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“Life is like a Rube Goldberg Machine, you never know what comes next.”
Rube Goldberg Machine Contest
A Rube Goldberg Machine Contest is an event where students of all ages compete to imagine, design, and create complicated machines in a fun and competitive forum. These chain-reaction machines are constructed from a variety of found or discarded items in order to complete a simple task.
2025 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest Task
How to Build a Rube Goldberg Machine?
What is a Rube Goldberg Machine?
Past Contest Winners
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Ripley County Engineering Academy
Division II
2024 - Put Toothpaste on a Toothbrush
1st Place and Most Rube Goldbergian Award
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Batesville High School
Division II
2024 - Put Toothpaste on a Toothbrush
2nd Place
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Anderson High School
Divsion II
2024 - Put Toothpaste on a Toothbrush
Best Dressed Award and Creativity Award
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Batesville Middle School
Division I
2024 - Put Toothpaste on a Toothbrush
1st Place
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St. Louis Catholic School
Division I
2024 - Put Toothpaste on a Toothbrush
2nd Place
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Ripley County Engineering Academy
Division II
2023 - Build a Lunchables
1st Place and Most Rube Goldbergian Award
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Oldenburg Academy
Division II
2023 - Build a Lunchables
2nd Place
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Batesville High School
Division II
2023 - Build a Lunchables
Most Innovative Way to Start a Machine and Best Use of a Slinky Awards
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St. Louis Catholic School
Division I
2023 - Build a Lunchables
1st Place
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Salem Middle School
Division I
2023 - Build a Lunchables
2nd Place
