Jump rope world records and what a good 60 seconds looks like

The headline jump rope world record is 119 in 30 seconds, set by Xiaolin Cen of China in 2025. It reads low because speed judges count only right-foot landings — the rope actually passed under him about 238 times.

The current jump rope world records

These are the marks recognized by the International Jump Rope Union (IJRU), the governing body formed when FISAC-IRSF and the WJRF merged. Men's figure first, women's second.

• Single rope speed sprint, 30 seconds — 119, Xiaolin Cen (China); 111, Xihui Feng (China).
• Single rope speed endurance, 3 minutes — 584, Xiaolin Cen (China); 552, Tingting Du (China).
• Single rope speed relay, 4 × 30 seconds — 430, China; 400, Hong Kong.
• Double under relay, 2 × 30 seconds — 210, Seojun Kim and Changhurk Yang (South Korea); 195, Yu Ki Li and Tsz Ching Gustave Yeung (Hong Kong).
• Consecutive triple unders — 742, Minjae Kim (South Korea); 421, Tori Boggs (USA), which has stood since 2017.
• Double dutch speed sprint, 60 seconds — 244, Hong Kong; 228, France.

Almost all of that was set in 2025 or 2026. Competitive jump rope only unified under a single federation recently — IJRU's first world championship ran in Colorado in 2023 and the second in Kawasaki, Japan in 2025 — so the ledger is young and moves nearly every season.

How speed is counted, and why the numbers look small

Jump rope competitions score speed with one rule that catches everyone out. Per the IJRU judging manual, judges count the first completed right-foot jump and each additional alternating right-foot jump. The athlete runs an alternate-foot speed step, and only half the landings score.

So every jump rope speed record needs doubling before it reads as rope passes:

• 119 in 30 seconds is about 238 rope passes — roughly 476 rotations per minute at sprint pace.
• 584 in three minutes is about 1,168 rope passes — roughly 389 per minute, held for the full three.

Multiples events use a different count, which is why you can't line them up against speed marks. A double under scores when both feet land together after the rope has passed twice; a triple under after three passes, and the count dies the instant the athlete misses or attempts anything else. That's what makes 742 consecutive triples a different species of number from 584 speed points.

One-minute marks and the most double unders in a minute

There's no official single-rope one-minute event, which is why searching for the most skips in a minute never lands on a clean IJRU figure. The brackets are 30 seconds and three minutes, with nothing in between.

The one 60-second event is the double dutch speed sprint — 244 for the Hong Kong men's team, 228 for the French women's team — where a single jumper works inside two ropes turned by teammates and never has to turn a rope of their own.

For single rope you can still bracket a minute honestly. Sprint pace of 476 rotations per minute isn't holdable for sixty seconds; three-minute pace of 389 clearly is. A world-class minute therefore sits somewhere near 400 to 450 actual jumps.

The closest thing to a one-minute double under record is that 2 × 30-second relay. Split 210 between two athletes and each did about 105 double unders in half a minute — roughly 3.5 per second. Stringing 50 together unbroken already puts you ahead of almost everyone at your gym.

Endurance: three minutes, triple unders, marathons

Three minutes is the longest individual speed event IJRU runs. Past that, the sport tests endurance sideways: 742 consecutive triple unders means north of 2,200 rope rotations without a single miss, which is a nervous-system feat as much as a cardio one.

Multi-hour marathon skipping isn't an IJRU category at all. Those attempts live in the Guinness ledger, which sets its own rules, timing method, and evidence requirements per category — the numbers aren't comparable to competition results, and the categories themselves come and go.

Benchmark your own 60 seconds

Run the test plainly: basic bounce or alternate-foot step, one minute, count every landing rather than right-foot only, clock keeps running through trips.

Tier	Jumps in 60 seconds	Right-foot count	What it looks like
Learning	under 80	under 40	a trip every few jumps, constant restarts
Beginner	80–120	40–60	basic bounce, one or two trips
Fit recreational	120–160	60–80	an unbroken minute at a comfortable pace
Advanced	160–220	80–110	unbroken speed step, rope low, jump barely leaves the floor
Speed-trained	220–300	110–150	wrists only, elbows pinned to the ribs
Elite	380–460	190–230	world-championship pace

Those tiers only mean something if the count is exact, and hand-counting is where most people's numbers fall apart — you lose the thread past 60 and round up. Jump Rope Counter is a jump rope counter app for iPhone that counts jumps with the camera, which makes the same test repeatable week to week.

Most people settle into the fit recreational band within a few weeks of regular practice. If you're stuck under 80, the cause is usually rope length or jump height rather than conditioning, and the beginner's guide covers both. Moving from advanced to speed-trained is mostly a wrist-and-tension problem — the same mechanic that unlocks crossovers.

FAQ

What is the jump rope world record for 30 seconds?

119 for men, set by Xiaolin Cen of China in 2025, and 111 for women, set by Xihui Feng of China the same year. Both are right-foot counts, so the ropes passed roughly 238 and 222 times respectively.

Why do competition records count only every other jump?

Judges count the first completed right-foot jump and each alternating right-foot jump after it. At eight landings a second, one foot is all a human judge can track reliably, and it's the only way two judges end up agreeing on a total.

Is there such a thing as a jump rope professional?

Not in the prize-money sense. Competitive jump rope is an amateur sport built on club and national teams feeding into IJRU world championships. People who make a living from the rope are generally coaches, performers, or brand athletes rather than tour competitors.

How many skips in a minute is good?

An unbroken 120 to 160 is a solid recreational minute. Under 80 usually points at a rope that's the wrong length or a jump that's far too high, not at a fitness ceiling.

Who holds the most double unders record?

It depends on the format. IJRU's men's double under relay record is 210 across two 30-second legs, set by Seojun Kim and Changhurk Yang of South Korea in 2025. For consecutive triple unders it's 742, by Minjae Kim of South Korea, also in 2025.