2023 Spaghetti Bridge Competition Results

The 2023 Spaghetti Bridge Competition was one of our most successful competitions to date, with over 250 students across nearly 40 schools taking up the challenge.

In the end, we tested 61 bridges in 5 locations and this year, we have a new winning “school”.

Congratulations to Jamieson C from Toowoomba, who designed and built his bridge on his own, and it held 64.04 kg. Well done, Jamieson.

You can watch Jamieson’s bridge being tested here.

The full list of placegetters is below. Congratulations to all students who entered this year’s competition. We are very excited to announce that the 2024 competition will open in February, and there will be two testing “windows” – one in term 2 and one in term 3 of 2024. Stay tuned for more details.

You can download the full list of results here.

Major Prize Winners 2023:

First Place – Jamieson C – 64.04 kg – $700
Second Place – “SamChris” (St Eugene College) – 48 kg – $400
Third Place – “CCC STEM” (Citipoint Christian College) – 47.12 kg – $300

Minor Prize Winners:

Best Entry (CQ) – “Trinity” (Trinity College Gladstone) – 31.64 kg – $100
Encouragement Award – “Second Chance” (Heights College) – 19.64 kg – $100
Best Entry (SQ) – “Soggy Noodles” (Cannon Hill Anglican College) – 19.56 kg – $100
Best Posted Entry – “STEM-7” (West Moreton Anglican College) – 12.66 kg – $100
Best Entry (NQ) – “H72” (Ingham SHS) – 10.36 kg – $100
Best Primary School Entry – “DDD of Pasta” (Stanwell SS) – 2.1 kg – $100

Schools will be contacted before the end of October to organise prizes to be presented to the winning teams/students. Schools will also receive a link to download their teams’ photos and videos (where available).

Thank you very much to our wonderful sponsors and host schools, without whom this competition would not be possible:

Sponsors:

The Queensland Government
Engineers Australia (Queensland Division)

Hosts:

QUT
James Cook University
Heights College
Shailer Park State School
St Eugene College