The boxes came from Tokyo: first by tanker, then overland via container truck from a Pacific port, across the Continental Divide, and finally backed into a driveway at the end of a cul-de-sac in a south Denver suburban enclave. This was a neighborhood with Razor scooters dumped in trimmed front lawns. Where family walks with […]
I remember this thing being “kinda big” in Brazil around the mid-late 2010s because of a TV show that did a tournament with kids. Then it thankfully died out.
Anyway, according to the article, the only reason this took off is because mr Fox, ex professional clown, was good at hyping up and teaching the thing to kids, once he became a PE teacher:
I’ve seen cup stacking in action. Yes, lots of speed and dexterity, but it’s as “fun” as watching people solve rubik cubes, in my opinion.