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A '''pancake throw''' is a type of [[Trick throws and catches|trick throw]] invented by [[Sergei Ignatov]] where a [[Ring juggling|ring]] rotates visibly when it's thrown, with the top rotating toward the juggler like a [[Club rotation|club]].
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A '''pancake throw''' is a type of [[Trick throws and catches|trick throw]] invented by [[Sergei Ignatov]] where a [[Ring juggling|ring]] rotates in the air in a visible way, with the top rotating toward the juggler like a [[Club rotation|club]].
   
[[File:5 ring pancake pirouette|thumb|left|640px|5 ring pancake [[Spins|360s]] by [[Anthony Gatto]]]]
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[[File:5 ring pancake pirouette|thumb|right|480px|5 ring pancake [[Spins|360s]] by [[Anthony Gatto]]]]
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===World records===
 
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== Tips ==
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* Hold the rings with your fingers spread wide for better control.
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* Hold the rings horizontal, not tilted inward, so they won't wobble.
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* Widen the pattern before [[transition|transitioning]] into pancakes from the [[basic pattern]].
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== World records ==
 
Pancake [[World records|world records]] with publicly available video evidence:
 
Pancake [[World records|world records]] with publicly available video evidence:
*5 rings: 148 catches by [[Scott Sorensen]] in 2005 ([http://superjuggler.com/videos/5pancakes_151.mov video])
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*3 rings: 12 minutes and 42 seconds by [[Kenshin Tomie]] in 2019 ([https://youtu.be/Zad3G1Re-78 video])
*6 rings: 7 catches by [[Kathrin Wagner]] in 2013 ([http://youtu.be/qUMD8vWkLc4 video])
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*4 rings: 3 minutes and 48 seconds by [[Alexey Isamukhamedov]] in 2018 ([https://youtu.be/WJELRhTqCCY video])
*7 rings: 15 catches by [[Tony Pezzo]] in 2011 ([http://youtu.be/QUqsyrDBwak video])
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*5 rings: 4 minute and 13 seconds by [[Alexander Kulakov]] in 2021 ([https://www.facebook.com/kulakov.juggler/posts/2203884433087728 video])
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*6 rings: 18 catches by [[Andreas Jordan]] in 2020 ([https://www.instagram.com/p/CJCYytUA-Qn/ video])
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*7 rings: 11 catches by [[Pavel Evsukevich]] in 2012 ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjNCJ0GUmG8&t=105s video])
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Records with insufficient video evidence:
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* 7 rings: 15 catches by [[Tony Pezzo]] in 2011 ([http://youtu.be/QUqsyrDBwak video] no longer available)
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Unverified claims:
 
Unverified claims:
*3 rings: 4 minutes and 20 seconds by [[Eivind Dragsjø]] in 2010 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20120512141259/http://www.jugglingdb.com/records/record.php?prop=r&number=3 claim])
 
*4 rings: 1 minute and 51 seconds by [[Chris Hodge]] in 2010 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20120512142940/http://www.jugglingdb.com/records/record.php?prop=r&number=4 claim])
 
   
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*5 rings: 950 catches by [[Alexander Kulakov]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090225154421/http://superjuggler.com/2008/09/ claim])
===Variations===
 
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*7 rings: ~20 catches by [[Alexander Kulakov]] ([https://www.facebook.com/kulakov.juggler/posts/2203884433087728?comment_id=2203892003086971&reply_comment_id=2203902779752560 claim])
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== Variations ==
 
*[[Flats]] - similar to pancakes, but the rings stay horizontal and don't rotate visibly. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzc6Zb-DEsg&t=1m16s video])
 
*[[Flats]] - similar to pancakes, but the rings stay horizontal and don't rotate visibly. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzc6Zb-DEsg&t=1m16s video])
 
*[[Outside throws|Outside]] pancake throws - Outside throws done as pancakes, with the bottom of a ring rotating in the direction of the hand the ring is thrown from. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzc6Zb-DEsg&t=54s video])
 
*[[Outside throws|Outside]] pancake throws - Outside throws done as pancakes, with the bottom of a ring rotating in the direction of the hand the ring is thrown from. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzc6Zb-DEsg&t=54s video])
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[[Category:Trick throws]]
 
[[Category:Trick throws]]
 
[[Category:Prop rotation]]
 
[[Category:Prop rotation]]
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[[Category:Ring juggling]]

Revision as of 18:59, 22 October 2021

A pancake throw is a type of trick throw invented by Sergei Ignatov where a ring rotates in the air in a visible way, with the top rotating toward the juggler like a club.

5_ring_pancake_pirouette

5 ring pancake pirouette

5 ring pancake 360s by Anthony Gatto

Tips

  • Hold the rings with your fingers spread wide for better control.
  • Hold the rings horizontal, not tilted inward, so they won't wobble.
  • Widen the pattern before transitioning into pancakes from the basic pattern.

World records

Pancake world records with publicly available video evidence:

Records with insufficient video evidence:

Unverified claims:

Variations

  • Flats - similar to pancakes, but the rings stay horizontal and don't rotate visibly. (video)
  • Outside pancake throws - Outside throws done as pancakes, with the bottom of a ring rotating in the direction of the hand the ring is thrown from. (video)
  • Helicopters - a ring stays vertical and rotates visibly around the vertical axis. (video)
  • Pancake neck catch - a pancake throw caught around the neck. (video)
  • Pancake pull down - a pull down with one of the rings thrown as a pancake and caught around the neck, normally landing after the rest of the rings are already around the neck. (video)
  • Super pancake pull down - a pancake pull down with the pancake thrown before any rings are placed around the neck. (video)