Book Stacking 2026!

The Book Stacking Contest challenges students to see how quickly they can stack two boxes' worth of discarded books. While some race to beat the time, others just build towers for the pleasure of knocking them down! With three different sets of books, we have three different sets of winners:

Fastest Builders: Set One

• 1st place Teams: Sophie C. & Audree (Gold) 6th: 22.08 seconds—30 points
• 2nd place Teams: Ethan X. & Alex (Gold) 7th: 26.55 seconds—25 points
• 3rd place Teams: Audree & Chloe (Gold) 6th: 30.09 seconds—20 points
• 1st place Individuals: Neige, 6th: 1:00 minutes—30 points

Fastest Builders: Set Two

• 1st place: Audree & Sophia C. (Gold) 6th: 18.61 seconds—30 points
• 2nd place: Chloe & Aimee (Gold/Green) 6th: 20.03 seconds—25 points
• 3rd place: Rohan & Ian (Green/Gold) 7th: 21 seconds—20 points
• 1st place Individuals: Luca, 6th: 48.20 seconds—30 points

Fastest Builders: Set Three

• 1st place Teams: Audree & Sophia C. (Gold) 6th: 30.33 seconds—30 points
• 2nd place Teams: Tenley & Myra (Green) 7th: 32.18 seconds—25 points
• 3rd place Teams: Kevin & Mithran (Green) 7th: 41:21 seconds—20 points
• 1st place Individuals: Vedhas (Green) 7th: 1:00 minutes—30 points

Many thanks to Susan Essex, Vibha, and Tara Mounsey for helping me with the timing, and HUGE thanks to Maintenance for storing/delivering/picking up the heavy boxes of books each year! Thanks goes to Tara also for taking photos, which you can see here on Vidigami.