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Judging Criteria

Judging will be based on a 100-point scale broken down into the following categories:

GENERAL IMPRESSIONS (40 points)

Theme (0 to 10 points)
Rube Goldberg Spirit (0 to 10 points)
Verbal Explanation / Description (0 to 10 points)
Team Chemistry (0 to 5 points)
Submitted Machine Description (0 or 5 points)

RUN RELATED (60 points)

First Run Task Completed (0, 10, or 20 points)
Second Run Task Completed (0, 10, or 20 points)
Facility of Machine Flow (0 to 10 points)
Rube Goldberg Style Steps (0 to 10 points)

PENALTIES

Description Length (–5 to 0 points)
First Run Length (–10 to 0 points)
Second Run Length (–10 to 0 points)
Human Intervention (–3 points each)
Objects leaving machine (–5 points each)

Teams are judged on two runs of their machine. Teams have the option of voiding one of their first two runs in favor of a third, provided the void is called before the task is complete. Teams will forfeit their opportunity for a third run if both the first and second runs proceed without void.