Juggling world records Facts for Kids

Juggling world records are all about showing off the very best juggling skills! These records track how many objects a person can juggle at once, or how long they can keep juggling without dropping anything. It's like the Olympics for jugglers, where people push their limits to see what's possible.

How Juggling Records Are Set
Solo Juggling Records
- Balls
- Clubs
- Rings
- Bouncing
Passing Records
- Balls
- Clubs
- Rings

How Juggling Records Are Set

To make sure a juggling record is real and fair, there are some important rules:

Proof is Key: Every record needs to be proven with a video. Sometimes, these videos are available for everyone to see. Other times, big organizations like Guinness World Records check them out.
What is a 'Flash'?: In juggling, a 'flash' means you throw and catch every single object at least once. For example, if you're juggling 12 balls, you need to throw and catch all 12 of them at least one time each for it to count as a flash.
What is a 'Qualify'?: If you throw and catch each object more than once, that's called a 'qualify'. This is usually for endurance records, where jugglers try to keep the objects in the air for a long time.

Here's how different juggling objects are defined for records:

Balls: These are round objects, like beanbags.
Clubs: These are long, cylinder-shaped objects, like juggling sticks or batons.
Rings: These are flat, round objects, like plates or hoops.
Bouncing Balls: These balls must bounce off a flat, hard surface. Each ball should only bounce once between being thrown and caught.

Solo Juggling Records

In solo juggling, a single person juggles by themselves. Here are some rules for these records:

You must throw each object one at a time from each hand.
You can't throw more than one object at a time from the same hand (this is called 'multiplexing').
Catches only count if you haven't dropped any objects. A 'drop' means an object hits the ground or something else because you couldn't catch it.

Balls

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
14 beanbags	14 catches	Alex Barron	United Kingdom	2017	()
13 beanbags	15 catches	Alex Barron	United Kingdom	2013	()
12 beanbags	20 catches	Alex Barron	United Kingdom	2017	()
11 beanbags	33 catches	Alex Barron	United Kingdom	2017	()
10 beanbags	39 catches	Tom Whitfield	United Kingdom	2020	()
9 balls	55 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	2006	()
8 balls	1 min 13 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	2006	()
7 balls	16 min 25 s	Adolfo Esteban Cardenas	Chile	2019	()
6 balls	25 min 17 s	Adolfo Esteban Cardenas	Chile	2019	()
5 balls	2 h 41 min 27 s	Ofek Snir	Israel	2016	(),
4 balls	2 h 46 min 48 s	Zdeněk Bradáč	Czech Republic	2010
3 balls	12 h 5 min	David Slick	United States	2009

Clubs

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
9 clubs	11 catches	Eivind Dragsjø	Norway	2016	()
8 clubs	16 catches	Anthony Gatto	United States	2006	()
8 clubs	16 catches	Willy Colombaioni	Italy	2015	(),
7 clubs	4 min 24 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	2005	()
6 clubs	7 min 38 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	2005	()
5 clubs	53 min 21 s	Thomas Dietz	Germany	2005	Verified by JISCON
4 clubs	58 min 06 s	Ameron Rosvall	Sweden	2019	()
3 clubs	3 h 43 min 14 s	Robert LeBoeuf	United States	2019	()

Rings

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
13 rings	13 catches	Albert Lucas	United States	2002
12 rings	16 catches	Willy Colombaioni	Italy	2016	(), ()
11 rings	21 catches	Lysenko Danila	Ukraine	2020	()
10 rings	47 catches	Anthony Gatto	United States	2005
9 rings	50 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	2005	(),
8 rings	1 min 17 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	1989	(),
7 rings	15 min 6 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	2011	(),

Bouncing

Force Bounce

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
12 bounce balls	12 catches	Alan Šulc	Czech Republic	2008	(),
10 bounce balls	10 catches	Alan Šulc	Czech Republic	2008	(),
		Henrik Veres	Hungary	2013	()
		Tony Garcia	Spain	2014	()
9 bounce balls	98 catches	Alan Šulc	Czech Republic	2016	()
8 bounce balls	4 min 12 s	Alan Šulc	Czech Republic	2011	(),
7 bounce balls	2 min 15 s	David Nayer	United States	2015	()
6 bounce balls	5 min 48 s	David Nayer	United States	2016	()
5 bounce balls	59 min 30 s	David Nayer	United States	2015	()

Lift Bounce

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
11 bounce balls	12 catches	Eden Zak	Israel	2014	()
10 bounce balls	51 catches	Mathias Ramfelt	Norway	2017	(Video on Vimeo)
9 bounce balls	40 s	Mathias Ramfelt	Norway	2017	(Video on Vimeo)
8 bounce balls	1 min 14 s	Tyron Colombaioni	Italy	2016	(Video on Facebook)
7 bounce balls	11 min 20 s	Tyron Colombaioni	Italy	2016	()
6 bounce balls	6 min 43 s	Philippe Dupuis	Canada	2016	()
5 bounce balls	56 min 09 s	Liam Ryan-O'Flaherty	United States	2019	()
4 bounce balls	2 hour 0 min 01 s	Bill Coad	United States	2019	()
3 bounce balls	3 hours 45 min 13 s	Bill Coad	United States	2019	()

Passing Records

Manuel and Christoph Mitasch, world record-holding club passers.

When jugglers are passing objects, it means they are throwing them back and forth between each other. For these records, only the throws that go from one juggler to the other are counted. Throws that a juggler makes to themselves don't count. This is because if self-throws counted, two jugglers could just make one pass and then juggle by themselves for a long time, which wouldn't really be a "passing" record.