Tower World Records

Record Setter stacked 162 5-cent coins in a single tower.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, stood a 100-yuan practice note, the full-size kind bank tellers train with, on its edge like a half-open book and balanced two AA batteries end to end on top of the fold. Both hands come away and the two-battery column stands on the note alone for about two seconds, while the camera swings round to show nothing else is holding it up. RecordSetter checked the hands-free stand frame by frame in the unedited video. Two batteries, one fold, no glue.

Mason C. wore a stack of 15 baseball caps backwards while riding a bicycle.

Tai Star stacked 42 Bic lighters on his two fingers.

Simon Perkins stacked 24 boxed games in a tower.

Brian Pankey made 15 catches juggling three golf balls while balancing a tower of thirty six golf balls.

Tai Star balanced 4,000 coins on a single dime.

James G. stacked three coins crosswise on their edges.

Christian O’Connell held 194 CDs in his hands at once. He performed the feat live on the Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show.

Brian Pankey completed four five-card packet towers in 30 seconds.

Brian Pankey completed seven five-card packet towers in one minute.

Matt Spencer balanced 30 coins on his 3D glasses while standing. He balanced 15 coins on each lens.

Pavol Durdik of Púchov, Slovakia, holds a whole tomato up to the camera, sets it on his living room table and builds a column of orange fidget spinners on top of it, placing them one at a time with the spinners sitting flat and still rather than spinning. In the single continuous video he lifts both hands clear of the finished tower and it stands on its own for more than five seconds, then he points his way up the column counting the layers before scooping it all up. We counted all 19 spinners from zoomed frames of the finished tower. A smooth, round tomato gives the bottom spinner almost nothing to grip, so every layer above it is a balancing act.

Pavol Durdik of Púchov, Slovakia, sits on his living room sofa with a whole tomato cupped in his left hand and stacks orange fidget spinners on top of it one at a time with his right, the spinners sitting still rather than spinning. In the single continuous video the column climbs past his face, and once the last spinner is settled he raises his free hand clear and the tower stands on its own for more than four seconds before he scoops it up. We counted all 19 spinners from zoomed frames of the finished tower. With nothing under the tomato but a hand, the base never stops moving.

Pavol Durdik of Púchov, Slovakia, sets a whole orange on his living room table and builds a column of orange fidget spinners on top of it, placing them one at a time and lining up their arms as he goes, with the spinners sitting flat and still rather than spinning. In the single continuous video he lifts both hands clear of the finished tower and it stands on its own for nearly six seconds before he scoops it up. We counted all 19 spinners on the finished column before it came down. A round orange gives the bottom spinner almost nothing flat to sit on, which makes every layer above it count.

Pavol Durdik pulled a black sleep mask over his eyes, tipped his head back toward the ceiling and built a column of 16 fidget spinners on a table at home in Púchov, Slovakia, working entirely by feel. The single continuous video shows every spinner placed one at a time, his hands coming off the finished tower while he is still blindfolded, and the tower standing on its own for several more seconds after he takes the mask off. We checked the count of 16 against the finished column before he took it apart on camera. Stacking spinners is one thing; doing it without a single glance down is the hard part.