Hacky Sack World Records: The Most Impressive Feats

More than a park game

Hacky sack — footbag in sport speak — started as casual US circle play in the 1970s. Keep a small pellet-filled bag aloft with the feet, no hands. Balance, timing, stamina, and creativity do the rest. What begins on a schoolyard can become world-record territory: marathon sessions, dense trick sets, and freestyle artistry. Here are some of the standout marks and the athletes behind them.

Longest continuous session

Endurance records are brutal. Ted Martin (USA) holds the Guinness mark for the longest continuous hacky sack juggle: 19 hours 30 minutes without a drop — tiny food and fluid breaks only, all focus on the bag. Other long sessions from Canada and Germany landed roughly in the 10–15 hour range.

• Ted Martin (USA): 19 h 30 min
• Jonas Reuter (Germany): 12 h 45 min
• Marc Dallaire (Canada): 14 h 5 min

Most tricks in one minute

Speed plus clean finishes. Wiktor Debski (Poland) set 76 distinct tricks in 60 seconds in 2021 — each trick clearly separated and completed. Helen Zhou (China) and Felix Zenger (Finland) sit close behind.

• Wiktor Debski (Poland): 76 tricks/min
• Helen Zhou (China): 71 tricks/min
• Felix Zenger (Finland): 69 tricks/min

Most group passes without a drop

In 2018 at an official Wellington event, Team New Zealand — 28 players — strung 10,132 uninterrupted passes under notarial oversight. One miss ends the attempt; the hard part is shared timing, not solo flash.

• Holders: Team New Zealand (28)
• Passes: 10,132
• Place: Wellington, New Zealand

Blind play

Lebo Mokoena (South Africa) logged 132 consecutive contacts eyes closed in 2020 — pure proprioception and balance. Insiders call it a mental master class: tiny foot-angle errors dump the bag instantly.

• Lebo Mokoena (South Africa): 132 contacts
• Jennifer Liu (USA): 119
• Arjun Patel (India): 110

Most contacts in one hour

Hiroshi Tanaka (Japan) hit 14,578 contacts in 60 minutes — about 243 per minute — filmed at home for officials during the pandemic. Italy and Germany trail close.

• Hiroshi Tanaka (Japan): 14,578
• Antonio Ricci (Italy): 13,902
• Max Fischer (Germany): 13,405

Freestyle routines

Scoring mixes difficulty, style, and presentation. David Clavens (Canada) put up 57 unique tricks in one clean freestyle routine (2015), often with music. Social platforms keep pushing new choreography attempts.

• David Clavens (Canada): 57 tricks in one routine
• Lucas Wagner (Germany): 52
• Emily Seo (Korea): 49

Where records go next

Endurance, dense technique, blind control, and freestyle theatre — footbag spans all of it. Online events lower the barrier to documented attempts; the community and the next marks keep growing. Want a bag that can take serious practice volume? Browse durable builds in our footbag shop.