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.

Jordan Neuman is really good at sports stacking. He’s on Team USA in the World Sport Stacking Association and is ranked second for male stackers in Florida, twenty-first for male stackers in the U.S.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOPLIN, Mo. — It has been a tradition at St. Mary’s Catholic Elementary in Joplin for close to 15-years. The school’s “Stack Up” ...

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 & ...