FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- To most people, a plastic cup is just a vessel from which to drink, but for Robert Weatherington, plastic cups mean competition. The 17-year-old from Fairfield is part of the U.S.

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.

SAN ANTONIO — Sport stacking has been around since the 1980’s. The goal is to stack plastic cups into a formation as fast as you can. Some fans play at home for fun. Others race the clock at sport ...

Speed stacking cups and hopscotch are two popular activities that can improve hand-eye coordination. Both activities require ...

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 ...

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. The Eden Prairie teenager is among the world's ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Moving their hands swiftly, the children quickly build up towers of plastic cups in seconds. These young athletes, recently victorious at world championships in Germany, are taking ...