2024 Digital Rube Goldberg Machine Minecraft Contest

The 2024 Digital Rube Goldberg Machine Contest is a STEAM competition where students (including K-12 and collegiate) compete with machines that they have imagined, designed in Minecraft Education Edition, and created in a fun and competitive forum.

The competitions encourage teamwork and out-of-the-box problem-solving in a fresh learning environment and level playing field. As always, the digital challenge mirrors the analog event. This year's challenge is to use Minecraft to build a wacky machine that will put toothpaste on a toothbrush.

There will be three divisions students can compete in; Junior (8-13 years old), Senior (13-18 years old), and Collegiate (18+ years old). Plus, this year’s Digital Rube Goldberg Machine Contest is being offered in Minecraft Education Edition FREE for all teams!

Team Guide

How to submit your Big Build Challenge: Put Toothpaste On A Toothbrush

Step 1: Make sure you have all the requirements for your machine listed in the team guide (Pages 10-13).

Step 2: Submit your machine run videos in the appropriate Flip topic. Titles must include Team name + Submission #, followed by your Team Machines Title. More information is in the team guide (Page 10) on what to include in your video.

Junior Division (8-13 years old)

Senior Division (13-18 years old)

@Home Division (all ages)

Step 3: Gather your Flip links, machine step list and screenshots. Submit them to the Google Form.

The submission date has been extended to May 1, 2024!

Submit your Big Build on the Google Form