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2022 Championship Schedule

Order Your Championship T-shirts To Guarantee Your Sizes. Most sizes are still available!

  • Order your 2022 Championship short & long sleeve t-shirts at this link to guarantee your size.  We expect to have some for sale at the event. 

Monday, Nov 21, 9AM Deadline for submitting this judged item

  • Engineering Notebooks uploaded in Registry

Tuesday, Nov 22, 9AM Deadline for submitting these Optional judged items

  • Kendrick Castillo Memorial Outstanding Student Application (only teacher/mentor to submit) link
  • Best T-Shirt Design Application link

Monday, 11/28, noon Deadline for registering for these activities

  • Robot Compliance (mandatory)
  • Team Photo (mandatory)
  • Team Practice on the Game Fields (Sat)
  • BEST Award Marketing Presentation
  • BEST Award Exhibit and Team Interview

Monday, 11/28, noon Updated deadline for submitting information about your team for livestreamed pre-event video

  • Optional Team Photo
  • Optional Team (or School) Logo

Thursday, Dec 1, Friday, Dec 2, Saturday, Dec 3, and Monday, Dec 5

In Person BEST Robotics Mines Campus Tour for Prospective HS Students & Guests 

Registration links allow each student to bring a guest (parent, sibling, friend, etc.). Although the registration form states a focus on HS students, Mines understands our BEST population includes MS students. Mines welcomes all our BEST students. Non-students (teachers/mentors) should use the “school counselor/independent educational consultant” choice when registering. When you register, you’ll see that the form includes many questions. Leave blank any field you can’t answer, and “force submit/register” without all fields completed by clicking “submit” twice. 

  • Thursday, Dec 1, 10-11am. Registration link 
  • Thursday, Dec 1, 2-3pm. Registration link 
  • Friday, Dec 2, 10-11am. Registration link 
  • Friday, Dec 2, 2-3pm. Registration link 
  • Saturday, Dec 3, 11am-noon. Registration link 
  • Monday, Dec 5, 10-11am. Registration link 
  • Monday, Dec 5, 2-3pm. Registration link 

Saturday, Dec 3, Livestream Link

Team Check-In, Robot Compliance, Team Photos, Team Robot Practice, BEST Award Marketing & Team Exhibit & Interviews & evening Student Mixer. (Lunch Break included). Our Health and Safety Protocol is here
  • 8:30-3       Team Check-In, T-shirt, tumbler, lighted wands sales & pickup-SRC 2nd floor atrium
  • 8:30-4       Robot compliance, Repair Depot, Rules Support-SRC Rec Gym
  • 8:45-4:30  Team Photos, SRC Lockridge
  • 8:45-1:15  BEST Award Marketing Presentation check in-SRC 1st floor atrium 
  • 9-2            BEST Award Marketing Presentation Judging-SRC Conf Room/Media Room
  • 10-3          Team Robot Practice, SRC Lockridge
  • 9-10          BEST Award Team Exhibit Setup-SC Ballrooms A-C
  • 10-4:30     BEST Award Team Exhibit & Interview Judging-SC Ballrooms A-C
  • 5-7            Student Mixer (food, music, dancing and games)-GC Friedhoff 

Campus Map Link. SC is Student Center; SRC is Student Recreation Center; GC is Green Center  

Sunday, Dec 4 Livestream link (times are approximate)

Late Team Check-In, Robot Compliance, and Team Photos. Opening Ceremony, Head-to-Head Robot Matches, BEST Award Spirit & Sportsmanship, Special Award Judging, Award Ceremony. Our Health and Safety Protocol is here
  • 7:15-9 Team Check-In, T-shirt, lighted wands sales & pickup-SRC 2nd floor atrium
  • 7:45-3 Robot compliance, Repair Depot, Rules Support-SRC Rec Gym
  • 7:45-8:30 Late Team Photos, SRC Lockridge
  • 8-11 BEST Award Team Exhibits open for audience-SC Ballrooms A-C  
  • 11-noon BEST Award Team Exhibits teardown-SC Ballrooms A-C  
  • 8-8:20 Head Ref / Floor boss meeting for all teachers mentors-SRC Lockridge
  • 8:20-8:50 Head Ref / Floor boss meeting for all drivers-SRC Lockridge
  • 8:45-9 Robot Parade prep-SRC 1st floor atrium (hallway by Lockridge)
  • 9-9:30 Opening Ceremony & Robot Parade (3 people/team & robot in parade)-SRC Lockridge
  • 9:30-noon Robot Head-to-Head Matches – Seeding Round
  • noon-1:00 Lunch break
  • 1-3 Wildcard, semi-finals, finals matches
  • 3:00-3:30 Awards Ceremony & photos
  • 4 Event Ends

Campus Map Link. SC is Student Center; SRC is Student Recreation Center