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.
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:
- 3 ring pancakes: 18 minutes and 34 seconds by Florian Lange in 2024 (video)
- 4 ring pancakes: 3 minutes and 48 seconds by Alexey Isamukhamedov in 2018 (video)
- 5 ring pancakes: 4 minute and 13 seconds by Alexander Kulakov in 2021 (video)
- 6 ring pancakes: 18 catches by Andreas Jordan in 2020 (video)
- 7 ring pancakes: 21 catches by Delaney Bayles in 2022 (video)
Unverified claims:
- 5 ring pancakes: 950 catches by Alexander Kulakov (claim)
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)
- Vertax pancakes - a ring stays vertical and rotates visibly around the vertical axis, similar to helicopters with clubs. (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)