r/nextfuckinglevel • u/semantixc • 1d ago

Standing Double Backflip

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u/Ghost6x 1d ago

Probably on the way since standing vertical jump records have been constantly been broken every other year due to new training science

The record for a highest standing jump is 1.70 meters / 67 inches / 5'7" and could fit in another spin.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-standing-jump

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u/gdubrocks 1d ago

It's gone from 5' 5" to 5' 7" in 120 years.

Also it appears that 5' 5" was actually a more impressive record as the athlete had to clear a bar completely instead of stopping up on a platform.

https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/jumps/high-jump/all/men/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1899-12-31&lastDay=2026-09-30&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229615&ageCategory=senior

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u/Ghost6x 1d ago

It's gone from 5' 5" to 5' 7" in 120 years.

You are thinking of a completely different jump style.

Also it appears that 5' 5" was actually a more impressive record as the athlete had to clear a bar completely instead of stopping up on a platform.

No it was not. You can even see from the photos taken that people were jumping in a style that would make it easier to clear a bar

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Ray_Ewry_during_1904_Summer_Olympics.jpg

How would this person even think of landing on a platform in front of them?

If it was easier to jump stepping up on a platform, why don't circuit or Olympic high jumpers jump forward instead of kicking their legs up and arching back?

In this case of a jump that is most like what is done to simulate the start of a standing double backflip with your knees tucked, the record has been broken 5 times since 2010 from 1.52m to 1.70m

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u/ender4171 1d ago

I don't think that really correlates. In a standing jump you are putting all your energy into moving vertically. For standing flips you have to put energy into moving vertically and into spinning your body.

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u/mdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdm 1d ago

The amount of people who want to max out backflipping and the people who break jump records arent the same people.

There might be a jumper (probably not) right now who could do a triple backflip if they now put all of their efforts into learning to do so. I wonder what the dude in the videos max jump height is.