This group of pages is a for teams to understand regarding the competition execution format, markings rubrics, advancement format, and guidelines which are applied during the competition is carried out. 

Competition Duration & Section

Each competition matches last for 2 minutes 30 seconds, in which the first 30 seconds is fully on Autonomous mode. The remaining 2 minutes is the Driver-Controlled mode. In switching fro Autonomous mode to Driver-Controlled mode, there will be additional 5 seconds given, and "3, 2, 1, Go!" which are exclusive in the 2 minutes Driver Mode. The last 30 seconds of Driver-Controlled mode is called the End-Game. 

Competition Concept & Advancement

Due to current COVID-19 pandemic and government regulations, advancement method of FTC Malaysia will be slightly different to FIRST Tech Challenge officials in United State. FIRST Tech Challenge is way more than just learning on how to plan, build, and program robots, but also emphasizes on society engagement, inter-team communication and corporation , as well as innovation and creativity in field of robotics through STEM education. Teams will compete individually instead of competing in the form of alliance, throughout the Championship. There are two type of matches which take place throughout the Championship:

• Qualification Matches

  • Each team will compete 6 times in the Qualification Matches

  • Teams will compete against different teams throughout the Qualification Matches as randomly assigned by the Organizer 

  • Field colour will be assigned randomly by the Organizer

  • Scores earned by a team will be accumulated, and serves as the final earned score of the team 

• Championship Matches 

  • Teams with the Top 8 Highest Cumulative Score from the Qualification Matches will only advance to the Championship Matches

    • Remaining 6 teams will be eliminated from the Championship Matches 

  • Three stages of matches will take place here:

    • Quarter Finals

    • Semi Finals

    • Finals

      • Finals (1st & 2nd Placing)

      • 3rd Place (3rd & 4th Placing)

  • Field colour are assigned based on teams who obtained:

    • Quarter Finals: Higher marks for Cumulative Score in Qualification Matches

    • Semi Finals & Finals: Higher marks in Quarter Final & Semi Final respectively

Competition Scoring

Each competition section have its own distinctive scoring. Scoring during competition can be divided into three different parts:

• Autonomous Mode

• Driver-Controlled Mode

• End Game