Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Why were we all stacking cups in PE class? Was it a scam? An MLM?
Speed Stacks took the world by storm in the early 2000s. In today's deep dive, we look into how it all began and where it went.
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🧚 email: contact@jordymcneill.com
💗 instagram: jordymcneill
🕹️ gaming channel: @jordysPS2
Sources for this video:
thewssa.com/news/2017-04-30/2017-rule-notice
thewssa.com/news/2019-01-22/message
thewssa.com/news/2019-01-22/message
thewssa.com/news/2017-06-13/logoless-cups-rule-enforcement
Kian Lynch's Video on the Speed Stacks Monopoly: youtube.com/watch?v=9VuIyL25K5A
Highly Recommend this doc on the world of sport stacking:
youtube.com/watch?v=FRFgjqwUs2M
Coach Ty's channel is filmed with Sport Stacking archive gems. He also has this great video on the history of cup stacking:
youtube.com/watch?v=KZux_BW4Pn0
youtube.com/watch?v=1BUBPaL4nbs&t=170s
youtube.com/watch?v=hzDAkXZWZHg&t=22s
youtube.com/watch?v=5APZtRMzeog&t=415s
youtube.com/watch?v=Qr0zwO3NWj0&t=1s
Videos Used:
youtube.com/watch?v=ycFCfNMMb2k
youtube.com/watch?v=W0u5H5S7gL0&t=1s
youtube.com/watch?v=iLEhfKZYurM
youtube.com/watch?v=5T07n-jTsl0
youtube.com/watch?v=aeDuCrTnQLs&t=108s
youtube.com/watch?v=XKQjB-ZpQFQ
youtube.com/watch?v=j54yGxuk0yo
youtube.com/watch?v=CRU6JOOlsqA&t=11s
youtube.com/watch?v=i1qgYAenidc
youtube.com/watch?v=CijWrkSpwNI
youtube.com/watch?v=Z7TL0E-U4vY
youtube.com/watch?v=su2493MEV3s
youtube.com/watch?v=SjOyaf2JKoE
youtube.com/watch?v=tt9_XK0jd_c
00:00 Intro
0:45 A look at my past with the stacks
2:45 Training Session 1 - The Return
4:45 The Origin
7:24 Training Session 2
7:47 The Early 2000s
8:57 The Speed Stacks Monopoly
9:56 The Rise of Speed Stacks (cont.)
10:39 In Defense of Sport Stacking
15:11 Stackers on the Internet
17:00 The Peak of Sport Stacking
17:46 Training Session 3
18:32 The Fall of Stacking
22:16 Training Session 4
23:14 Conclusion
Some of the links above contain affiliate links. Purchasing anything through these links doesn’t cost you anything extra, but I do get a little bit of $$$ from Daddy Bezos.
Why were we all stacking cups in PE class? Was it a scam? An MLM?
Speed Stacks took the world by storm in the early 2000s. In today's deep dive, we look into how it all began and where it went.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
🧚 email: contact@jordymcneill.com
💗 instagram: jordymcneill
🕹️ gaming channel: @jordysPS2
Sources for this video:
thewssa.com/news/2017-04-30/2017-rule-notice
thewssa.com/news/2019-01-22/message
thewssa.com/news/2019-01-22/message
thewssa.com/news/2017-06-13/logoless-cups-rule-enforcement
Kian Lynch's Video on the Speed Stacks Monopoly: youtube.com/watch?v=9VuIyL25K5A
Highly Recommend this doc on the world of sport stacking:
youtube.com/watch?v=FRFgjqwUs2M
Coach Ty's channel is filmed with Sport Stacking archive gems. He also has this great video on the history of cup stacking:
youtube.com/watch?v=KZux_BW4Pn0
youtube.com/watch?v=1BUBPaL4nbs&t=170s
youtube.com/watch?v=hzDAkXZWZHg&t=22s
youtube.com/watch?v=5APZtRMzeog&t=415s
youtube.com/watch?v=Qr0zwO3NWj0&t=1s
Videos Used:
youtube.com/watch?v=ycFCfNMMb2k
youtube.com/watch?v=W0u5H5S7gL0&t=1s
youtube.com/watch?v=iLEhfKZYurM
youtube.com/watch?v=5T07n-jTsl0
youtube.com/watch?v=aeDuCrTnQLs&t=108s
youtube.com/watch?v=XKQjB-ZpQFQ
youtube.com/watch?v=j54yGxuk0yo
youtube.com/watch?v=CRU6JOOlsqA&t=11s
youtube.com/watch?v=i1qgYAenidc
youtube.com/watch?v=CijWrkSpwNI
youtube.com/watch?v=Z7TL0E-U4vY
youtube.com/watch?v=su2493MEV3s
youtube.com/watch?v=SjOyaf2JKoE
youtube.com/watch?v=tt9_XK0jd_c
00:00 Intro
0:45 A look at my past with the stacks
2:45 Training Session 1 - The Return
4:45 The Origin
7:24 Training Session 2
7:47 The Early 2000s
8:57 The Speed Stacks Monopoly
9:56 The Rise of Speed Stacks (cont.)
10:39 In Defense of Sport Stacking
15:11 Stackers on the Internet
17:00 The Peak of Sport Stacking
17:46 Training Session 3
18:32 The Fall of Stacking
22:16 Training Session 4
23:14 Conclusion
Some of the links above contain affiliate links. Purchasing anything through these links doesn’t cost you anything extra, but I do get a little bit of $$$ from Daddy Bezos.
