Juggling world records
Juggling world records comprise the best performances in the fields of endurance and numbers juggling.
Criteria
For ratification as a world record, the claimed record
- must be proved by video evidence, either available to the general public or
- must be validated by organizations such as Guinness World Records
Up until 2012 any record must have been proved by either of the two methods above or by video evidence, available to the members of the former Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON)[1]. JISCON is no longer active.
Records begin where each object being juggled has been thrown and successfully caught at least once (e.g. 11 catches of 12 balls is not listed). This is known as a 'flash'. Where each object is thrown and caught more than once the term used is a 'qualify'.
Notes on defining the props
- Balls, which include beanbags, must be roughly spherical objects.[2]
- Clubs, which include sticks and batons, must be long, roughly cylindrical objects.[2]
- Rings, which include plates and hoops, must be flat, roughly circular objects.[2]
- Bouncing balls must be bounced off a solid, flat, horizontal surface with just one bounce per ball between each throw and catch.
Solo juggling records
Props must be thrown individually from each hand, and counting of catches commences once all props bar one have been thrown. Multiplexing (throwing more than one prop at a time from the same hand) is not allowed. Catches are counted only for throws made while no props have been dropped. According to JISCON definition, a drop is "a failure to catch an object that, as a result, hits the ground or any foreign object. A drop is considered to have happened at the moment the object should have been caught or touched, not when it hits the ground."[2]
Balls
Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 beanbags | 14 catches | Alex Barron | 2017 | (Video on YouTube) | |
13 beanbags | 15 catches | Alex Barron | 2013 | (Video on YouTube) | |
12 beanbags | 20 catches | Alex Barron | 2017 | (Video on YouTube) | |
11 beanbags | 33 catches | Alex Barron | 2017 | (Video on YouTube) | |
10 beanbags | 33 catches | Alex Barron | 2017 | (Video on YouTube) | |
9 balls | 55 s | Anthony Gatto | 2006 | (Video on YouTube) | |
8 balls | 1 min 13 s | Anthony Gatto | 2006 | (Video on YouTube) | |
7 balls | 12 min 51 s | Ofek Snir | 2015 | (Video on YouTube) | |
6 balls | 9 min 17 s | Christian Hauschild | 2014 | (Video on YouTube) | |
5 balls | 2 h 41 min 27 s | Ofek Snir | 2016 | (Video on YouTube), [3] | |
4 balls | 2 h 46 min 48 s | Zdeněk Bradáč | 2010 | [4] | |
3 balls | 12 h 5 min | David Slick | 2009 | [5][6] | |
Clubs
Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 clubs | 11 catches | Eivind Dragsjø | 2016 | (Video on YouTube) | |
8 clubs | 16 catches | Anthony Gatto | 2006 | (Video on YouTube) | |
Willy Colombaioni | 2015 | (Video on YouTube), [7] | |||
7 clubs | 4 min 23 s | Anthony Gatto | 2005 | [1] | |
6 clubs | 7 min 38 s | Anthony Gatto | 2005 | (Video on YouTube) | |
5 clubs | 53 min 21 s | Thomas Dietz | 2005 | [1] | |
4 clubs | 53 min 54 s | Pablo Velt | 2018 | (Video on YouTube) | |
3 clubs | 2 h 39 min 26 s | Kevin Hauer | 2016 | (Video on YouTube) | |
Rings
Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 rings | 13 catches | Albert Lucas | 2002 | [1] | |
12 rings | 16 catches | Willy Colombaioni | 2016 | (Video on YouTube), (Video on YouTube) | |
11 rings | 17 catches | Anthony Gatto | 2006 | [1] | |
10 rings | 47 catches | Anthony Gatto | 2005 | [1] | |
9 rings | 50 s | Anthony Gatto | 2005 | (Video on YouTube), [1] | |
8 rings | 1 min 17 s | Anthony Gatto | 1989 | (Video on YouTube), [1] | |
7 rings | 15 min 6 s | Anthony Gatto | 2011 | (Video on YouTube), [1] | |
Bouncing
Force Bounce
Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 bounce balls | 12 catches | Alan Šulc | 2008 | (Video on YouTube), [8] | |
10 bounce balls | 10 catches | Alan Šulc | 2008 | (Video on YouTube), [8] | |
Henrik Veres | 2013 | (Video on YouTube) | |||
Tony Garcia | 2014 | (Video on YouTube) | |||
9 bounce balls | 98 catches | Alan Šulc | 2016 | (Video on YouTube) | |
8 bounce balls | 4 min 12 s | Alan Šulc | 2011 | (Video on YouTube), [8] | |
7 bounce balls | 2 min 15 s | David Nayer | 2015 | (Video on YouTube) | |
6 bounce balls | 5 min 48 s | David Nayer | 2016 | (Video on YouTube) | |
5 bounce balls | 59 min 30 s | David Nayer | 2015 | (Video on YouTube) | |
Lift Bounce
Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 bounce balls | 11 catches | Tim Nolan | 1990 | [8] | |
10 bounce balls | 51 catches | Mathias Ramfelt | 2017 | (Video on Vimeo) | |
9 bounce balls | 40 s | Mathias Ramfelt | 2017 | (Video on Vimeo) | |
8 bounce balls | 1 min 14 s | Tyron Colombaioni | 2016 | (Video on Facebook) | |
7 bounce balls | 11 min 20 s | Tyron Colombaioni | 2016 | (Video on YouTube) | |
6 bounce balls | 6 min 43 s | Philippe Dupuis | 2016 | (Video on YouTube) | |
5 bounce balls | 25 min 53 s | Tyron Colombaioni | 2016 | (Video on YouTube) | |
4 bounce balls | 25 min 14 s | Tyron Colombaioni | 2016 | (Video on YouTube) | |
3 bounce balls | 52 min 41 s | David Jonsson | 2016 | (Video on YouTube) | |
Passing records
When passing, only the props thrown between two separate jugglers are counted. In some patterns (ultimates or one-count) all the throws are caught by the opposite juggler but in other patterns each juggler makes some throws to themselves. The reason for excluding self throws is that two jugglers could make a single pass to their partner and then go on to juggle solo patterns for as long as they wanted therefore undermining the record for 'passing'.
Balls
Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 balls | 21 passes | Dave Leahy Dan Wood |
2014 | (Video on YouTube) | |
20 balls | 24 passes | Dave Leahy Dan Wood |
2013 | (Video on YouTube) | |
19 balls | 23 passes | Tom Whitfield Dan Wood |
2018 | (Video on YouTube) | |
18 balls | 26 passes | Dave Leahy Dan Wood |
2012 | (Video on YouTube) | |
17 balls | 33 passes | Doug Sayers Benjamin Thompson |
2013 | (Video on YouTube) | |
16 balls | 47 passes | Peter Kaseman Doug Sayers |
2015 | (Video on YouTube) | |
15 balls | 91 passes | Peter Kaseman Doug Sayers |
2012 | (Video on YouTube) | |
14 balls | 22 seconds (195 passes) |
Peter Kaseman Doug Sayers |
2012 | (Video on YouTube), [nb 1] | |
13 balls | 54 seconds (475 passes) |
Ori Roth Ofek Snir |
2016 | (Video on YouTube) | |
12 balls | 1 min 38 s (475 passes) |
Daniel Ledel Luca Pferdmenges |
2017 | (Video on YouTube) | |
11 balls | 5 min 5 s (1506 passes) |
Daniel Ledel Luca Pferdmenges |
2018 | (Video on YouTube) | |
Clubs
Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 clubs | 18 passes | Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
2015 | [9] | |
13 clubs | 30 passes | Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
2013 | (Video on YouTube) | |
12 clubs | 28 s (101 passes) |
Daniel Ledel Manuel Mitasch |
2016 | (Video on YouTube) | |
11 clubs | 1 min 7 s (244 passes) |
Dominik Harant Daniel Ledel |
2018 | (Video on YouTube) | |
10 clubs | 4 min 00 s (808 passes) |
Dominik Harant Daniel Ledel |
2017 | (Video on YouTube) | |
9 clubs | 7 min 1 s (1392 passes) |
Christoph Mitasch Manuel Mitasch |
2007 | (Video on YouTube) [1] | |
Rings
Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 rings | 19 passes | Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
2015 | (Video on YouTube). | |
17 rings | 17 passes | Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
2013 | (Video on YouTube) | |
16 rings | 25 passes | Dmitry Teslenko Victor Teslenko |
2017 | (Video on YouTube) | |
15 rings | 35 passes | Chris Hodge Danny Hodge |
2015 | (Video on YouTube) | |
14 rings | 59 passes | Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
2013 | (Video on YouTube) | |
13 rings | 23 seconds (171 passes) |
Thomas Dietz Dominik Harant |
2015 | (Video on YouTube) | |
12 rings | 57 seconds (217 passes) |
Dmitry Teslenko Victor Teslenko |
2017 | (Video on YouTube) | |
11 rings | 2 min 44 s (1201 passes) |
Thomas Dietz Dominik Harant |
2015 | (Video on YouTube) | |
Notes
- ↑ In 2012, Chris Hodge and Andrew Hodge set the 14 ball passing record for a 2-count pattern. The 199 catches mentioned in that video include self-throws (an alternate counting method used by the IJA).
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "List of Numbers Juggling Records". Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON). Retrieved February 12, 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "Numbers Juggling Rules & Definitions". Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON). Retrieved October 16, 2009.
- ↑ Performed publicly at EJC, 2016 in Almere, Holland and video streamed live.
- ↑ "Longest Duration Juggling Four Objects". Guinness World Records. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Confirmation Letter to David Slick of World Record for 'Longest duration juggling three objects'". Guinness World Records. September 22, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ↑ "Longest Duration Juggling Three Objects". Guinness World Records. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Eight club world record". Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Official Bounce Juggling World Records". The Bounce Page. Archived from the original on May 18, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.instagram.com/p/2mptNwIt-o/
External links
- JISCON the Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling
- Juggling World Records - Collection of world record videos