Impossible Division

Super Perpetual Motion Machine 

2024 Division Winner!
22 Mins 51 Seconds

Aidan Phattanaphibul

Grade 11

Lynbrook High School
San Jose, California

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2023 Division Winner
Ethan Taylor
Grade 8
Charles H Barrows STEM Academy

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2022
​Division Winner! Dhyey Vank
Time: 5 minutes 40 seconds
British School of Tashkent
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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2019
​Division Winner
​Ryan Purkait and Keenan Surber
Time: 11 minutes 50 Seconds
Laguna Blanca School
Santa Barbara, CA

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2025 Draft Official Rules

Goal: Build the longest lasting Perpetual Motion Machine

​Specifications:
Perpetual Motion Machine must be a student built original
Must function as a result of its own design(No electrical plugs, batteries, solar panels, motors, etc)

Judging Procedure:
Email us the complete video presentation of your Perpetual Motion Machine from starting till stopping with a timer or stopwatch present in the entire video. Perpetual Motion Machine with the longest time in motion of all entries will be awarded Division Winner.

​Registered students submit the video presentation between June 1-5, 2025 to:
[email protected]

​Division Winner announced by June 21, 2025.

Recommended site:  VEProject1.org  to get inspired and see many examples of  Perpetual Motion Machines.