- For the notation system commonly used to write juggling patterns as sequences of numbers, see Siteswap.
Numbers juggling is juggling high numbers of objects. More specific definitions include:
- Practicing with the goal of being able to juggle more objects than you already can
- Juggling at least 8 balls, 8 rings, or 6 clubs
- Practicing juggling a number of objects that you don't currently have solid
- Practicing juggling more objects than you expect to ever master
14 Ball Flash
14 ball flash by Alex Barron
Competitions[]
The IJA and the WJF hold endurance competitions for numbers juggling, where each participant is allowed either a certain number of tries or a certain amount of time to try to do a good run with a given number of props. The judges count how many catches each person does, and compare each competitor's best attempt. Only catches made before the time when the first dropped object should have been caught are counted. After qualifying a number, a competitor may choose to try to qualify the next higher number. The winner of a numbers endurance competition is the person who gets the most catches with the highest number of objects qualified. There are separate numbers endurance competitions for balls, rings, clubs, and bounce juggling. Up to 9 balls, 10 rings, 7 clubs, and 10 bouncing balls have been qualified in these competitions.
The Numbers Juggling League is a year-long online video competition where runs submitted by participants are assigned scores relative to the top run for a given number and type of prop. Winners are determined at the end of the year by who has the highest total score in each prop category, and who has the highest combined score for all props. There have also been live Numbers League competitions held at juggling conventions.
World records[]
These are the world records for the highest number of each prop that have been juggled.
Most objects qualified[]
| Prop | Highest number qualified | Longest run achieved with that number | Current record holder | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balls | 12 balls | 24 catches | Tom Whitfield | YouTube |
| Rings | 10 rings | 47 catches | Anthony Gatto | YouTube |
| Clubs | 8 clubs | 18 catches | Moritz Rosner | YouTube |
| Bounce juggling - lift bounce | 10 ball bounce | 51 catches | Mathias Ramfelt | Vimeo |
| Bounce juggling - force bounce | 9 ball bounce | 157 catches | Alan Sulc | |
| Diabolos - high pattern | 6 diabolos | 31 catches | Guillaume Karpowicz | YouTube |
| Diabolos - low pattern | 6 diabolos | 46 catches | Pen Zen |
Most objects flashed[]
| Prop | Highest number flashed | Longest run achieved with that number | Current record holder | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balls | 14 balls | 14 catches | Alex Barron | YouTube |
| Rings | 13 rings | 13 catches | Albert Lucas | YouTube |
| Danyl Lysenko | ||||
| Clubs | 9 clubs | 11 catches | Eivind Dragsjø | YouTube |
| Bounce juggling - lift bounce | 11 ball bounce | 12 catches | Eden Zak | YouTube |
| Bounce juggling - force bounce | 12 ball bounce | 12 catches | Alan Sulc | YouTube |
| Diabolos - high pattern | 7 diabolos | 10 catches | Guillaume Karpowicz | YouTube |
Brian Koenig -- IJA Video Tutorial Contest 2016
Tutorial for flashing high numbers of balls