2016 Competition
2016 Game – BET THE FARM
See the teaser of this year’s game at BET THE FARM
2016 Awards and Judging Rocky Mountain Logistics
This year’s event info is:
Kickoff, Saturday, September 3, noon-4:30pm, Denver South High School
Practice Day, Saturday, October 8, 9am-3pm, Aurora Frontier P-8
Game Day, Saturday, October 15, 7:30am-5:00pm, Auraria Campus Event Center
For bESTology about this year’s game, see Friends of BEST in Alabama – bESTology
2016 Competition Results
Game Awards
| 1st Place | Ralston Valley High School * |
| 2nd Place | DSST Byers * |
| 3rd Place | DSST Stapleton High School * |
| Robotics Finalist | Wheat Ridge High School |
BEST Awards
| 1st Place | Ralston Valley High School * |
| 2nd Place | Innovation Center of the St. Vrain Valley Schools * |
| 3rd Place | DSST Byers * |
* These teams (plus Skyline High School – the 5th BEST Award Winner) qualified for the Regional Championship which take place in Ft. Smith, Arkansas on December 2 & 3, 2016!
Special Awards
| Founders Award for Creative Design | Ralston Valley High School |
| Most Robust Design | Thomas Jefferson High School |
| Software Design and Simulation | Wheat Ridge High School |
| BEST Rookie Team | Abraham Lincoln High School |
| Craftsmanship | DSST Byers |
| Engineering Notebook (for non-BEST Award Team) | Wheat Ridge High School |
| Sportsmanship | Skyline High School |
RM BEST and our sponsors are very proud of all 28 teams for their hard work!
Regional Championship
Congratulations to the five Rocky Mountain BEST teams (DSST Byers, New Vista High School, Skyline High School, Ralston Valley High School, Innovation Center of St. Vrain Valley) who attended the competition at the Fort Smith Convention Center in Ft. Smith, Arkansas on December 2 & 3, 2016. For more information, see
RM BEST Teams earned these trophies at the Regional Championship.
Game Awards
| 3rd Place | DSST Byers |
Special Awards
| Most Elegant Robot – 1st Place | DSST Byers |
| Webpage – 2nd Place | Innovation Center of St. Vrain Valley |
Additional Colorado BEST Hub Team Regional Championship Notes
- Game Semi Finalist Team: Ralston Valley High School (RM BEST)
- Game Wildcard Team: Chaparral High School (Front Range BEST)
- Founders Award for Creative Design: Academy for Advance and Creative Learning (Front Range BEST)
- T-shirt Award – 2nd Place: Manzanola Jr-Sr High School (SoCO BEST @TrinidadState)
- Golden Plains Team Accomplishments: Otis Jr-Sr High School made it to the Semi-finals and Peetz Jr-Sr High School almost made it to the semi-finals. That’s amazing for a brand new hub and brand new teams.
- DSST Byers was the only public school in the finals; the other 3 schools were home school conglomerates from KS, OK, and AR
- Kudos to the Ralston Valley High School (RM BEST) and DSST Byers (RM BEST) teams who helped the Academy for Advance and Creative Learning team resolve a computer coding error while in Arkansas.
