Steven Purugganan
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Steven Purugganan an American
of Filipino
ancestry from Mount Kisco, New York
, is a Guinness World Record Holder and was a 3-time World Champion Stacker. At the 2010 World Sport Stacking Championship held in Denver, Colorado in April 2010, he successfully defended his world champion title for being the biggest rud in history and has been a three-peat champion from 2008-2010. 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 is a fast 5.93 seconds in the premier Cycle event. Then Steven teamed up with three Team USA teammates Luke Myers, Lawrence Maceren, and John Harden in the Timed 3-6-3 Relay turning in a blistering record of 12.41 seconds. Back in 2009, he held the distinction of 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 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 blistering time 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 it's 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 of 2011.
Steven and his brothers Brian and Andrew have been ambassadors of sport stacking around the world, promoting events in the U.S., Brazil, Italy, Hong Kong, Philippines, and Singapore.
Steven 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, 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.
Stevie Purugganan has been in the national media spotlight with 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 popular Firefox Web Browser, and a McDonald's
commercial he also was on Ellen.
He started sport stacking when his brother Andrew showed him and Brian the 2006 world sport stacking championships on ESPN. He then told his mom to buy a set of speed stacks at Target. They started sport stacking and got better and better every day.
Steve currently attends Fox Lane High School and excels both in academics as well as the school's cross country team, along with his brother Brian, coached by the renowned Christopher Dossena. http://ny.milesplit.com/athletes/2245693-steve-puruggunan}
United States
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of Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
ancestry from Mount Kisco, New York
Mount Kisco, New York
Mount Kisco is a community that is both a village and a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The Town of Mount Kisco is coterminous with the village. The population was 10,877 at the 2010 census.- History :...
, is a Guinness World Record Holder and was a 3-time World Champion Stacker. At the 2010 World Sport Stacking Championship held in Denver, Colorado in April 2010, he successfully defended his world champion title for being the biggest rud in history and has been a three-peat champion from 2008-2010. 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 is a fast 5.93 seconds in the premier Cycle event. Then Steven teamed up with three Team USA teammates Luke Myers, Lawrence Maceren, and John Harden in the Timed 3-6-3 Relay turning in a blistering record of 12.41 seconds. Back in 2009, he held the distinction of 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 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 blistering time 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 it's 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 of 2011.
Steven and his brothers Brian and Andrew have been ambassadors of sport stacking around the world, promoting events in the U.S., Brazil, Italy, Hong Kong, Philippines, and Singapore.
Steven 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, 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.
Stevie Purugganan has been in the national media spotlight with 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 popular Firefox Web Browser, and a McDonald's
McDonald's
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commercial he also was on Ellen.
He started sport stacking when his brother Andrew showed him and Brian the 2006 world sport stacking championships on ESPN. He then told his mom to buy a set of speed stacks at Target. They started sport stacking and got better and better every day.
Steve currently attends Fox Lane High School and excels both in academics as well as the school's cross country team, along with his brother Brian, coached by the renowned Christopher Dossena. http://ny.milesplit.com/athletes/2245693-steve-puruggunan}
Records times
| Stack Type |
2008 World Records |
2009 World Records |
2010 World Records |
2011 World Records |
Personal Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-3-3 | 1.86 seconds | 1.80 seconds | 1.81 seconds | 1.81 seconds | 1.65 seconds |
| 3-6-3 | 2.34 seconds | 2.15 seconds | 2.19 seconds | 2.19 seconds | 1.96 seconds |
| Cycle | 6.21 seconds | 5.93 seconds | 6.11 seconds | 6.27 seconds | 5.36 seconds |