Q: How do teams advance to the Championship Tournament?
A: The top 20% of teams in each qualifying tournament will advance to the Championship tournament. To be eligible to advance, teams must rank high in the Project, Robot Design and Core Values and their robot performance Score must be in the top 75%. For example, in a 20-team tournament, the top ranked 15 teams in robot performance are eligible to advance; of those, ONLY the top ranked 4 teams will advance.
Q: How do teams become eligible for the Champion Awards?
A: Teams that rank in high in the judged categories (Project, Robot Design and Core Values) and their robot performance score is in the top 40% will be considered for the highest award: Champion. For example, in a tournament of 20 teams, only the top 8 teams are eligible for consideration and the teams ranked the highest in the judged categories will earn the Champion Award.
Q: Can my team win an award and not advance?
A: Earning an award doesn't automatically lead to advancement; the team must do well in all the judged categories and meet the robot performance threshold..
Q: Does a high robot performance score guarantees advancement?
A: Earning a high robot performance score doesn't automatically lead to advancement; the team must do well in the judged categories.
Q: How do I get my son or daughter to join a team?
A: FIRST LEGO League does not pair children up with existing teams. You can start a team by contacting your child' school, or if you child participates in other group activities, such as Boy or Girl Scouts, you might want to start a team there. You can also start a team with a group of your child's friends. Find information about starting a new team here.
Q: What is the field setup kit?
A: When the team is registered for the season, the team will purchase a field setup kit (FSK) and it includes the mat and all the LEGO pieces needed to construct the mission models and instructions for building the mission models. The FSKs are only sold to registered teams only.
Q: When does the FLL season start and end?
A: The top 20% of teams in each qualifying tournament will advance to the Championship tournament. To be eligible to advance, teams must rank high in the Project, Robot Design and Core Values and their robot performance Score must be in the top 75%. For example, in a 20-team tournament, the top ranked 15 teams in robot performance are eligible to advance; of those, ONLY the top ranked 4 teams will advance.
Q: How do teams become eligible for the Champion Awards?
A: Teams that rank in high in the judged categories (Project, Robot Design and Core Values) and their robot performance score is in the top 40% will be considered for the highest award: Champion. For example, in a tournament of 20 teams, only the top 8 teams are eligible for consideration and the teams ranked the highest in the judged categories will earn the Champion Award.
Q: Can my team win an award and not advance?
A: Earning an award doesn't automatically lead to advancement; the team must do well in all the judged categories and meet the robot performance threshold..
Q: Does a high robot performance score guarantees advancement?
A: Earning a high robot performance score doesn't automatically lead to advancement; the team must do well in the judged categories.
Q: How do I get my son or daughter to join a team?
A: FIRST LEGO League does not pair children up with existing teams. You can start a team by contacting your child' school, or if you child participates in other group activities, such as Boy or Girl Scouts, you might want to start a team there. You can also start a team with a group of your child's friends. Find information about starting a new team here.
Q: What is the field setup kit?
A: When the team is registered for the season, the team will purchase a field setup kit (FSK) and it includes the mat and all the LEGO pieces needed to construct the mission models and instructions for building the mission models. The FSKs are only sold to registered teams only.
Q: When does the FLL season start and end?
- The official season starts with the registration process which opens in May.
- At the end of August, the game is unveiled and that would be the "start" of the season for teams. The unveiling will includes robot game mission, rules, and the research project requirements. Teams can start the designing and building the robot, programming it to complete mission, work on the research project, meet with experts, develop a solution and a presentation for judges.
- Teams will then sign up for the a Qualifying Tournament where they will judged through interviews in three areas: Research Project, Core Values and Robot Design. In addition, the teams will compete in three robot matches, each is two and half minutes. For most teams, the qualifying tournament is end of the season.
- The top 20-30% teams at a qualifying tournament, would automatically advance to the Regional Championship which is usually held in December.
