The FIRST Championship is a four-day robotics championship held annually in April at which FIRST student robotics teams compete. For several years, the event was held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, but moved to the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri in 2011, where it remained through 2017. In 2017, the Championship was split into two events, being additionally held at the George R. Brown Convention Center and Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. In 2018 and 2019, the Championship was held in Houston and Detroit, Michigan at the TCF Center and Ford Field. The event comprises four competitions; the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship, the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship, the FIRST Lego League World Festival, and the FIRST Lego League Junior World Expo.[3]

FIRST Championship Event
FrequencyAnnual
VenueGeorge R. Brown Convention Center
Discovery Green
Location(s)Houston, Texas, United States
Inaugurated1992 (1992)
FounderDean Kamen
Participants~30 nations
Large presence by the United States, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, Israel, Australia, and China[1]
Organised byFIRST
Websitewww.firstchampionship.org
Both 2020 championships cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The FIRST LEGO League World Championship was held as a virtual competition on April 18 and 19, 2020 and hosted by FLL Share and Learn.

The FIRST Robotics Competition is a ten-week program in which high-school students build 125-pound (54 kg) robots designed to compete in a game that changes each year. Students are given sets of parts to use, but they can also use off-the-shelf or custom-made parts. The FIRST Tech Challenge is a mid-level competition program for middle school and high school aged students with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit. FIRST LEGO League is a competition program for elementary and middle school students using LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits. Teams for each program compete in tournaments at a state and regional level. The winning teams from each of these tournaments join the global competition at the FIRST Championship.

The FIRST Championship was formally held in conjunction with the FIRST Robotics Conference, which covers a wide variety of topics in science, technology, engineering, and robotics fields.[4]

The 2011 championship was also host to the Collegiate Aerial Robotics Demonstration, a pilot collegiate FIRST program.

In 2015, to expand, it was announced that the FIRST Championship would be divided into multiple venues. The new Innovation Faire featuring displays and demonstrations from FIRST Sponsors, Partners and Suppliers took place at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel, The FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship and the Junior FIRST Lego League World Festival took place at Union Station (St. Louis), and the FIRST LEGO League World Festival as well as the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship took place at the Edward Jones Dome and America's Center. The new arrangement was designed to give an "Olympic Village" feel and allow for more space to expand each individual program.[5] In 2017, the Championship was split into 2 championships, one occurring in Houston and the other a week later in St. Louis. The second Championship was moved to Detroit for 2018 and 2019. In 2020, FIRST decided to move the closing ceremonies for all programs from Minute Maid Park and Ford Field to the convention centers in Houston and Detroit respectively.[6]

The 2020 FIRST season was suspended on March 12, 2020, resulting in the cancellation of the Championship events in Houston and Detroit, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The FIRST LEGO League World Championship was held as a virtual competition on April 18 and 19, 2020 and hosted by FLL Share and Learn.

The 2021 FIRST Championship in Houston and Detroit were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] The events were replaced by a virtual ceremony at the 2021 FIRST Global Innovation Awards on June 28–30, 2021.

Despite originally announcing dates for both Detroit and Houston for 2022, the 2022 FIRST Championship was later scheduled solely for Houston and was held from April 20 to April 23, 2022.

Host cities

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1992 was the first year of the FIRST Robotics Competition. Just over 20 teams competed at one event, which was held at Memorial High School in Manchester, New Hampshire.[8] In 1993, the sole competition was held at Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, New Hampshire.[9] In 1994, the competition was held at Nashua High School.[10] In 1995, FIRST had grown to the point to which they had outgrown the one competition, so they moved to a regional qualifier system, and thus the FIRST championship was born. From 1995 through 2002, the championship was held at Epcot Center in Orlando.[11] Reliant Park in Houston was the venue for 2003.[12] Atlanta served as host city from 2004 through 2010.[13][14] In 2005, the contract with Atlanta was extended through 2007 with options for 2008 and 2009.[13] In 2009, St. Louis was selected, from three finalists, to serve as host city for 2011 through 2013. In 2012, the tenure at St. Louis was extended until 2014.[15] In 2013, the tenure in St. Louis was once again extended for three additional years through 2017.[16]

The 2017 through 2019 championships consisted of two championship events, located in two different cities on back to back weekends. The 2017 championships was held in St. Louis, centered at the Edward Jones Dome, and in Houston, Texas, at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Toyota Center, and Minute Maid Park. 2017 marked St. Louis's final hosting of the event for the foreseeable future, ending its seven years hosting the event, as well as the FIRST Championship's return to Houston, following the 2003 Championships at NRG Park. In 2018 and 2019, Houston continued to host a championship, with Detroit, Michigan taking St. Louis's place. The Detroit championships took place at Cobo Center and Ford Field.[17]

FRC World Championship

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The FIRST Robotics Competition Championship is the final and largest event of the season. The winners of each regional competition as well as the top teams from each district advance to the FIRST Championship. They are placed into one of the 8 divisions, named after influential individuals in STEM, to compete. The winning alliance from each division (a set of 4 teams) moves on to compete on the Einstein Field. The winning alliance on the Einstein Field is declared the FIRST Champion.

The FIRST Robotics Competition Championship was initially divided into 4 divisions:

In 2015, the 4 divisions were further divided into 8 divisions (not including the final Einstein Field) and expanding naming to share more breadth in hero innovators:

In 2017, the first year of the split championship, 4 more divisions were added[18] bringing the total to 12 divisions (not including the final Einstein Field in each city), with six divisions in each city. The six division winning alliances played a round-robin tournament to determine their location's champion, who then played the other city's champion in July at the FIRST Festival of Champions in New Hampshire.[19][20] On February 6, 2018, FIRST announced that the Festival of Champions would not happen from the 2018 season onward. Due to this, the winners of both championships would now be considered world champions.[21] Houston:

St. Louis/Detroit:

In 2022 with the return to a single championship event[22] FRC teams were divided into the 6 Houston divisions seen through the 2019 championship. In 2023 2 additional divisions,[23] Johnson and Milstein, were added to the 6 from 2022 bringing the total to 8 FRC divisions.

There are many awards that are presented to FRC teams at the Championship. These awards include the Engineering Inspiration Award, the Industrial Design Award, the Gracious Professionalism Award, the Entrepreneurship Award, the Industrial Safety Award, the Rookie All-Star Award, the Rookie Inspiration Award, the Woodie Flowers Award, and the Dean's List Award. The most prestigious award is the Impact Award (previously called the Chairman's Award), which recognizes the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate both on and off the field.[24]

Recent winners

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Year / Theme Award name Team name Team number Location
2024 / Crescendo Championship Winner #1 Orbit 1690 Binyamina, HaZafon, Israel
Championship Winner #2 Team SCREAM 4522 Sedalia, Missouri, USA
Championship Winner #3 Team 8-Bit 9432 Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Championship Winner #4 RoboLancers 321 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Impact Award CocoNuts 2486 Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
2023 / Charged Up Championship Winner #1 MadTown Robotics 1323 Madera, California, USA
Championship Winner #2 HighTide 4414 Ventura, California, USA
Championship Winner #3 Ctrl-Z 4096 Champaign, Illinois, USA
Championship Winner #4 BeaverworX 2609 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Impact Award RoboLancers 321 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2022 / Rapid React Championship Winner #1 Up-A-Creek Robotics 1619 Longmont, Colorado, USA
Championship Winner #2 The Cheesy Poofs 254 San Jose, California, USA
Championship Winner #3 Knight Vision 3175 Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, USA
Championship Winner #4 Fusion Corps 6672 Irving, Texas, USA
Chairman's Award Garrett Coalition 1629 Accident, Maryland, USA
2019 / Destination: Deep Space Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #1 Brighton TechnoDogs 3707 Brighton, Michigan, USA
Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #2 ThunderChickens 217 Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #3 Team Rembrandts 4481 Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #4 SCH Vulcan Robotics 1218 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Detroit Chairman's The Green Machine 1816 Edina, Minnesota, USA
Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #1 Greybots 973 Atascadero, California, USA
Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #2 MadTown Robotics 1323 Madera, California, USA
Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #3 Iron Panthers 5026 Burlingame, California, USA
Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #4 The Vitruvian Bots 4201 El Segundo, California, USA
Houston Chairman's Exploding Bacon 1902 Orlando, Florida, USA
2018 / FIRST Power Up Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #1 Stryke Force 2767 Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #2 Team RUSH 27 Clarkston, Michigan, USA
Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #3 Lake Effect Robotics 2708 Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #4 Centre County 4-H Robotics 4027 State College, Pennsylvania, USA
Detroit Chairman's Bionic Black Hawks 2834 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
Houston FIRST Championship Winner #1 The Cheesy Poofs 254 San Jose, California, USA
Houston FIRST Championship Winner #2 The Robowranglers 148 Greenville, Texas, USA
Houston FIRST Championship Winner #3 Spartabots 2976 Sammamish, Washington, USA
Houston FIRST Championship Winner #4 Ha-Dream Team 3075 Hod-Ha'Sharon, HaMerkaz, Israel
Houston Chairman's Kell Robotics 1311 Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
2017 / FIRST Steamworks St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #1 Stryke Force 2767 Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #2 The Cheesy Poofs 254 San Jose, California, USA
St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #3 Lightning Robotics 862 Canton, Michigan, USA
St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #4 The Pascack PI-oneers 1676 Montvale, New Jersey, USA
St Louis Chairman's Mountaineer Area RoboticS (MARS) 2614 Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Houston Festival of Champions Representative Columbus Space Program 4188 Columbus, Georgia, USA
Houston Winner #1 Greybots 973 Atascadero, California, USA
Houston Winner #2 CRUSH 1011 Tucson, Arizona, USA
Houston Winner #3 Viking Robotics 2928 Seattle/Ballard, Washington, USA
Houston Winner #4 Bay Orangutans 5499 Berkeley, California, USA
Houston Chairman's Thunder Down Under 3132 Sydney, Australia
2016 / FIRST Stronghold Championship Winner #1 The Beach Bots 330 Hermosa Beach, California, USA
Championship Winner #2 Roboteers 2481 Tremont, Illinois, USA
Championship Winner #3 Cleveland's Team 120 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Championship Winner #4 Blue Cheese 1086 Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
Chairman's Award HIGHROLLERS 987 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2015 / Recycle Rush[25] Championship Winner #1 Robonauts 118 League City, Texas, USA
Championship Winner #2 Citrus Circuits 1678 Davis, California, USA
Championship Winner #3 Buchanan Bird Brains 1671 Clovis, California, USA
Championship Winner #4 Gryffingear 5012 Palmdale, California, USA
Chairman's Award Wolverines 597 Los Angeles, USA
2014 / Aerial Assist[26] Championship Winner #1 The Cheesy Poofs 254 San Jose, California, USA
Championship Winner #2 Las Guerrillas 469 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
Championship Winner #3 The All Sparks 2848 Dallas, Texas, USA
Championship Winner #4 Team C.H.A.O.S 74 Holland, Michigan, USA
Chairman's Award Team RUSH 27 Clarkston, Michigan, USA
2013 / Ultimate Ascent[27] Championship Winner #1 Theory6 1241 Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Championship Winner #2 Texas Torque 1477 The Woodlands, Texas, USA
Championship Winner #3 The Coyotes 610 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chairman's Award The Holy Cows 1538 San Diego, California, USA
2012 / Rebound Rumble[28] Championship Winner #1 S.P.A.M. 180 Stuart, Florida, USA
Championship Winner #2 Raider Robotix 25 North Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Championship Winner #3 Bomb Squad 16 Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA
Chairman's Award Simbotics 1114 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
2011 / Logomotion Championship Winner #1 The Cheesy Poofs 254 San Jose, California, USA
Championship Winner #2 WildStang 111 Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
Championship Winner #3 Greybots 973 Atascadero, California, USA
Chairman's Award The Hawaiian Kids 359 Waialua, Hawaii, USA
2010 / Breakaway Championship Winner #1 Beach Cities Robotics) 294 Redondo Beach, California, USA
Championship Winner #2 The HOT Team 67 Milford, Michigan, USA
Championship Winner #3 Bobcat Robotics 177 South Windsor, Connecticut, USA
Chairman's Award Miss Daisy 341 Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA
2009 / Lunacy[29][30] Championship Winner #1 WildStang 111 Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
Championship Winner #2 The HOT Team) 67 Milford, Michigan, USA
Championship Winner #3 Spartan Robotics 971 Mountain View, California, USA
Chairman's Award Techno Ticks 236 Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA

FTC World Championship

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Before 2014, after all FTC teams have competed in state / regional championship tournaments, the winning teams move on to the FTC World Championship. The Inspire Award-winning teams and the captain teams of the Winning Alliance in the regional tournaments are automatically eligible for the world championship. If there are still spots available, additional teams may be picked by a lottery system.

From 2014 and on, teams compete in Qualifying Tournaments in order to qualify for their state/regional Championship. At that Championship, teams compete for a spot at one of 4 Super-Regionals. Depending on the presence/number of teams in each state, determines the number of teams that move on to a Super-Regional. Teams then advance from their Super-Regional to the World Championship. In the 2018–2019 season, Super-Regionals were abolished and FTC teams advanced to the World Championship directly from their state/regional Championship.[31]

At each championship, awards are presented to recognize teams for their performance in the competition, their robot's design, and their efforts to spread the message of FIRST. These awards include World Championship Finalist and Winner, the Design Award, the Connect Award, the Innovate Award, the Motivate Award, the Think Award and the Judges' Award. The most notable awards are the World Championship Inspire Award and the award given to the winning alliance.[32]

The FTC World Championship was held in Houston and Detroit through the 2019 championship. The event is currently held in Houston.

FTC has four divisions that teams are randomly divided into.[33]

  • Franklin
  • Jemison
  • Edison
  • Ochoa

Up until the end of the 2016 season, winning alliances from Franklin and Edison went on to compete in the finals on the DaVinci Field. In 2017, FTC teams joined FRC teams to play their finals matches on the Einstein Field.

Recent winners

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Year / Theme Award name Team name Team number Location
2024 / Centerstage Inspire Award Iterative Intentions 12791 Flower Mound, Texas, USA
Winning Alliance Team AiCitzens 19066 Focsani, Romania
Winning Alliance Team The Clueless 11212 San Diego, California, USA
Winning Alliance Team Texpand 18763 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
2023 / Powerplay Inspire Award Wolfpack Machina 18438 Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
Winning Alliance Team GatorBytes 18457 Newbury Park, California, USA
Winning Alliance Team Quality Control 21229 Bellevue, Washington, USA
Winning Alliance Team Don't Blink 14481 Plainsboro, New Jersey, USA
2022 / Freight Frenzy Inspire Award TechnicBots 8565 Plano, Texas, USA
Winning Alliance Team Delta Force 17713 Arad, Romania
Winning Alliance Team Up-A-Creek Robotics 11260 Longmont, Colorado, USA
Winning Alliance Team Java the Hutts 14725 Fort Myers, Florida, USA
2019 / Rover Ruckus Detroit Winning Alliance Team LANbros 9971 Vincentown, New Jersey, USA
Detroit Winning Alliance Team Gluten Free 11115 Hollis, New Hampshire, USA
Detroit Winning Alliance Team N.Y.A.N. Robotics - Not Your Average Nerds 10091 Mundelein, Illinois, USA
Detroit Inspire Award The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team 8393 Baden, Pennsylvania, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team Boom Bots 3101 Palm Harbor, Florida, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team Aperture Science 5064 Elon, North Carolina, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team Cobalt Colts 6547 Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Houston Inspire Award Root Negative One 9879 Springdale, Arkansas, USA
2018 / Relic Recovery Detroit Winning Alliance Team The Brainstormers 8644 Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Detroit Winning Alliance Team The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team 8393 Baden, Pennsylvania, USA
Detroit Winning Alliance Team 2 Bits and a Byte 4029 Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Detroit Inspire Award Wizards.exe 9794 Rockville, Maryland, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team Mechanical Maniacs 7750 Sutherlin, Oregon, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team RedNek Robotics Wun 724 Sun River, Montana, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team TechNova 12611 Bellevue, Washington, USA
Houston Inspire Award Super 7 7477 Oviedo, Florida, USA
2017 / Velocity Vortex Houston Winning Alliance Team RedNek Robotics Wun 724 Sun River, Montana, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team Rise Of Hephaestus 4216 San Diego, California, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team Wait For It... 8651 Pearl, Missouri, USA
Houston Inspire Award FIX IT 3491 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
St. Louis Winning Alliance Team Height Differential 8686 Littleton, Colorado, USA
St. Louis Winning Alliance Team Data Force 6929 Rockville, Maryland, USA
St. Louis Winning Alliance Team BoBots 5916 Earleville, Maryland, USA
St. Louis Inspire Award Winner Combustible Lemons 5466 Davenport, Iowa, USA
2016 / Res-Q[34] Winning Alliance Team BoBots 5916 Earleville, Maryland, USA
Winning Alliance Team Cubix^3 8221 Hampstead, Maryland, USA
Winning Alliance Team TBD-To Be Determined 6022 Aurora, Ohio, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award Hot Wired Robotics 7013 Portland, Oregon, USA
2015 / Cascade Effect[35] Winning Alliance Team Neutrinos 6433 Lakeland, Florida, USA
Winning Alliance Team RedNek Robotics Wun 724 Sun River, Montana, USA
Winning Alliance Team Valley X Robotics 2844 Chandler, Arizona, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award Schrödinger's Hat 3595 Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
2014 / Block Party![27] Winning Alliance Team Hot Wired Robotics 7013 Portland, Oregon, USA
Winning Alliance Team Eagles Robotics Xperience 5257 Delray Beach, Florida, USA
Winning Alliance Team 4-H Techno Clovers 4240 Accident, Maryland, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award Bears 3141 Mexico City, Mexico
2013 / Ring It Up![27] Winning Alliance Team Cougar Robotics Team 4251 Columbus, Ohio, USA
Winning Alliance Team Fish in the Boat 4140 Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
Winning Alliance Team Monkey Madness 5096 Huntsville, Alabama, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award Beta 3550 West Des Moines, Iowa, USA
2012 / Bowled Over![28] Winning Alliance Team Robocats 4444 Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Winning Alliance Team Masquerade 4997 Tampa, Florida, USA
Winning Alliance Team ILITE Robotics 354 Haymarket, Virginia, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award Landroids 4220 Livingston, New Jersey, USA
2011 / Get Over It![36] Winning Alliance Team SD30 Robotics 178 Ronan, Montana, USA
Winning Alliance Team Wreckers 577 Westport, Connecticut, USA
Winning Alliance Team MITibot 2875 Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award Robots and Brain Bots Inc. 4466 Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
2010 / Hot Shot![37] Winning Alliance Team Smoke and Mirrors 2868 Lakeland, Florida, USA
Winning Alliance Team Under the Son 2843 Hollywood, Maryland, USA
Winning Alliance Team Global-Force 3864 Aiken, South Carolina, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award Rock 'n Roll Robots 25 Pasadena, California, USA
2009 / Face Off![38] Winning Alliance Team Jr. Bomb Squad 92 Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA
Winning Alliance Team RoboRaiders 679 Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA
Winning Alliance Team Alberta Longhorns 2820 Calgary, Alberta
FTC World Championship Inspire Award Einstein's Daughters 32 San Diego, California, USA
2008 / Quad Quandary[30] Winning Alliance Team Mr. T 30 Montville, New Jersey, USA
Winning Alliance Team Team Overdrive 74 Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA
Winning Alliance Team Beach Cities Robotics 23 Redondo Beach, California, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award Panteras 801 Mexico City, Mexico

FLL World Festival

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The top competitions in FLL program are FLL Open Championships and FLL World Festival. The Open Championships are managed by FLL Partners with a goal to bring teams from different regions to complete and showcase their achievements. Currently, there are two Open Championships, FLL Open European Championship and FLL US Open Championship. FLL Open Asian Championship was held in 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. However, it did not return in 2009.[39]

FLL World Festival is hosted and managed by FIRST. The teams are often the Champion's Award team at the state or national level with some other criteria including special nomination from FLL Operational Partners globally. In 2009, there were 84 teams from 27 countries that joined the festival with the theme Climate Connections. The award categories include Innovative Design Award, Quality Design Award, Programming Award, Research Quality Award, Innovative Solution Award, Creative Presentation Award, Teamwork Award, Team Spirit Awards, Against All Odds Awards, Outstanding Volunteer Awards, Adult Coach/Mentor Awards, Young Adult Mentor Awards, and Judges' Awards. The most notable awards are Champion's Award and Robot Performance Award.[29]

[40]===Recent winners===

Year / Theme Award name Team name Team number Location
2024 / Masterpiece Houston Championship Champions Award Winner LOS ATÔMICOS 64790 Araras, Brazil
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist Knots and Bots 17737 Chicago, IL
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist Master Cubz 55589 Andover, MA
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist Breaking Bot 64770 Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist Invictus 64839 Valencia, Spain
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist PARDOBOOTS 64793 Ourinhos, Brazil
2023 / Super Powered Houston Championship Champions Award Winner FSINGENIUM Team 60008 Sarriguren, Spain
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist LITBOT100 59975 Kaunas, Lithuania
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist Legotronic Beavers 60009 Torres de Elorz, Spain
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist RoboRazors 59969 Amman, Jordan
2022 / Cargo Connect Houston Championship Champions Award Winner Legotronic Beavers 55467 Torres de Elorz, Spain
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist FIRST FUJISAN 55442 Kofu, Japan
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist RoboTrix 1200 55445 Kfar Yona, Israel
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist Aldeatrón Robotix 55466 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2021 / RePLAY Virtual World Championship International Invitational Champions Award Winner FIRST FUJISAN N/A Kofu, Japan
2020 / City Shaper Virtual World Championship International Invitational Champions Award - 1st Place Snow White and the Critter Crew 492 Mount Prospect, Illinois
2019 / Into Orbit Detroit Championship Champions Award - 1st Place PHOENIX 44314 Kaunas, Lithuania
Detroit Championship Winner - Finalist FSINGENIUMTeam 32 Pamplona, Spain
Detroit Championship Winner - Finalist TövisASAP 44350 Budapest, Hungary
Houston Championship Champions Award - 1st Place iDB Tech-No-Logic 44264 Verona, Italy
Detroit Championship Teamwork Award - 2nd Place Team Skyline 1610 Holon, Israel
2018 / Hydro Dynamics Houston Championship Winner - 1st Place SESI Red Rabbit 37402 Americana, Brazil
Houston Championship Winner - Finalist Water Works 23359 La Jolla, California
Houston Championship Winner - Finalist SESI Jedi's 37401 Jundiai, Brazil
Detroit Championship Winner - 1st Place Not the Droids You Are Looking For 51 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Detroit Championship Winner - Finalist FIRST FUJISAN 37289 Kofu, Japan
Detroit Championship Winner - Finalist the Hydro HAULks 3436 Oakville, Ontario Canada
2017 / Animal Allies Houston Championship Winner - 1st Place Robo Stars 30362[41] Irbid, Jordan
Houston Championship Winner - Finalist SESI THUNDERBÓTICOS 30352[42] Rio Claro, Brazil
Houston Championship Winner - Finalist High Voltage Couch Bananas 20687[43] Eagle, Idaho
St. Louis Championship Winner - 1st Place Ctrl-Z Bayview Glen 5831[44] Toronto, Canada
St. Louis Championship Winner - Finalist Flufflepuff 1920 Granger, Indiana
St. Louis Championship Winner - Finalist St Peters Brickbusters 8631 East Troy, Wisconsin
2016 / Trash Trek Championship Winner - 1st Place The Incredibots 00000 Ohio, USA
Championship Winner - Finalist Mechatronic Ants 00000 Pamplona, Spain
Championship Winner - Finalist Tic Tac Toe 00000 Beirut, Lebanon
2015 / World Class Championship Winner - 1st Place Fast and Curious 23850 Aley, Lebanon
Championship Winner - Finalist Mechatronic Ants 23750 Pamplona, Spain
Championship Winner - Finalist HIPPIES 2936 Peoria, Illinois, USA
2014 / Nature's Fury Championship Winner - 1st Place INVICTA N/A Canterbury, England
Championship Winner - 2nd Place Fast and Curious 23850 Aley, Lebanon
Championship Winner - 3rd Place Strategic Headquarters of Innovative Engineering & Limitless Design (S.H.I.E.L.D.) 737 New Berlin, WI
2013 / Senior Solutions Championship Winner - 1st Place Untitled 1 16100 Bath, England
Championship Winner - 2nd Place SESI Robotics School 16850 Ourinhos, Brazil
Championship Winner - 3rd Place Robo Raiders 742 Lebanon
2012 / Food Factor[28] Championship Winner - 1st Place Falcons Japan 15650 Tokyo, Japan
Championship Winner - 2nd Place Blue Gear Ticks 252 Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA
Championship Winner - 3rd Place NXTremers 15200 Bengaluru, India
2011 / Body Forward[36] Championship Winner - 1st Place The Sentinels 3663 Oakville, Ontario Canada
Championship Winner - 2nd Place SAP g33k$ 13300 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Championship Winner - 3rd Place Hammerheads 4129 Umatilla, Florida, USA
Robot Performance Award Hammerheads 4129 Umatilla, Florida, USA
2010 / Smart Move Championship Winner - 3rd Place Cougar Robotics Team 437 Columbus, Ohio, USA
2009 / Climate Connections[45] Championship Winner - 1st Place Da Peeps 55 Swartz Creek, Michigan, USA
Championship Winner - 2nd Place STEELE 1232 Illinois, USA
Championship Winner - 3rd Place NXT Generation 9201 Nordborg, Denmark
Robot Performance Award - 1st Place Emerotecos 8004 Brazil
Robot Performance Award - 2nd Place Team Singapore 8254 Singapore
Robot Performance Award - 3rd Place Giant Panda 8060 China
2008 / Power Puzzle[46] Championship Winner - 1st Place External Fusion 8095 Singapore
Championship Winner - 2nd Place Pixelation 2560 North Branch, Minnesota, USA
Championship Winner - 3rd Place Power Peeps 334 Swartz Creek, Michigan, USA
Robot Performance Award - 1st Place BLACK OCEAN CURRENT 8110 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Robot Performance Award - 1st Place Green Man Group 1 Windham, New Hampshire, USA
Robot Performance Award - 3rd Place Landroids 2254 Livingston, New Jersey, USA

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