- there are 3 seperate compeitions going on: FLL, FTC, and FRC
- There are 3 ways to attend Championships (for FRC)
- FRC Teams are eligible to register for the FIRST Championship if:
- They are a "Pre-Qualifying" Team;
- FIRST Championship Chairman’s Award winners in prior years;
- Original and sustaining teams from 1992 on;
- 2011 FIRST Championship "LOGO MOTION" winners (3);
- 2011 FIRST Championship Engineering Inspiration Award winner (1)
- Become a Merit Based Qualifier during the 2012 FRC Season
- Chairman's Award winners
- 2012 Regional -1 per Regional
- Engineering Inspiration Award winners
- 2012 Regional -1 per Regional
- Rookie All-Star Award Winners
- 2012 Regional-1 per Regional
- 2012 Robot Competition Winners
- 2012 Regional-3 per Regional
- Have Veteran Team Status and register during the open enrollment phase.
- Veteran FRC Team - Open Registration = A selected number of FIRST Championship slots will be available for this open registration.
- Wait List - A wait list will be maintained for any openings that become available.
- There were 400 FRC teams in attendance
- the teams are divided into 4 divisions
- Archemedies
- Newton
- Curie
- Galileo
- each division is essentially a regional, each of the 100 teams compete in 9 qualification matches over the course of Thursday 1pm-8:15pm, Friday all day and Saturday 8:15am to 10:30am
- Saturday at 10:30am division alliance selection happens
- 12pm quarterfinals begin
- By 3:30 each division has a winning alliance
- the winners of each division move on to Einstien to compete for the World Championship title
In my next post I'll get share more about our experiences at Championships
thanks for reading
allison
team captain
