| Name(s) | Mass [g] | Max Load [kg] | F/m3 x106 | Grade |
| Comparison | 28.6 | 6 | 256.5 | 172 |
| Liam/Tkia | 71.1 | 12 | 33.39 | 100 |
| Michael | 64.6 | 9 | 33.38 | 100.0 |
| Nic/Meera | 130.8 | 55 | 24.6 | 94.2 |
| Jeremie/Tyus | 144.6 | 42 | 13.9 | 85.4 |
| Simon/Jacqueline | 109.6 | 17 | 12.9 | 84.5 |
| Eric/Christna/King Kong | 163.6 | 51 | 11.6 | 83.2 |
| Adam/Manon | 137.3 | 30 | 11.6 | 83.1 |
| Taylor/Marly | 104.3 | 12 | 10.6 | 82.0 |
| Thomas/Ryan | 125.3 | 17 | 8.6 | 79.8 |
| Sydney/Kelly | 118.6 | 12 | 7.2 | 77.9 |
| Gordon/Tasha | 121.5 | 12 | 6.7 | 77.2 |
| Jennifer/Hayley | 161.2 | 23 | 5.5 | 75.4 |
| Kiko* | 87.9 | 3.556 | 5.2 | 75.0 |
| Celine/Morgan | 150.9 | 17 | 4.9 | 74.5 |
| Ben/Colm | 147.4 | 12 | 3.7 | 72.3 |
| Eric/Ulysse | 148.1 | 12 | 3.7 | 72.2 |
| Stephen/Riley | 142.4 | 9 | 3.1 | 71.0 |
| Xiangu/Tiantian | 201.8 | 17 | 2.1 | 68.3 |
| Andrew | 119.2 | 3 | 1.8 | 67.4 |
| Mike/Joseph | 95.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 67.2 |
| Alex/Kirsty | 131.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 60.0 |
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The comparison bridge made use of this truss analysis software. Unfortunately, the help is in Russian.
You need to draw a 2D sketch (of the side view) of your bridge with Popsicle sticks as lines and glue joints as nodes.
Your bridge will sit on the table at two points. They will be constrained nodes (one is fixed, one is sliding). In the middle, apply a load (eg. y = -10) to one node. (To add a constraint ("connection") or load to a node, click on the text that says eg."node 1". This will bring up a dialog box where you can choose connection or enter load.)
The output will show the tension or compression in each member (diagram N). Reactions at the table or deflections might be fun, too.
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