World Record attempt for Tallest alternating coffee cup tower in 30 seconds

Tallest alternating coffee cup tower in 30 seconds

Rank

1st

Score

179 centimetres

11coffee cup x 12 cm+ 4 coffee cup x 10,50 + 1 coffee cup x 5,2 cm = 179,2

Entrant

silvio.sabba
Rank

2nd

Score

169 centimetres

Dear GWR, I believe I followed all the rules. The successful attempt started at 12:03. I am verifying things for the camera before and after that time. Please bear in mind that the 16th cup was already on the stack and my hand was withdrawing when the buzzer sounded. This is evident by my arm slowly moving away at that time. Please consider that I did not have a tape measure, so I measured these cups exactly the way I did for my last Challengers attempt at stacking cups. I used a ruler and measured them up close. Almost all the cups I used are the same ones I used for a previous successful attempt at the most stacked in a minute. From my efforts to show the camera, you can see that no cups were touching before each attempt started. I measured each cup as if it was standing on a surface – this gives a true measurement of the heights, rather than measuring the height along the angle of the cup side. The top cup was 105mm tall; the 9 transparent cups were 107mm tall each; the 6 coloured cups were 105mm tall eac

Entrant

AlastairGalpin
Rank

3rd

Score

168 centimetres

168

Entrant

silvio.sabba
Rank

4th

Score

160 centimetres

15 coffee cup (10.7 cm) 160,50 cm

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silvio.sabba
Rank

5th

Score

150 centimetres

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nikirocks178
Rank

6th

Score

136 centimetres

13 bicchieri(10,7 cm) = 139,1 cm

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silvio.sabba
Rank

7th

Score

128 centimetres

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silvio.sabba
Rank

7th

Score

128 centimetres

139 cm ( no misura bicchiere)

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silvio.sabba
Rank

8th

Score

86 centimetres

:D i hope i get the world record!!

Entrant

joshuastacker
Rank

8th

Score

86 centimetres

Entrant

joshuastacker

silvio.sabba

Description: 139 cm ( no misura bicchiere)

Uploaded: 13th May 2012

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Score	Name	Country	Comments	Added
Rank 1st Score 179 centimetres	silvio.sabba	Italy	1	05 Jun 2012
Rank 2nd Score 169 centimetres	AlastairGalpin	New Zealand	1	22 May 2012
Rank 3rd Score 168 centimetres	silvio.sabba	Italy	2	22 May 2012
Rank 4th Score 160 centimetres	silvio.sabba	Italy	1	16 May 2012
Rank 5th Score 150 centimetres	nikirocks178	United States	0	18 Mar, 00:29
Rank 6th Score 136 centimetres	silvio.sabba	Italy	1	13 May 2012
Rank 7th Score 128 centimetres	silvio.sabba	Italy	0	13 May 2012
Rank 7th Score 128 centimetres	silvio.sabba	Italy	0	13 May 2012
Rank 8th Score 86 centimetres	joshuastacker	United States	0	03 Mar, 18:59
Rank 8th Score 86 centimetres	joshuastacker	United States	0	03 Mar, 19:01

About This Challenge

The tallest alternating coffee cup tower in 30 seconds measured 179 cm (70.47 in) and was achieved by Silvio Sabba (Italy) in Pioltello, Milan, Italy, on 31 May 2012.

Challenge Rules

Any type of commercially available plastic/paper/polystyrene cups may be used for this attempt, with maximum height 120mm, and maximum diameter at the rum 100mm.
At the beginning of the attempt, the cups must be laid out in the stacking area, completely separated from one another.
Then, the cups must be stacked vertically, one at a time, alternating upside-down/right-side-up, starting with the first cup being rim-side down on the floor.
Only one hand may be used for the stacking. No glues, water, or other adhesive may be used to hold the stack together, not may any external support be used.
The stack must remain standing for a minimum of 5 seconds after the 30 second period is over, and then measured in height using a suitable tape measure.