Juggling world records explained

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

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to the members of the former Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON).[1] JISCON is no longer active.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

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

EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)
14 beanbags14 catchesAlex Barron2017
13 beanbags15 catchesAlex Barron2013
12 beanbags20 catchesAlex Barron2017
Tom Whitfield2024
11 beanbags34 catchesTom Whitfield2022
10 beanbags51 catchesTom Whitfield2024
9 balls55 sAnthony Gatto2006
8 balls1 min 18 sEnzo Nicolás Agüero2023
7 balls16 min 25 sAdolfo Esteban Cardenas2019
6 balls30 min 46 sMaximilian Kuschmierz2023
5 balls3 h 44 min 46 sBence Ónodi2022
4 balls3 h 03 min 13 sChris Smith2023
3 balls13 h 10 minDavid Rush2023[3]

Clubs

EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)
9 clubs11 catchesEivind Dragsjø2016
8 clubs18 catchesMoritz Rosner2023
7 clubs4 min 24 sAnthony Gatto2005
6 clubs7 min 38 sAnthony Gatto2005
5 clubs53 min 21 sThomas Dietz2005Verified by JISCON
4 clubs2 h 7 min 17 sCaio Stevanovich2023
3 clubs5 h 1 min 51 sAlexandr Inozemtzev2022

Rings

EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)
13 rings13 catchesAlbert Lucas2002
12 rings16 catchesWilly Colombaioni2016,
11 rings21 catchesLysenko Danila2020
10 rings47 catchesAnthony Gatto2005
9 rings50 sAnthony Gatto2005,
8 rings1 min 17 sAnthony Gatto1989,
7 rings15 min 6 sAnthony Gatto2011(
6 rings6 min 37 sEivind Dragsjø2022
5 rings58 min 22 sCaio Stevanovich2022
4 rings1 h 20 min 55 sMaximilian Kuschmierz2022
3 rings3 h 10 min 45 sMaximilian Kuschmierz2022

Bouncing

Force Bounce

EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)
12 bounce balls12 catchesAlan Šulc2008,[4]
10 bounce balls10 catchesAlan Šulc2008,
Henrik Veres2013
Tony Garcia2014
David Enoch Sosman2021(Video on TikTok)
9 bounce balls98 catchesAlan Šulc2016
8 bounce balls4 min 12 sAlan Šulc2011,
7 bounce balls2 min 15 sDavid Nayer2015
6 bounce balls5 min 48 sDavid Nayer2016
5 bounce balls59 min 30 sDavid Nayer2015
Lift Bounce
EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)
11 bounce balls12 catchesEden Zak2014
10 bounce balls51 catchesMathias Ramfelt2017
9 bounce balls40 sMathias Ramfelt2017
8 bounce balls1 min 14 sTyron Colombaioni2016(Video on Facebook)
7 bounce balls11 min 20 sTyron Colombaioni2016
6 bounce balls6 min 43 sPhilippe Dupuis2016
5 bounce balls56 min 09 sLiam Ryan-O'Flaherty2019
4 bounce balls2 hour 0 min 01 sBill Coad2019
3 bounce balls3 hours 45 min 13 sBill Coad2019

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

EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)
22 balls22 passesTom Whitfield & Dan Wood
Tom Whitfield & Dave Leahy
2018
2019

21 balls21 passesDave Leahy
Dan Wood
2014
20 balls27 passesTom Whitfield
Dan Wood
2019
19 balls25 passesTom Whitfield
Dan Wood
2019
18 balls29 passesTom Whitfield
Dave Leahy
2019
17 balls39 passesTom Whitfield
Dave Leahy
2019
16 balls47 passesPeter Kaseman
Doug Sayers
2015
15 balls91 passesPeter Kaseman
Doug Sayers
2012
14 balls22 seconds
(195 passes)
Peter Kaseman
Doug Sayers
2012, [5]
13 balls54 seconds
(475 passes)
Ori Roth
Ofek Snir
2016
12 balls1 min 38 s
(475 passes)
Daniel Ledel
Luca Pferdmenges

2017
11 balls5 min 5 s
(1506 passes)
Daniel Ledel
Luca Pferdmenges

2018

Clubs

EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)
15 clubs15 passesKaito Tanioka
Kento Tanioka
2021(Video on Instagram)
14 clubs32 passesDominik Harant
Manuel Mitasch
2020
13 clubs31 s
(102 passes)
Dominik Harant
Manuel Mitasch
2022
12 clubs28 s
(101 passes)
Daniel Ledel
Manuel Mitasch
2016
11 clubs1 min 17 s
(246 passes)
Julius Preu
Daniel Ledel

2022
10 clubs4 min 00 s
(808 passes)
Dominik Harant
Daniel Ledel
2017
9 clubs7 min 1 s
(1392 passes)
Christoph Mitasch
Manuel Mitasch
2007

Rings

EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)
18 rings19 passesDominik Harant
Manuel Mitasch
2015.
17 rings21 passesDominik Harant
Manuel Mitasch
2020
16 rings32 passesDominik Harant
Manuel Mitasch
2020
15 rings52 passesThomas Dietz
Dominik Harant

2018Video on Instagram
14 rings59 passesDominik Harant
Manuel Mitasch
2013
13 rings23 seconds
(171 passes)
Thomas Dietz
Dominik Harant

2015
12 rings1 min 22 seconds
(300 passes)
Dominik Harant
Manuel Mitasch
2020
11 rings2 min 44 s
(1201 passes)
Thomas Dietz
Dominik Harant

2015

Notes

  1. Web site: List of Numbers Juggling Records . Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON) . February 12, 2011 .
  2. Web site: Numbers Juggling Rules & Definitions . Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON) . October 16, 2009 .
  3. Web site: Longest duration juggling three objects . 21 July 2023 . Guiness World Records . Guiness World Records.
  4. Web site: Official Bounce Juggling World Records . The Bounce Page . https://web.archive.org/web/20130518042037/http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm. May 18, 2013.
  5. 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).

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