Collaborate. Create. Compete!
Well-designed competitions give students the opportunity to apply themselves in real-world challenges where teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving matter. By testing ideas, learning from failure, and improving their designs and strategies, students build the confidence, resilience, and collaboration skills needed for future careers.
At Ten80 competitions and events, students engage in:
- Exciting Head-to-Head Challenges
- Collab Challenges in which teams partner to tackle challenges
- Enterprise Categories that foster future-ready workplace skills such as creative engineering, communication, critical thinking, time management, teamwork, and leadership.
Ready to start a team? Learn how at this link.
Multiple Ways to Participate
Which version is right for you?
- Online Points Race: Without leaving the school, students share work on a secure server to get feedback from remote STEM mentors, earn points, share ideas with other teams and swap assets such as 3-D printer time or CAD files. Educators can use the site to stay up to date on student work.
- Ten80 Face-to-Face (F2F) Competitions: F2F events combine the excitement of head-to-head challenges with the innovative energy of a STEM Fair.
- Internally within their own school or program
- In Local Leagues and events
- At National Events local events, regional, and national events.
- Micro and 1-Day Challenges: Ten80 partners with organizations like the Denver Bronco’s, SME, and SEMA to host students in one-day or short-form micro competitions. Learn more about custom experiences here.

2026 Ten80-NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) Finals








