8-year-old Mary Jane Freeze won a hooping endurance contest on 19 August 1976, by lasting 10 hours and 47 minutes. The current unverified record is held by Roxann Rose of Pullman, Washington in the United States, who went 90 hours between April 2, and April 6, 1987.[6] Rose used her arm to keep the hoop spinning.[7]
The longest verified record holder is Aaron Hibbs from Columbus, Ohio who broke the record at 74 hours and 54 minutes between October 22, through 25, 2009.[8]