Thank you to the students from all over the globe who participated in this season’s Online Challenges! We are so impressed by all of the entries we received, and we are thrilled to share the 2025 challenge winners. Congratulations to all of these teams!

Click the links below to view the winning entries.

Build Instruction Guide – Middle School

• Winner: How to Build a 1-Motor Choo-Choo Catapult – 7163B – Chewbotca
• Finalist: Build Instruction – Choo Choo Mechanism Fling – CWC-48495C_
• Finalist: Building Instruction Guide Challenge Entry -… – hyrobotfirst
• Finalist: 2529A Intake Build Instruction Guide – Clay Trojan Robotics
• Finalist: 462B – Adjustable Hood – jrobrtsx2

Build Instruction Guide – High School

• Winner: Build Instruction Guide – High School entry, Team… – jzummo
• Finalist: Early Season Mobile Goal Mechanism – 23218B – grgeorge
• Finalist: Drive Base (Chassis) Build Instruction Guide -… – Knight Time Bots 6627
• Finalist: “Locking Clamp Mechanism” – 2496N – clanning
• Finalist: 2147Z Chassis Guide – 2147z

Build Instruction Guide – College

• Winner: DR4B Assembly Guide – faustovenialgo
• Finalist: TECHI3: How to Build a Rubber Band Intake – Boltdog_Robotics
• Finalist: JHAWK Drivebase Build Instructions – EvanRogerson
• Finalist: “36:60 Base Drivetrain Construction Manual” by… – BradleyACStiles
• Finalist: “Secure and Reliable 3-Wire Connector Splicing… – BradleyACStiles

Community Challenge, presented by Google

• Winner: The “Chaos Effect” – PortageINRobotics
• Winner: Bringing vex to libya – malookatimi
• Winner: Linkbot – Empowering Futures with Innovative STEM… – Jimmy70216X
• Winner: INNOVATE | INCLUDE | INSPIRE 8889A – Numberosity Academy
• Winner: Giving Back Full Circle – 360X-FC
• Winner: The Apex Of Possibility: Igniting The Spark – sgeuss
• Winner: Community Online Challenge 2025 🤍 2088H – justinzhou8
• Winner: 5776K – “A Team For All” – DVHSRobotics
• Winner: LEARNING TO CREATE IS THE FIRST STEP TO LEAD – k7lelo
• Winner: A Seat for Everyone in STEM – One Degree North
• Finalist: 4073G Community Challenge 2025 – mandersonJW
• Finalist: Imagination to Innovation – IOROBOT #34001A – iorobot
• Finalist: 14683B Community Challenge Submissition – andyshao
• Finalist: 91416X Lechuga Community Project – Mernesti
• Finalist: Robots For All – 14819M – andrew_wilkins
• Finalist: 19359X Community Challenge – Rebooting the System – sgeuss
• Finalist: Mentorship In Motion – 6627A Community Challenge – Knight Time Bots 6627
• Finalist: Unlocking Hidden Potential – STL Robotics – 82855
• Finalist: 2496V – Writing The Next Chapter – clanning
• Finalist: Robotics for All: Empowering Our Community – faustovenialgo
• Finalist: Community Challenge | Team 5225A – johnebots
• Finalist: killina giving back – killina_robotics
• Finalist: Make Way – BHighlanders
• Finalist: Breaking Barriers: A Journey of Collaboration and… – inception2129c
• Finalist: Riverside Gives Back – rca_robotics

Drone Career Readiness Challenge – Middle School

• Winner: Exploring DroneUp Delivery with Walmart, Team… – 3028
• Winner: Exploring the Sky with Barge Design Solutions – FEB Robotics
• Winner: “Jolliff Jaguars Take Flight: Soaring with… – TSwindle
• Winner: Team 4400H – Drones in Careers: Firefighting – Team4400
• Winner: 2055X Albatross Discovering Thermography with… – 2055 Capybaras

Drone Career Readiness Challenge – High School

• Winner: AI-Powered Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for… – Team-YardSticks
• Winner: 2055A Exploring a Future Career with Drones with… – 2055 Capybaras
• Winner: Exploring Wing and the Future of Drone Delivery – MrsAJumper
• Winner: Sky’s the Limit Drones Transforming Careers – PJafar
• Winner: Drone Career Readiness Challenge – hknight

Game Design Challenge – Elementary School

• Winner: Put a Ring on It! – kcunningham
• Finalist: Recycling Rush – Robot Rangers – Go Fredrick
• Finalist: 17432C – VEX Game Design – VEX Online Challenge – CedarvilleRobotics
• Finalist: Speed Bot Skee-Ball: Precision, Power, and Play! – kcunningham
• Finalist: THE RESCUE – bkj0223

Game Design Challenge – Middle School

• Winner: Cube It – 3255X Game Design Challenge – bytewise
• Finalist: VEX IQ Knockout – 23218Y – grgeorge
• Finalist: Recycle Rush – qinpeng1988
• Finalist: Team 85301G presents the 2025 – 2026 VEX IQ… – 85301 Cyber Tigers
• Finalist: 7481D Game Design Challenge- Game Point – jjobe

Game Design Challenge – High School

• Winner: 8737A – Knockout – 8737A
• Finalist: 85301V – Double Down Game – 85301 Cyber Tigers
• Finalist: V5RC Shoot Off – meng
• Finalist: VEX Ringside Official Game Reveal – mmassaro
• Finalist: 2496W Game Design Challenge – Unbalance – clanning

Game Design Challenge – College

• Winner: On A Roll – sammyfischbach
• Finalist: Push forward – malookatimi
• Finalist: Over The Top – KSwartzbaugh2
• Finalist: JHAWK Game Design Challenge – EvanRogerson
• Finalist: TECHI3: Pinnacle Pursuit – Game Design Challenge – Boltdog_Robotics

Girl Powered STEM Spotlight Challenge, presented by Google – Elementary School

• Winner: Their Influence, Our Future: The Impact of Girl… – kcunningham
• Finalist: Girl Power – Reach for the Stars – leilaniodell
• Finalist: Girl Powered STEM Spotlight Challenge 2025 by… – robocats
• Finalist: Curious Coders 46000A – manishka22
• Finalist: Women Changing the World – eromaguera

Girl Powered STEM Spotlight Challenge, presented by Google – Middle School

• Winner: Power in Heels – 12181C – CuriousRobotics
• Finalist: 95070X Redwood Robotics: We believe EVERYONE has… – redwoodvexrobotics
• Finalist: What make women successful? – AllenXu
• Finalist: From Ada to AI: 1715S’s Celebration of Women in… – robotics78
• Finalist: Launching Into Girl Powered! Produced by… – jimchow_vex

Girl Powered STEM Spotlight Challenge, presented by Google – High School

• Winner: Shoot for the Stars: The Past, Present, and… – neil
• Finalist: ✨ Inspired by the Legends: Dr. Mae Jemison & Dr… – Rock-IT-Bots 21116M
• Finalist: A Mission to Fulfill – STL Robotics – 82855
• Finalist: Redefining Robotics: Empowering Inclusive… – cspielmann
• Finalist: 1165 Altura Robotics Video Entry – brandon.lin3497

Girl Powered STEM Spotlight Challenge, presented by Google – College

• Winner: Her Future, Our Power – jdcuellar
• Finalist: Girl Powered STEM Spotlight Challenge Entry, Team… – Kettering University – KUdos
• Finalist: Girl Powered STEM Challenge 2024 – SKERS – KSwartzbaugh2

International Robotics Honor Society Service Award – High School

• Winner: IRHS 11476X Our Commitment To Our Neighborhood – 11476Mater
• Finalist: Service Events at SAS IRHS, Team 2053V – Mr_Whitaker
• Finalist: The Future of Robotics in Aventura, Florida – DSAHS Robotics 2025
• Finalist: Cougarbots helping San Ysidro – carrienorthum

Marketing Challenge – Middle School

• Winner: Marking Online Challenge by 8838A – Aurelia – kevinhankim
• Finalist: Forever Muffin – pchu
• Finalist: 7481D – Innovation & Teamwork – jjobe
• Finalist: 286B Blaze From Strive to Thrive – sunriseni
• Finalist: The Purple Potatoes’ Journey – kevinhankim

Marketing Challenge – High School

• Winner: Molokai Robotics, Team 1037B: A Journey of… – CoachEdwin
• Finalist: Building Our Future – cadblur
• Finalist: Flightfish Robotics: Bridging the Sky and the Sea – salinasroboticsteam
• Finalist: Girls in Engineering and Robotics – ekiss76
• Finalist: 8433X – THIS is 8433X – roboticswhiteoaks

Marketing Challenge – College

• Winner: Marketing Challenge Entry, Team KUdos – Kettering University – KUdos
• Finalist: Boltdog Robotics: Building More Than Just Robots – Boltdog_Robotics
• Finalist: Why do VEX U with Aggie Robotics? – BradleyACStiles
• Finalist: MKT UCSA – faustovenialgo

STEM Advocacy Challenge – High School

• Winner: Empowering Cao Bang through Robotics – Team-11
• Finalist: 4253R’s STEM Advocacy Award online challenge – cadblur
• Finalist: 96969W STEM Advocacy Project – pchu
• Finalist: 19359X STEM Advocacy – sgeuss
• Finalist: STEM Advocacy Challenge, Team 4873G – jhurd

STEM Research Challenge – Elementary School

• Winner: TECH GIRLS – STEM Research Challenge – kcunningham
• Finalist: The Good, the Bot, and the Ethical – SouthBayRobotics
• Finalist: Ethics in Robotics : Designing a responsible… – renukas.plus
• Finalist: Building a Better World with Ethical Robotics… – kcunningham
• Finalist: Skittles – Quiz Biz – leilaniodell

STEM Research Challenge – Middle School

• Winner: STEM Research: Ethics of Robotics – teresaaki
• Finalist: MUFFIN REIGNS–89089Y – pchu
• Finalist: Navigating the Moral Compass – Ethics in Robotics… – kevinhankim
• Finalist: #96001A STEM Sisters: 2025 STEM Research… – STEM Spark Robotics
• Finalist: Ethics of the Age of Robotics – Jennifer.Lionetti

VEXcode VR Virtual Skills Challenge – Elementary School

• First Place: MangoTango’s Virtual Relay – bkj0223
• Second Place: Curious Coders – manishka22
• Second Place: BOTSHOTS: A key to the world of code – kcunningham
• Second Place: VEXcode VR Virtual Skills Challenge – cailin2013
• Second Place: VEXcode VR Virtual Skills Challenge -ES IQ – Team… – jasonmgreulich
• Finalist: The United Paws: Diving deeper into the magic of… – kcunningham

VEXcode VR Virtual Skills Challenge – Middle School

• First Place: V-R Ready (VEXcode VR Virtual Skills Challenge) – pchu
• Finalist: VR Skills – Team 22250B – The Pack – bdodhrani
• Finalist: VR Virtual Skills Challenge – Middle School – LandauRobotics
• Finalist: 4073A virtual skills entry – mandersonJW
• Finalist: 68689A VR Virtual Skills Challenge – TLau316
• Second Place: VR Code – 85301 – Trying for Ws – 85301 Cyber Tigers
• Second Place: VEX V5 Skills 78116A CyberSquad – HABS_Robotics
• Second Place: Vex VR online challenge Submission – Middle… – rameshnarayanan
• Second Place: VR SKILLS Challenge – 20785X – M_Noonan_QE

VEXcode VR Virtual Skills Challenge – High School

• First Place: 85301X – Team No! – 85301 Cyber Tigers
• Second Place: All in for High Stakes | 64762F – Gadget Gang
• Second Place: Royal Robotics Team 80852B Entry – magpaoa
• Second Place: Royal Robotics Virtual Competition Entry Team… – magpaoa
• Second Place: Virtual Skills Challenge | 68678S – Fancy Server
• Finalist: VR Virtuals Skills Challenge, Team 4873G – jhurd
• Finalist: Precision in Motion｜2813B-NOVA – vexjunior
• Finalist: Virtual World Challenge–96969Y – pchu
• Finalist: 16099B | VR Skills – Kgtsang

Workforce Readiness Challenge, presented by the ARM Institute – High School

• Winner: Future-Proofing Pharma: A Human-Centric… – ssandoval
• Finalist: Harvesting the Future – Robotics Club
• Finalist: Waste Management And Sorting Automation – 2158XMentor
• Finalist: Manufacturing Automation: A Guide to Planning,… – One Degree North
• Finalist: Automated Closed-Loop Waste Recycling in Food… – mireland
• Finalist: Aerospace Automation – sbhsrobotics750

Workforce Readiness Challenge, presented by the ARM Institute – College

• Winner: Transitioning to Automated Laser Scanning… – BradleyACStiles
• Finalist: 3D Printing in Custom Manufacturing: Applications… – Kettering University – KUdos
• Finalist: Workforce Readiness and Preparation for the Field… – KSwartzbaugh2
• Finalist: JHAWK Workforce Readiness Challenge – EvanRogerson
• Finalist: WestMech Workforce Readiness – JustinWestMech

Click here to learn more about the REC Foundation’s Online Challenges.