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HOW TO: Pile the Plastic

A lesson in sport stacking from expert (and 11-year-old) Steven Purugganan

by Neil Janowitz and Justin D'Ambrosio
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Steven Purugganan can pile and pillage six stacks of perforated plastic cups in less time than it takes to say, " Wait, that's really a sport?" He's the odds-on favorite going into April 18-19's Sport Stacking World Championships in Denver. Here, the fleet-fingered 11-year-old explains what's at work as he makes mugs disappear.


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