The Western Super Regionals is a competition only for the best teams in states west of the Mississippi. Made up of 72 highly elite teams, the three days of competition are jam packed with matches, judging, pit time, fun and robots. The team spent weeks preparing for this major event. This year was the second year ACME had made it to Supers and we were trying everything in our power to reach our goal and make it to the Worlds Competition.

Supers was held this year in Spokane, Washington, at the Spokane Convention Center. This competition was much like the ones before, except bigger and longer. Normally teams are given a plastic table for a pit area, at Supers, the pit are ten by ten by ten. Meaning we had enough space for a pop up.

The match schedule also spanned across two days (Friday and Saturday). We had nine matches in total. We did pretty well during the matches, however we did have some slight problems with our REV hub, but the pit crew managed to fix it before our final match.

After the matches it was all about trying to be on an alliance for the finals. Two sister team, Revamped and Overcharged, seemed very interested in our three glyph autonomous routine on the back cryptobox, so we thought we had a pretty good chance.

As it turns out, we did. The sister teams picked us to be their final alliance partner and the finals matches began. Unfortunately, we were beaten by our opponents in the final match between our division, but we did our best.

Awards were a major focus in our strategy to qualify to Worlds. At Supers, if you get third, second, or first in any award it automatically qualifies you for Worlds. We won first place in the Connect Award, second place Think, and third place Inspire. Also, we were one of a few teams at Supers to qualify three times for Worlds!

ACME is very excited to be heading to the Worlds Competition in Houston, Texas. We couldn’t have done it without our amazing mentors guiding us all through the season. Thanks so much you guys!

If you would like to contribute to our team, please click the I want to help! button at the top of this page. Stay tuned for more information on our process for getting to Worlds!

Go ACME!