Competition Overview
Competition Overview
BEST Competitions
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Hub Level (local competition)
Hub Level (local competition)
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Regional Championship
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Two divisions:
• Robotics Robotics (the (the annual game)
annual game)
• Each team must submit a Project Engineering Each team must submit a Project Engineering Notebook
• The The BEST BEST Award
Award (additional/optional competition)
• Allows for school
Allows for school‐‐wide student participation
Hub winners in both divisions advance to Hub winners in both divisions advance to “Regionals”
“Regionals”
10 or more hubs comprise a BEST region
National Championship
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Regional winners in both divisions advance to the national championship
Robotics ‐‐ The Game
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New educational New educational theme/challenge and theme/challenge and field field each each year
year
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Challenge and field kept secret until Kick Off Day
Challenge and field kept secret until Kick Off Day
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Playing field is usually a 24
Playing field is usually a 24
Playing field is usually a 24’
24’ x 24
x 24’ configuration
configuration
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4 teams compete per 3‐
4 teams compete per 3‐minute match
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Points awarded for successful completion of tasks
Points awarded for successful completion of tasks
Points awarded for successful completion of tasks
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Each team competes in 5‐8 matches in Each team competes in 5‐
8 matches in a preliminary a preliminary “seeding”
seeding round
round
Game Rounds
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Seeding Round Seeding Round (5
(5‐‐8 matches per team)
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Wild Card Match (1 match)
Wild Card Match Wild Card Match (1
(1 match)
match)
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Top 4 Project Engineering Notebook Top 4 Project Engineering Notebook teams teams (not among the top 7 (not among the top 7 robotics teams) compete compete for for the 8
the 8th slot slot in in the Semi
the Semi‐‐Final Round
Semi‐‐Final Round (6 Semi
(6 matches)
matches)
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Rank‐order Rank‐
order of robots by of robots by most points scored
most points scored
Top 7 ranked teams advance to Semi‐
ranked teams advance to Semi‐Final Round
Top 7 + Top 7 + Wild Wild C
Card ard winner to determine “Final Four
winner to determine “Final Four””
Championship Round (3 Championship Round
Championship (3 matches)
(3 matches)
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Top 4 Top 4 teams
The BEST Award
The BEST Award
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The BEST Award is presented to the he BEST Award is presented to the top three teams top three teams (1st – 3rd) that best embody the concept of “boosting” Engineering, Science and Technology
Engineering, Science and Technology
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The BEST Award is the most coveted award in BEST
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Criteria:
Teamwork Ethics
Diversity of Participation Diversity of Participation Positive Attitude/Enthusiasm
Sportsmanship School/Community I
School/Community Involvement
Creativity Application of the Application of the Engineering Design Process
Engineering Design Process
Awards
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Robotics
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Game Winner
Founders Award for Creative Design
Most Robust
BEST Award (overall winner)
BEST Award (overall winner)
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Plus winners of each of these individual categories:
• Oral Presentation
Oral Presentation
• Educational Display
• Project Engineering Notebook
• Spirit and Sportsmanship
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Additional Awards
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Most Photogenic Machine
Most Photogenic Machine
M Elegant Machine
Most Elegant Most El
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Best Web Page Best Web Page Design
Design
Best CAD Best CAD Design
Design
Best Team Video
Best Team Video
Best TT‐shirt Best shirt Design
Design
Best Middle School Best Middle School Team
Team
Best Small School Team
Best Small School Best Small School Team
Best Rookie Best Rookie Team
Team
Top Gun (most points scored in a single match)
Competition Events
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Kick Off Day (start of fall competition)
Kick Off Day (start of fall competition)
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Unveiling of playing field and overview of game
Mall Day (playing field set up at local mall)
Mall Day (playing field set up at local mall)
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Practice driving, community awareness
Practice
driving community awareness
Help from hub in troubleshooting technical problems
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Game Day Game Day (Robotics and BEST Award competitions)
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Regionals (late fall)
Regionals (late fall)
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Top teams in both divisions (Robotics and BEST Award) advance t R i
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National Championship National Championship (following April)
(following April)
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Winners of regional championships
Winners of regional championships