2025 Results

Judged Awards:

Software Innovation and Quality Award

Winning Team: 11260 Up A Creek Robotics from Longmont, Colorado, USA

Honorable mentions: 24033 Alphatronic from Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania and 6165 MSET CuttleFish from Saratoga, California, USA

The goal of this award is to recognize teams that demonstrate both innovative application of software in this year’s FIRST Tech Challenge game and strong software engineering techniques. 

The winning team received a $200 goBILDA gift certificate

KISS (Keep It Straightforward and Simple) 

Winning Team: 23521 DeSoto Technix from Olive Branch, Mississippi, USA

Honorable mentions: 18442 Gear Rotation from Sykesville, Maryland, USA and 7172 Technical Difficulties from Plano, Texas, USA

This award goes to the team that has embraced and demonstra ted the K.I.S.S. philosophy when designing their robot. This award celebrates the accessibility and reliability of an elegant mechanical design. This award can be given to a team for their overall design or for a specific component on their robot.  

The winning team received a $200  goBILDA gift certificate

Hardware Mastery Award

Winning Team: 28596 Hypernova from Fremont, California, USA

Honorable mentions: 19862 Mech Mantises from Fremont, California USA and 22489 Galactic Narwhal Chicken Effect - Diamond from Weston, Massachusetts, USA

This award is given to the the team that the judges deem to have the most innovative and robust hardware solution to this year’s challenge. The team that receives this award really impressed the judges with their engineering process, design and performance on the field. 

The winning team received a $200 goBILDA gift certificate

Judges' Award -Form Over FASTeners Award

Winning Team: 17792 Amigos Droids from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Team received a $150 REV Robotics gift certificate