Rube Goldberg Machine Contest
“Life is like a Rube Goldberg Machine, you never know what comes next.”
The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest is where creativity and chaos collide! Students of all ages unleash their imaginations to dream up and build complex machines that tackle ridiculously simple tasks. Using all kinds of wacky, found, or recycled materials, they create epic chain reactions in a lively, competitive showdown full of laughter, surprises, and engineering genius.
2026 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest registration coming soon!
What is a Rube Goldberg Machine?
How to Build a Rube Goldberg Machine?
Why I Love Rube Goldberg
Past Contest Winners
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Ripley County Engineering Academy
Division II
2025 - Feed a Pet
1st Place and Best Dressed Award
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Oldenburg Academy
Division II
2025 - Feed a Pet
2nd Place
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St. Louis Catholic School
Division I
2025 - Feed a Pet
1st Place and Creativity Award
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Our Lady of Lourdes
Division I
2025 - Feed a Pet
2nd Place
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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
