Our Competitions(ITZ)
PWC In the Zone Skills Challenge - 11/04/2017
This was our first event of the season. We attempted 6 times for driver skills, and got a high of 62. After we finished those attempts, we spent the rest of the day programming and testing our autonomous skills. After 5 attempts, we had a high of 22.
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Overall, we were 4th in the rankings (total 84). We were also the 2nd place middle school team.
Battle at the Bridge - 12/16/2017
In this competition, we went 6-0 in the qualifying rounds, putting our team in 1st place. During skills, we got 82 points in drivers. Unfortunately, our programming skills did no go as planned.
We picked the 6th place team and the 15th place team to be our alliances in the elimination round. We beat the 8th and 4th seed alliance putting us in the finals. We defeated the 2nd seed and won the tournament! We also won Robot Skills, and the Excellence Award.
RVA VEX @ Huguenot High School - 1/27/2018
This was also a mixed (high school and middle school) tournament. In the beginning of the day, we did driver and programming skills, earning 82 and 25 points respectively. We finished 2nd place in the skills standings with 107 points.
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In the qualification rounds, we went 4-2 with 30 autonomous points. In the elimination round, we were selected by the 2nd place team.
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We defeated the 7th and 3rd alliances, and again we were in the finals. We unfortunately lost both matches, eliminated by the 1st alliance, comprised of some very efficient stacking robots. On a brighter note, we received the Excellence Award.
PWC ITZ Tournament by Explorer Post 1882 - 12/02/2017
This tournament started rough, because our mobile goal lift was not designed to be as efficient as it could be. We ended the qualification rounds 3-2, in 10th place.
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In alliance selection, we were picked by the 5th place team, but we ended up being defeated in the quarterfinals by the 4th place alliance. In the end, we went home with the Judges Award.
RVA VEX @ John Tyler - 01/13/2018
This was a mixed (high school and middle school) tournament. The day started well, with our robot getting 30 in programming skills and 82 in driver skills for a combined score 112.
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In the qualification rounds, we went 6-0 with 50 autonomous points. In the elimination round, we selected the 7th place team and the 24th place team to be in our alliance.
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We defeated the 8th and 4th alliances, landing ourselves in the finals. We won the first final match, lost the second, but came back in the third to win the competition! After we got our Tournament Champions award, we were also given the Excellence Award.
This was a mixed (high school and middle school) tournament. The day started well, with our robot getting 30 in programming skills and 82 in driver skills for a combined score 112.
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In the qualification rounds, we went 6-0 with 50 autonomous points. In the elimination round, we selected the 7th place team and the 24th place team to be in our alliance.
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We defeated the 8th and 4th alliances, landing ourselves in the finals. We won the first final match, lost the second, but came back in the third to win the competition! After we got our Tournament Champions award, we were also given the Excellence Award.
The Potomac School Skills Challenge - 1/28/2018
In this skills challenge, we started the day by making some modifications to our robot, so we could drop the preload on the mobile goals easily.
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On the fields, we got 82 in driver skills, and after 8 attempts, achieved 40 points in programming skills! At a grand total of 122 points, this beat our previous record.
Team names and numbers are not disclosed for privacy reasons.