Lafayette Wainwright Middle School FLL-C Qualifying Tournament
Lafayette Wainwright Middle School FLL-C Qualifying Tournament
November 7 All day
Tournament Information
This is event is free and open to the public. The only portion of the event that is close will be team interviews. Those are restricted to the students and an adult.
Your Tournament Director will be in contact with you about the specific event schedule, team interviews, and robot run schedule.
Approximately 50% of the teams at this event will advance to one of two Semi-State tournaments.
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).
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