A unicycle is a pedal-powered vehicle with only one wheel (or at least only one that touches the ground). Unlike a bicycle, the wheel of a unicycle is directly controlled by the pedals, which makes it possible to ride backwards and to idle (pedal back and forth to stay balanced in one place), and also makes it impossible to coast without taking the feet off the pedals.
Types of unicycles include the giraffe (a tall, chain-driven unicycle), the ultimate wheel (no seat), and the impossible wheel (no seat and no pedals).
World records[]
World records for juggling while riding a unicycle with publicly available video evidence:
- 3 balls on a unicycle: 34 minutes and 44 seconds by Tomás Acevedo in 2022 (video)
- 4 balls on a unicycle: 18 minute and 10 seconds by Tomás Acevedo in 2020 (video)
- 5 balls on a unicycle: 4 minutes and 55 seconds by Tomás Acevedo in 2022 (video)
- 6 balls on a unicycle: 59 catches by James Cozens in 2023 (video)
- 7 balls on a unicycle: 99 catches by James Cozens in 2023 (video)
- 8 balls on a unicycle: 14 catches by James Cozens in 2023 (video)
- 9 balls on a unicycle: 13 catches by Jamie Tucker-Foltz in 2024 (video)
- 10 balls on a unicycle: 10 catches by Karel Schuller in 2023 (video)
- 3 rings on a unicycle: 6 minutes and 22 seconds by Illya Azarov in 2023 (video)
- 4 rings on a unicycle: 2 minutes and 9 seconds by Illya Azarov in 2023 (video)
- 5 rings on a unicycle: 205 catches by Illya Azarov in 2023 (video)
- 6 rings on a unicycle: 45 catches by Illya Azarov in 2023 (video)
- 7 rings on a unicycle: 25 catches by Illya Azarov in 2023 (video)
- 9 rings on a unicycle: 10 catches by Vitaly Mironov in 2019 (video)
- 3 clubs on a unicycle: 1 hour, 1 minute, and 46 seconds by David Piscoya in 2022 (video)
- 4 clubs on a unicycle: 4 minutes and 52 seconds by Tomás Acevedo in 2020 (video)
- 5 clubs on a unicycle: 240 catches by Pancho Danz in 2024 (video)
- 6 clubs on a unicycle: 12 catches by Vova Galchenko in 2003 (video)
- 7 clubs on a unicycle: 14 catches by Jamie Tucker-Foltz in 2022 (video)
- 5 ball force bounce on a unicycle: 28 catches by Tyron Colombaioni in 2012 (video)
- 7 ball force bounce on a unicycle: 25 catches by Tyron Colombaioni in 2017 (video)
- 7 ball lift bounce on a unicycle: 14 catches by Salih Mahammed in 2019 (video)
- 8 ball lift bounce on a unicycle: 12 catches by Tyron Colombaioni in 2017 (video)
- 9 ball lift bounce on a unicycle: 11 catches by Tyron Colombaioni in 2012 (video)
Unverified claims: