Grand Ledge (Rube Goldberg XIX)
Adelaide Fitton | Michael Wheeler | Evan Yaney | Alexia Sells | Brendan VanWalsum

RoundCategoryOpponentEasyMediumHardTotalParts
1Current EventsTroy BHawaii(2)✓North Carolina(3)✕Josh Shapiro(1)✕10E
1GeographyTroy Bpapyrus(2)✓Lake Chad(1)✕Natron(3)✕10E
1Science - ChemistryTroy Bphosphorus(1)✓white phosphorus(2)✓two-dimensional(3)✕20EM
1Science - AstronomyTroy Bdark matter(3)✓rain(2)✓brown dwarfs(1)✕20EM
1Literature - Mixed/OtherTroy BNathaniel Hawthorne(2)✓Goodman(3)✕veil(1)✕10E
1Social ScienceTroy Bcars(2)✓gentrification(3)✓fifteen-minute city(1)✕20EM
2Pop CultureRockford B“Get Ready with Me”(1)✓Kylie Jenner(3)✓Alix Earle(2)✕20EM
2Literature - Mixed/OtherRockford Bhearts(3)✓“The Masque of the Red Death”(2)✕William Burroughs(1)✕10E
2Science - BiologyRockford Boxygen(3)✓tardigrades(1)✓parthenogenesis(2)✕20EM
2Literature - Long FictionRockford BSalman Rushdie(2)✓Siddhartha(3)✕The God of Small Things(1)✕10E
2Fine Arts - OtherRockford BArthur Sullivan(2)✕Modern Major-General(3)✕H.M.S Pinafore(1)✕0
3History - WorldDetroit Country Day Bapartheid(3)✕Idi Amin(1)✓Parsis(2)✕10M
3History - AmericanDetroit Country Day BLyndon Johnson(3)✓Barry Goldwater(2)✕Daisy ad(1)✓20EH
3History - OtherDetroit Country Day BArizona(1)✓Ancestral Puebloans(3)✓ballcourts(2)✕20EM
3Other AcademicDetroit Country Day Bwomen(1)✓Ciudad Juárez(2)✕2666(3)✕10E
3History - EuropeanDetroit Country Day BNapoleon Bonaparte(2)✓the Directory(3)✕telegraph(1)✕10E
3Science - EarthDetroit Country Day Bsedimentary rock(3)✓sand(1)✕beds(2)✕10E
3MythologyDetroit Country Day Btree(1)✓Mimir(3)✓Nidhoggr(2)✕20EM
3Science - PhysicsDetroit Country Day Belectron(3)✓magnetic monopoles(1)✕ice(2)✕10E
3GeographyDetroit Country Day Buniversities(1)✓Columbus, Ohio(3)✓Indiana(2)✕20EM
3Science - BiologyDetroit Country Day Bhemophilia(3)✓blood coagulation(1)✕warfarin(2)✕10E
3Literature - Mixed/OtherDetroit Country Day Bchess(3)✓Amy Tan(1)✕Shirley(2)✕10E
3Literature - Long FictionDetroit Country Day BErnest Hemingway(2)✓A Farewell to Arms(3)✕Joe DiMaggio(1)✕10E
3Pop CultureDetroit Country Day BMTV(1)✓Hans Zimmer(2)✕Yes(3)✕10E
4Literature - PoetryDeWitt Balliteration (2)✓Middle English(3)✕the Pearl Poet(1)✕10E
4Science - ComputerDeWitt Bexclamation point(2)✓less than sign AND greater than sign(1)✕epsilon(3)✕10E
4History - EuropeanDeWitt BNuremberg(2)✓Luftwaffe(3)✕Hermann Göring(1)✕10E
4Literature - Long FictionDeWitt BH. G. Wells(2)✕Virginia Woolf(1)✕Russian(3)✓10H
4Social ScienceDeWitt Bgraffiti(3)✓Philip Zimbardo(2)✕broken windows theory(1)✕10E
4Science - BiologyDeWitt BCamillo Golgi(3)✓Gram staining(2)✕staining(1)✕10E
4MythologyDeWitt Bflight(2)✓lyres(3)✕Asclepius(1)✕10E
4Pop CultureDeWitt Belf(2)✓blood(3)✕World of Warcraft: Midnight(1)✕10E
5Fine Arts - AuditoryTraverse City Central BEngland(3)✓Ralph Vaughan Williams(2)✕motets(1)✕10E
5Science - AstronomyTraverse City Central Bthe universe(1)✓cosmological constant(2)✕event horizon(3)✕10E
5Literature - Mixed/OtherTraverse City Central BGeorge Orwell(3)✓Boxer(2)✕equality(1)✓20EH
5Science - MathTraverse City Central BVenn diagram(2)✓union(1)✓principle of inclusion–exclusion(3)✕20EM
5Literature - Long FictionTraverse City Central BKurt Vonnegut (1)✓“so it goes”(3)✕“unstuck in time”(2)✕10E
5Social ScienceTraverse City Central Bneurons(3)✓sensory deprivation(1)✕vestibular system(2)✕10E
5GeographyTraverse City Central BRoman Empire(3)✕Rhine River AND Danube River(2)✓canals(1)✕10M
6Literature - Long FictionHillsdale Academy Ahandmaids(3)✓Offred(2)✓stores(1)✕20EM
6Fine Arts - AuditoryHillsdale Academy Astring quartets(1)✓minuet(2)✕Luigi Boccherini(3)✕10E
6Science - BiologyHillsdale Academy Amutations(2)✓syphilis(3)✓endosymbiosis(1)✕20EM
6Literature - Mixed/OtherHillsdale Academy ACharles Dickens(3)✓One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest(2)✕Tom Wolfe(1)✕10E
6Science - PhysicsHillsdale Academy Aconductors(3)✓electric field(1)✕Gauss's law for electricity(2)✕10E
6History - WorldHillsdale Academy Aelephant ivory(2)✓Bantu languages(3)✓Great Zimbabwe(1)✕20EM
6ReligionHillsdale Academy AQueen Elizabeth II(2)✓ancestors(3)✕cargo cult(1)✕10E
7GeographyDetroit Catholic Central Bdam(2)✓Los Angeles, California(3)✓Lake Mead(1)✕20EM
7Literature - Mixed/OtherDetroit Catholic Central BPercy Shelley(3)✓Lord Byron(1)✕“Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”(2)✕10E
7Fine Arts - VisualDetroit Catholic Central BMichelangelo(1)✓Mannerism(2)✕Bernini(3)✕10E
7Science - MathDetroit Catholic Central Bpi(1)✓Leonhard Euler(2)✓normal distribution(3)✕20EM
8Literature - Long FictionDeWitt ALittle Women(3)✓vanity(2)✕Samuel Johnson(1)✕10E
8PhilosophyDeWitt Afour classical elements(1)✓Ptolemy(3)✕causes(2)✕10E
8Science - BiologyDeWitt Aenzymes(2)✓diffusion(3)✓Michaelis–Menten equation(1)✕20EM
8History - OtherDeWitt Awalls(2)✓3rd Century(1)✕Severan dynasty(3)✕10E
8Fine Arts - VisualDeWitt Ared AND blue AND yellow(1)✓Piet Mondrian(3)✕De Stijl(2)✕10E
8Pop CultureDeWitt AMinnesota Vikings(3)✕Miracle on Ice(1)✕Philadelphia Eagles AND New York Giants(2)✕0
8Literature - PoetryDeWitt AHarlem Renaissance(2)✓sing(3)✕sonnet(1)✕10E
9Literature - PoetryTroy AWalt Whitman(3)✓Edwin Arlington Robinson(2)✕“Richard Cory”(1)✕10E
9Science - PhysicsTroy Africtional force(1)✓Charles-Augustin de Coulomb(2)✕arctangent(3)✕10E
9PhilosophyTroy Autilitarianism(2)✓Willam James(3)✕Omelas(1)✕10E
9Fine Arts - AuditoryTroy Afilm scores(3)✓minimalism(1)✕Egypt(2)✕10E
9History - Mixed/OtherTroy AHunter-gatherer societies(2)✓Spartacus(3)✓Marxism(1)✕20EM
9MythologyTroy Acorn(1)✓Popol Vuh(2)✕Trophy Head(3)✕10E
9Fine Arts - OtherTroy AAfrican masks(1)✓Beijing, China(2)✕Irish stepdance(3)✕10E
9Fine Arts - VisualTroy AGreat Wall of China(2)✓Ài Wèiwèi(3)✕China(1)✕10E
9History - EuropeanTroy AVikings(1)✓Byzantine Empire(2)✕Varangian Guard(3)✕10E
10Science - PhysicsHillsdale Academy Dplasma(2)✓strange quark(3)✕nuclear pasta(1)✕10E
10History - EuropeanHillsdale Academy DGuernica(2)✓Falange(1)✕International Brigades(3)✕10E
10Fine Arts - VisualHillsdale Academy DOscar Wilde(1)✓Andy Warhol(2)✕Minneapolis, Minnesota(3)✕10E
10Current EventsHillsdale Academy DTexas(3)✓Project 2025(1)✓Bureau of Labor Statistics(2)✕20EM
10Literature - Mixed/OtherHillsdale Academy Dsamurais(3)✓kabuki(1)✕Ryunosuke Akutagawa(2)✕10E
10Pop CultureHillsdale Academy DMinecraft(2)✓chicken jockey(1)✓Jared Hess(3)✕20EM
10Literature - Long FictionHillsdale Academy DThe Catcher in the Rye(2)✕Pencey Prep(1)✕A Separate Peace(3)✕0
10Fine Arts - AuditoryHillsdale Academy DAntonín Dvořák(1)✕French horn(3)✕B and C(2)✕0