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.

These kids gathered in the living room, their eyes twinkling with excitement as they prepared for the cup-stacking challenge.

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Sampson Elementary teacher Charlotte French prefers the nontraditional approach to teaching physical education, so when she first saw a little girl stacking plastic cups in a fury at a table while at ...

If you know what Cup Stacking is, you're probably a parent or a kid who graduated recently. Speed stacks have been around for more than 18 years, but it's blowing up in a big way. Not only has sport ...

Cup stacking event aims for 600,000 participants; current record is 555,932. This sport requires speed, focus — and a lot of cups. Students at Cooper City Elementary stepped up to the challenge on ...