Juggling world records

This is a list of juggling world records for solo juggling of clubs, balls, rings and bouncing balls as well as the two person passing records for each of these four props.

The records for each section are split into three groups.

* The "most official" record with each number. These records can be proved only by video evidence, either available to the general public or to the members of the Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling [http://www.juggling.org/records/records.html (JISCON)] .

* The "unofficial" record with each number, where the record is equal to or beats the official record. These are usually personal claims by the named juggler, often with witnesses. It should be remembered that it is notoriously difficult to accurately count catches for any attempt beyond a flash without resorting to slowed down video footage.

* Records with lower numbers of props. These records can last anywhere from 20 minutes to 12 hours so video evidence, even if it exists, is not easily available for anyone to check.

Notes on defining the three props:
* Balls, which include beanbags, must be roughly spherical objects.
* Clubs, which include sticks and batons, must be long roughly cylindrical objects.
* Rings, which include plates and hoops, must be flat, roughly circular objects.
* Bouncing balls must be bounced off a solid, flat, horizontal surface with just one bounce per ball between each throw and catch.

Records begin where each object being juggled has been thrown and successfully caught at least once. Eg. 11 catches of 12 balls is not listed.

Solo Records

Props must be thrown individually from each hand, and counting of catches commences once all props bar one have been thrown. Catches are counted only for throws made while no props have been dropped (fail to be caught and held onto) and before either hand has accumulated more than one prop at a time.

Clubs/sticks

Solo club records from the JISCON page or with publicly available video evidence:
* 9 sticks for 9 catches by Bruce Tiemann in 1996, Scott Sorensen in 1997 and Chris Fowler in 2003 (JISCON).
* 8 clubs for 16 catches by Anthony Gatto in 2006 (JISCON) (video on www.anthonygatto.com).
* 7 clubs for 4 minutes 23 seconds by Anthony Gatto in 2006 (JISCON).
* 6 clubs for 7 minutes 38 seconds by Anthony Gatto in 2005 (JISCON) (Personal video clip).
* 5 clubs for 53 minutes 21 seconds by Thomas Dietz in 2005 (JISCON).

Balls/beanbags

Solo ball records from the JISCON page or with publicly available video evidence:
* 12 beanbags for 12 catches by Bruce Sarafian in 1996 (JISCON), Ben Beever in 2001 (publicly available video), Peter Bone in 2006 (JISCON) (publicly available video) and Brian Koenig in 2007 (publicly available video).
* 11 beanbags for 15 catches by Bruce Sarafian in 2001 (JISCON).
* 10 beanbags for 23 catches by Bruce Sarafian in 2001 (JISCON).
* 9 balls for 54 seconds by Anthony Gatto in 2006 (JISCON).
* 8 balls for 1 minute 13 seconds by Anthony Gatto in 2006 (JISCON) (publicly available video).
* 7 balls for 10 minutes 12 seconds by Anthony Gatto in 2005 (JISCON).

Lower numbers:
* 3 balls - 11 hours 4 minutes 22 seconds by Terry Cole, in the 1996 Guinness Book of Records.

Unverified Claims:
* 13 beanbags for 13 catches by Peter Bone in 2005.
* 12 beanbags for 12 catches by Luke Burrage in 2004.

Rings/plates

Solo ring records from the JISCON page or with publicly available video evidence:
* 13 rings for 13 catches by Albert Lucas in 2002 (JISCON).
* 12 rings for 12 catches by Anthony Gatto in 1993 and Albert Lucas in 1996 (JISCON).
* 11 rings for 17 catches by Anthony Gatto in 2006 (JISCON).
* 10 rings for 47 catches by Anthony Gatto in 2005 (JISCON).
* 9 rings for 235 catches by Anthony Gatto in 2005 (JISCON).
* 8 rings for 1 minute 17 seconds by Anthony Gatto in 1989 (JISCON).
* 7 rings for 15 minutes 5 seconds by Anthony Gatto in 2005 (video on www.anthonygatto.com).

Unverified Claims
* 14 rings for 14 catches by Albert Lucas

Bouncing

Solo lift bounce records with publicly available video evidence:
* 11 bounce balls for 11 catches by Tim Nolan in 1990 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm video] ).
* 10 bounce balls for 39 catches by Robert Mosher III in 2007 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm video] ).
* 9 bounce balls for 32 seconds by Robert Mosher III in 2007 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm video] ).

Solo force bounce records with publicly available video evidence:
* 12 bounce balls for 12 catches by Alan Šulc in 2008 ( [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcFOGRfGlA video] )
* 11 bounce balls for 11 catches by Alan Šulc in 2008 ( [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcFOGRfGlA video] )
* 10 bounce balls for 10 catches by Alan Šulc in 2008 ( [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcFOGRfGlA video] )
* 9 bounce balls for 62 catches by Alan Šulc in 2008 ( [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcFOGRfGlA video] )
* 8 bounce balls for 208 catches by Alan Šulc in 2008 ( [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcFOGRfGlA video] )

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 a few patterns each juggler makes some throws to themselves. If these self throws were counted, two jugglers could make a single pass to their partner and then go on to juggle solo patterns for as long as they wanted.

The JISCON only tracks club passing. The top records for ball and ring passing are not officially tracked by anyone but some video evidence is available for various numbers.

Clubs

Two-person club passing records from the JISCON page or with publicly available video evidence:
* 14 clubs for 14 passes caught by Peter Kaseman and Darin Marriott in 2004 (JISCON).
* 13 clubs for 13 passes caught by Peter Kaseman and Darin Marriott in 2004 (JISCON).
* 12 clubs for 76 passes caught by Manuel Mitasch and Christoph Mitasch in 2008 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1NyNnctVPQ video] .
* 11 clubs for 196 passes caught by Manuel Mitasch and Christoph Mitasch in 2007 [http://download.jonglissimo.com/wr11c_200704.mpeg video] .
* 10 clubs for over 600 passes caught by Manuel Mitasch and Christoph Mitasch in 2008 [http://www.jonglissimo.com/records.html video] .
* 9 clubs for 1392 passes caught by Manuel Mitasch and Christoph Mitasch in 2007 [http://download.jonglissimo.com/wr9c_200701.mpeg video] .

Balls

Two-person ball passing records from the JISCON or with publicly available video evidence:
* 19 balls for 19 passes caught by Ben Beever and Luke Burrage in 2008 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcgvTGLSk5U video] .

* 18 balls for 18 passes caught by Ben Beever and Luke Burrage in 2002 [http://www.lukeburrage.com/archive/juggling/videos/1718pass.mpg video] .
* 17 balls for 17 passes caught by Ben Beever and Luke Burrage in 2002 [http://www.lukeburrage.com/archive/juggling/videos/1718pass.mpg video] .
* 16 balls for 16 passes caught by Stefan Paridaen and Luke Burrage in 2004 (video).
* 14 balls for 57 passes caught by Doug Sayers and Bruce Bailey in 2007 [http://www.juggling.tv/vaults/view_video.php?viewkey=ec9115b10c292ef8bc98 video] .
* 13 balls for 284 passes caught by Dominik Ladenburger and Matthias Strebel in 2008 [http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=VLrysZVuAx0 video] .

Rings

"'Ring passing records from the JISCON or with publicly available video evidence:"'
*18 rings for 18 passes by Rojic Levicky and Victor Teslenko in 2008 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOXrhcFZfXY video]
*16 rings for 16 passes by Anthony Gatto and Ivan Pecel in 2006 [http://www.juggling.tv/vaults/view_video.php?viewkey=7b8358eababa07fcaf09 video]

Bouncing

Two-person bounce passing with publicly available video evidence:

* 19 balls for 20 passes caught by Dave Critchfield and John Jones in 2007 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/videos.html video] ).
* 18 balls for 30 passes caught by Dave Critchfield and John Jones in 2005 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm video] ).
* 17 balls for 43 passes caught by Dave Critchfield and John Jones in 2007 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm video] ).
* 16 balls for 74 passes caught by Dave Critchfield and John Jones in 2005 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm video] ).
* 15 balls for 160 passes caught by Dave Critchfield and John Jones in 2007 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm video] ).
* 14 balls for 333 passes caught by Dave Critchfield and John Jones in 2004 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm video] ).
* 13 balls for 1 minute 59 seconds by Vincent Bruel and Sylvain Garnavault in 2004 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm video] ).
* 12 balls for 3 minutes by [http://www.bouncedicks.com Dave Critchfield] and [http://www.bouncedicks.com John Jones] in 2002 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm video] ).
* 11 balls for 7 minutes 37 seconds by [http://www.bouncedicks.com Dave Critchfield] and [http://www.bouncedicks.com John Jones] in 2005 ( [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm video] ).

External links

* [http://www.juggling.org/records/records.html JISCON] the JIS Committee on Numbers Juggling
* [http://www.bouncepage.com/records.htm Bounce Page] for unofficial bounce records
* [http://www.jugglingdb.com/records/index.php Juggling Record Database] at the Internet Juggling Database (IJDB)