Penn High School FLL-C Qualifying Tournament
Penn High School FLL-C Qualifying Tournament
November 21 All day
A qualifying tournament evaluates teams equally across four key pillars, each accounting for one-quarter of their overall performance:
- The Robot Game: Teams use their custom-built, autonomous LEGO robots to complete as many missions as possible on a themed field mat. Matches last 2.5 minutes. Teams typically receive one practice round and three official rounds, with only their highest single score counting toward rankings.
- Innovation Project: Teams give a formal presentation to a panel of judges detailing a real-world problem they researched, their creative solution, and how they shared their findings with the community.
- Robot Design: Teams present their robot’s mechanical design, programming, and strategy to judges, explaining why they chose specific components or code structures.
- Core Values: Judges assess how well the team demonstrates FIRST Core Values—including team spirit, inclusion, innovation, and Gracious Professionalism (competing hard but treating others with profound respect).