--- title: Watch Viral Cup Blowing Challenge Twitter VIDEO description: The challenge, popular on Twitter, is the latest funny viral trend to make the rounds online. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 20, 2017 6:59 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 20, 2017 6:59 PM UTC Another week, another [Twitter “challenge.”](http://time.com/4565174/mannequin-challenge-ranking/) This time, it’s called the [Cup Blowing Challenge](https://twitter.com/hashtag/cupblowingchallenge?src=hash), and the title explains exactly what this viral attempt is about: a subject blows strategically on a plastic or paper cup, making it jump from one stack to another. The trick, it appears, is to prep the cup that will be in motion by giving it a spin or making sure it’s not stuck before you begin. Despite its gravity-defying requirements, plenty of people are having great success with this unusual move, which appeared to pick up steam over the weekend as people dared to master the feat. Take a look: > [](https://twitter.com/StephenStuder/status/843620056034557952) > [](https://twitter.com/TylerOnishi/status/842904913692643328) > [](https://twitter.com/College%5FLee%5F/status/842943115098910720) > [](https://twitter.com/Aka%5FTharris/status/843714664521322496) > [](https://twitter.com/keegandimmick/status/843273123495628800) Of course, for everyone who succeeds, there are others who fail. > [](https://twitter.com/jfuenteslol/status/843750514068242433) > [](https://twitter.com/heyitslilyanna/status/843665891820802048) Only time will tell if this particular viral trend picks up steam á la this fall’s [inescapable Mannequin Challenge.](http://time.com/4572945/saturday-night-live-mannequin-challenge-video/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4706909/cup-blowing-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4706909/cup-blowing-challenge/"},"headline":"The Viral Cup Blowing Challenge Is the Internet's Latest Obsession","datePublished":"2017-03-20T18:59:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:02.721Z","description":"It's exactly what it sounds like.","url":"https://time.com/4706909/cup-blowing-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4706909/cup-blowing-challenge/","name":"The Viral Cup Blowing Challenge Is the Internet's Latest Obsession"}}]}] ```