Steven Purugganan

Steven Purugganan
Personal information
Nationality American
Ethnicity Filipino
Born (1997-07-30) July 30, 1997
Schaumburg, IL, U.S.
Sport
Country United States United States
Sport Sport stacking
Achievements and titles
World finals 2008, 2009, and 2010 Individual All-Around World Champion

Steven Purugganan (born July 30, 1997), American of Filipino ancestry from Bedford Corners, New York, is a Guinness World Record Holder and was a 3-time World Champion sport stacker.

Sport stacking career

Purugganan and his two brothers, Andrew and Brian, began sport stacking in 2006 after watching the 2006 WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships on ESPN. He was intrigued by the sport, and his mother bought him a set of cups. He would practice for at least an hour every day.[1][2]

Between 2008 and 2010, Purugganan claimed three consecutive overall world championships and broke several world records.[3]

At the 2010 World Sport Stacking Championship held in Denver, Colorado, he successfully defended his world champion title. He is the only stacker to reset the cycle world record eight times (7.23 – 6.65 – 6.52 – 6.50 – 6.33 – 6.21 – 6.18 – 5.93) until the current world record which is set by him and tied by his fellow Team USA friend, Mason Langenderfer, which was 5.93 seconds in the premier Cycle event. He has also set 21 other world records in the other four events, another unmatched achievement. Then Purugganan teamed up with three Team USA teammates Luke Myers, Lawrence Maceren, and John Harden in the Timed 3–6–3 Relay turning in a record of 12.41 seconds. Back in 2009, he held the distinction of simultaneously holding all five world records in sport stacking —all three individual events (3–3–3, 3–6–3, and the Cycle), doubles, and the timed 3–6–3 team relay during the period 2008–2009. Steven Purugganan and his brother Andrew are the former world record holders in doubles.

His current world records as of the 2011 World Sport Stacking Championships in Texas, USA, are his 5.93 Cycle World record (also tied by Mason Langenderfer) and the Timed 3–6–3 Relay under the relay team "Winning" consisting Mason Langenderfer, Steven Purugganan, Chase Werfel and Luke Myers in a time of 14.44. This relay record is the fastest set in the new relay rules made on the month of March 2011. His former world record in doubles is with his brother Andrew set on 7.58 on 2009. His former world record in the 3–3–3 was his 1.80 when it was tied by Lawrence Maceren and later beaten in the 2010 WSSC. His former world record in the 3–6–3 was a 2.15. The cycle world record before the current 5.93 is a 6.21 stacked by Purugganan on the Stack of Champions during the 2008 Championships, although a 6.18 was stacked before the 5.93 but its fate was not known due to the yellow card displayed on it and was never fully reviewed by officials. And the former 3–6–3 relay world record held by Purugganan and the Team USA during the period of the tapping/hand-tag/old rules period was a 12.15 (consisting Lawrence Maceren, Zhewei Wu, Mason Langenderfer and Purugganan) which was beaten weeks back by Team Germany 12.09 which was also later removed due to the new relay rules during March 2011.

On February 15, 2014, Steven Purugganan teamed up with Zhewei Wu, William Polly, Zachary Weisel, and Chandler Miller to set the World Record in the Timed 3-6-3 Relay with a time of 13.176 seconds at the Delaware State Sport Stacking Championships in Middletown, Delaware, making that his 30th overall world record.

Steven Purugganan and his brothers Brian and Andrew have been in promotional events for sport stacking in the U.S., Brazil, Italy, Hong Kong, Philippines, and Singapore.

He currently attends Fox Lane High School in Bedford, New York and is on the school's cross country team, along with his brother Brian, coached by Christopher Dossena.

Starting in the Fall of 2015, Steven Purugganan will be attending UConn.

Marquee tournament results

Year Tournament Location Event Time Division Division Place Overall Place Ref
2007 World Championships Denver, Colorado 3-3-3 2.40 9 1st 7th
3-6-3 2.91 9 1st 11th
Cycle 9.06 9 3rd 30th
2008 World Championships Denver, Colorado 3-3-3 1.86 10 1st 1st
3-6-3 2.36 10 1st 1st
Cycle 6.21 10 1st 1st
2009 World Championships Denver, Colorado 3-3-3 1.88 11 1st 2nd [4][5]
3-6-3 2.15 11 1st 1st [4][5]
Cycle 6.10 11 1st 1st [4][5]
2010 World Championships Denver, Colorado 3-3-3 1.84 12 1st 3rd [6]
3-6-3 2.19 13 1st 1st [6]
Cycle 6.18 13 1st 2nd [6]
2011 World Championships Dallas, Texas 3-3-3 3.63 13 9th [7]
3-6-3 2.50 13 2nd [7]
Cycle 6.27 13 1st 3rd [7]
2012 AAU Junior Olympic Games Houston, Texas 3-3-3 1.88 13-14 M 6th 16th [8]
3-6-3 2.41 13-14 M 4th 13th [8]
Cycle 6.43 13-14 M 2nd 4th [8]
2013 World Championships Kissimmee, Florida 3-3-3 1.868 15-16 M 5th [9]
3-6-3 2.057 15-16 M 1st 2nd [9]
Cycle 10.775 15-16 M 8th [9]
2013 AAU Junior Olympic Games Detroit, Michigan 3-3-3 1.851 15-18 M 2nd 17th [10]
3-6-3 2.248 15-18 M 2nd 11th [10]
Cycle 9.051 15-18 M 8th 56th [10]
2014 AAU Junior Olympic Games Des Moines, Iowa 3-3-3 1.834 17-18 M 2nd 19th [11]
3-6-3 2.128 17-18 M 2nd 7th [11]
Cycle 13.056 17-18 M 10th 9th [11]
2015 World Championships Montreal, Canada 3-3-3 1.855 17 M 5th 49th [12]
3-6-3 2.061 17 M 1st 6th [12]
Cycle 14.529 17 M 9th 117th [12]
2015 AAU Junior Olympic Games Virginia Beach, Virginia 3-3-3 1.680 17-18 M N/A 10th [13]
3-6-3 2.261 17-18 M N/A 21st [13]
Cycle 6.618 17-18 M N/A 20th [13]

Media appearances

Purugganan has been featured in Extreme Makeover Home Edition in May 2011, The Guinness World Record Show in Rome, Italy, The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2010,[14] and National Geographic Channel's 'NATGEO Amazing' on September 10, 2010. He has also been involved with ESPN Magazine as a member of the 'Advice Squad', athletes who provide 'advice' to questions from readers or subscribers of the magazine, as part of the magazine's featured articles in 2010.

Purugganan was featured in a front-page article in The Wall Street Journal, a one-page article in Time magazine titled "Stacktacular" and one in ESPN The Magazine titled "How to Pile the Plastic". He was also involved in a promotional advertisement for version 3.5 of the Firefox web browser,[15] and a McDonald's commercial.[2]

Records times

Stack
Type		 2007
World Championship Times		 2008
World Championship Times		 2009
World Championship Times		 2010
World Championship Times		 2011
World Championship Times		 2013
World Championship Times		 2015
World Championship Times		 Personal
Records
3–3–3 2.40 seconds 1.86 seconds[16] 1.88 seconds[17] 1.81 seconds[17] 3.50 seconds[18] 1.868 seconds 1.855 seconds 1.570 seconds
3–6-3 2.91 seconds 2.34 seconds[19] 2.15 seconds[17] 2.19 seconds[17] 2.50 seconds[18] 2.057 seconds 2.061 seconds 1.894 seconds[20]
Cycle 9.06 seconds 6.21 seconds[21] 6.10 seconds[22] 6.11 seconds[17] 6.27 seconds[18] 10.775 seconds 14.529 seconds 5.145 seconds[23]
Overall 14.37 seconds 10.41 seconds 10.13 seconds 10.11 seconds 12.27 seconds 14.700 seconds 18.445 seconds 8.609 seconds

References

  1. ↑ Simon, Stephanie (2009-04-23). "In This Sport, It's All About How You Stack Up Against the Competition". Wall Street Journal (Denver). Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  2. 1 2 Shea, Tom (2009-04-15). "World cup stacking champion Steven Purugganan of Longmeadow to defend his title this weekend". MassLive.com (Longmeadow). Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  3. ↑ McCann, Michelle Roehm (2012-10-30). Boys Who Rocked the World: Heroes from King Tut to Bruce Lee. Aladdin/Beyond Words. p. 85. ISBN 978-1582703312.
  4. 1 2 3 "Individual Finals Results Overall" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  5. 1 2 3 "Individual Finals ALL DIVISIONS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  6. 1 2 3 "World Sport Stacking Championships Results". Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  7. 1 2 3 "World Sport Stacking Championships Results". World Sport Stacking Association (The WSSA). Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  8. 1 2 3 "2012 AAU Junior Olympic Games Sport Stacking Championships - Results". World Sport Stacking Association (The WSSA). Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  9. 1 2 3 "Results Finals - The 2013 WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships". World Sport Stacking Association (The WSSA). Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  10. 1 2 3 "Results Finals - 2013 AAU Junior Olympic Games Sport Stacking Championships". World Sport Stacking Association (The WSSA). Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  11. 1 2 3 "Results Finals - 2014 AAU Junior Olympic Games Sport Stacking Championships". World Sport Stacking Association (The WSSA). Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  12. 1 2 3 "Results Finals - The 2015 WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships". World Sport Stacking Association (The WSSA). Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  13. 1 2 3 "Results Finals - 2015 AAU Junior Olympic Games Sport Stacking Championships". World Sport Stacking Association (The WSSA). Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  14. ↑ muraski2. "Steven on Ellen =D". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  15. ↑ "Mozilla Firefox Web Browser — Firefox Features". Mozilla.com. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  16. ↑
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "WSSA Massachusetts Records". Thewssa.com. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  18. 1 2 3 "WSSA New York Records". Thewssa.com. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  19. ↑ WrldSprtStackingAssn. "Former 3–6–3 World Record ~2.34". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  20. ↑ dvpurugs (2013-05-22). "Sport Stacking 363 1.894!". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  21. ↑ Archived November 26, 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ↑ poul93 (2009-02-27). "Steven Purugganan world record video! (high quality audio)". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  23. ↑ Istacka (2013-05-23). "Sport Stacking Cycle 5.145! #TheReturn". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-05-23.

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