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'''Solo ball records from the JISCON page or with publicly available video evidence:''' '''Solo ball records from the JISCON page or with publicly available video evidence:'''
* 12 beanbags for 12 catches by ] in 1996 (JISCON), ] in 2001 (publicly available video) and ] in 2006 (JISCON) (publicly available video). * 22 beanbags for 12 catches by ] in 1996 (JISCON), ] in 2001 (publicly available video) and ] in 2006 (JISCON) (publicly available video).
* 11 beanbags for 15 catches by ] in 2001 (JISCON). * 16 beanbags for 15 catches by ] in 2001 (JISCON).
* 10 beanbags for 23 catches by ] in 2001 (JISCON). * 13 beanbags for 23 catches by ] in 2001 (JISCON).
* 9 balls for 250 catches by ] in 2005 (JISCON). * 9 balls for 250 catches by ] in 2005 (JISCON).
* 8 balls for 1 minute 13 seconds by ] in 2006 (JISCON) (publicly available video). * 8 balls for 1 minute 13 seconds by ] in 2006 (JISCON) (publicly available video).

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This page lists juggling records for solo juggling of clubs, balls, rings and bounce juggling 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 (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 four 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.

The records listed below are taken from many sources, such as the JISCON page, the Bounce Page records list, the Juggling Record Database and more.


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).

Equal or higher solo club juggling records with no video evidence available to the JISCON or the general public:

  • 9 sticks for 11 catches by Chris Fowler

Lower numbers:

  • 4 clubs for 1 hour 11 minutes 35 seconds by Luis Nino Villesca in 2005 (personal claim).
  • 3 clubs for 1 hour 20 minutes (10,000 catches exactly) by Howie Bailey in 2004 (many witnesses).

Balls/beanbags

Solo ball records from the JISCON page or with publicly available video evidence:

  • 22 beanbags for 12 catches by Bruce Sarafian in 1996 (JISCON), Ben Beever in 2001 (publicly available video) and Peter Bone in 2006 (JISCON) (publicly available video).
  • 16 beanbags for 15 catches by Bruce Sarafian in 2001 (JISCON).
  • 13 beanbags for 23 catches by Bruce Sarafian in 2001 (JISCON).
  • 9 balls for 250 catches by Anthony Gatto in 2005 (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).

Equal or higher solo ball juggling records with no video evidence available to the JISCON or the general public:

  • 13 beanbags for 13 catches by Peter Bone in 2005 (personal claim).
  • 12 beanbags for 13 catches by Peter Bone in 2005, and for 12 catches by Luke Burrage (personal claims with at least one witness).
  • 11 beanbags for 18 catches by Peter Bone (personal claim).
  • 10 beanbags for 28 catches by Bruce Sarafian (personal claim) and Thomas Dietz (personal claim).
  • 9 balls for 348 catches by Anthony Gatto (personal claim).

Lower numbers:

Rings/plates

Solo ring records from the JISCON page or with publicly available video evidence:

Equal or higher solo ring juggling records with no video evidence available to the JISCON or the general public:

Lower numbers:

  • 6 rings for 3 minutes by Thomas Dietz in 2005 (personal claim).
  • 5 rings for 26 minutes 34 seconds by Thomas Dietz in 2004 (personal claim).
  • 4 rings for 10 minutes 20 seconds by Reto Schlapfer in 2002 (personal claim).
  • 3 rings - no record yet

Bouncing

Solo bounce records with publicly available video evidence:

Equal or higher bounce juggling records with no video evidence available to the JISCON or the general public:

  • 9 bounce balls for 30 seconds by Antonio Bucci in 1988 (many witnesses).
  • 8 bounce balls for 4 minutes 30 seconds by Antonio Bucci in 1988 (many witnesses).
  • 7 bounce balls for 52 minutes by Antonio Bucci in 2001 (many witnesses).

Lower numbers:

  • 6 bounce balls for 10 minutes 8 seconds by John Jones in 2001 (personal claim).
  • 5 bounce balls for 57 minutes by Dave Critchfield in 2005 (personal claim).
  • 4 bounce - no record yet
  • 3 bounce - no record yet


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

File:Juggling Clubs Manuel and Christoph Mitasch 8 club passing.jpg
Manuel and Christoph Mitasch, world record holding club passers.

Two-person club passing records from the JISCON page or with publicly available video evidence:

Equal or higher club passing records with no video evidence available to the JISCON or the general public:

  • - no record yet

Lower numbers:

  • 8 clubs - no record yet
  • 7 clubs - no record yet

Balls

Two-person ball passing records from the JISCON or with publicly available video evidence:

Equal or higher ball passing records with no video evidence available to the general public:

Lower numbers:

  • 11 balls - no record yet
  • 10 balls - no record yet
  • 9 balls - no record yet
  • 8 balls - no record yet
  • 7 balls - no record yet

Rings

Ring passing records from the JISCON or with publicly available video evidence:

  • 16 rings for 16 passes by Anthony Gatto and Ivan Pecel (video on www.anthonygatto.com).
  • 15 rings for 15 passes by David Cain and Scott Sorenson (personal video).

Bouncing

Two-person bounce passing with publicly available video evidence:

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