33 seconds, which he then beat in the "Stack of Champions" with a time of 7.25 seconds. Then, the world record was broken by Steven Purugganan with a 7.23 in Attica, New York Just weeks after this, David Wolf got the record back with a 7.15 in Germany in November 2007.

In February 2008, Timo Reuhl made history by stacking the first ever sub-seven-second cycle at a sanctioned tournament, with a 6.80. On February 16, Steven Purugganan took all three world records with a 1.96 in the 3-3-3, a 2.38 in the 3-6-3, and a 6.65 in the cycle. Steven, with his brother Andrew also took the doubles world record with a 7.84. On March 16, Purugganan extended his record streak by stacking a 6.52 cycle. On April 6, during the 2008 World Championships in Denver, Purugannan, yet again, broke two of his own records. (1.86 for the 3-3-3 and 6.21 for the Cycle) Then, on January 3, 2009, at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, Purugganan stacked the first 5 on a cycle at a sanctioned tournament with 5.93. Two years after, during the Rochester Championships on January 29, 2011, Mason Langenderfer, a member of Team USA for 2 years, stacked and tied the world record cycle with a time of 5.93 seconds. This five second cycle is the first cycle world record set under the new individual stacking rules. in late 2011, Mike McCoy beat the world record with a time of 5.91 seconds. On February 11, 2012, The 3-3-3 record was beaten by Willam Orrell of USA with a time of 1.59 seconds. On the same tournament, Chandler Miller beat it again with a time of 1.53 seconds. In the cycle, Willam Polly beats the previous record with a time of 5.84 seconds in the Delaware tournament the same day, and then, Miller and Orrell beat the cycle record with a time of 5.83 seconds. On March 3rd 2012,the cycle record was beaten again by Orrell, with a time of 5.68.

Then on March 25th 2012, the 3-6-3 record was tied by William Polly, with a time of 1.96, and the 3-6-3 relay was beaten by "Wills and Not Wills" (William Orrell, William Polly, Mason Langenderfer & Chandler Miller) with a time of 13.96 seconds. On April 15, 2012, the only overall world record to be set during the 2012 World Sport Stacking Championships was the Timed 3-6-3 Relay, and it belonged to the home team. Timo Reuhl, Jonathan Kettler, Kevin Nalasko, Ryan Powell, and alternate Florian Friedrich did Team Germany proud with a time of 13.81 seconds. On June 9, 2012, Team USA's "Chosen Five" (William Polly, Zhewei Wu, Chandler Miller, William Orrell, & alternate Lawrence Maceren) tied Team Germany with a time of 13.81 seconds on their first attempt. On July 28, 2012, at the 2012 AAU Junior Olympic Games, the Wills and Not Wills set the world record of 13.43 seconds. However, 8 months later, the Wills and Not Wills beat their previous world record at the US National Sport Stacking Championships, with a time of 13.187 seconds on March 25th, 2013.

The current world records stand at:

• 3-3-3 world record: Chandler Miller, time 1.530 sec
• 3-6-3 world record: William Polly, time 1.932 sec

• Cycle world record: William Polly, time 5.595 sec
• Doubles Cycle: Timo Reuhl and Ryan Powell time 6.530 sec
• Timed 3-6-3 Relay: Wills and not Wills time 13.187 sec - consisting of: William Orrell, William Polly, Mason Langenderfer & Chandler Miller