Vex National Comp

The Vex 2023/2024 season's national competition was held in SFS on the 17th of February 2024. My team prepared from October and improved constantly. We made many changes to our robot and were ready to compete.

As a driver, I was burdened that I had to do well to be in a high rank. In total, we had 1 practice match and six qualification matches. In the first qualification match, we lost. However, we won the next three consecutive matches. In the fifth match, our alliance team did not show up. I tried hard to overcome 1 vs 2, but the defeat was inevitable. And in the last game, we won. As a result, our team had 2 losses and 4 wins and ranked 20th.

The top 32 teams can go to the tournament and two teams become an alliance – 16 alliances in total. In the tournament, we won in the round of 16, however, we lost in the quarter-finals by 5 points. I was really sorry to my teammates and was ashamed of myself.

Though we lost in the quarter-finals, we got the Judge award. This award is given to a team that impresses the judges.

I learnt multiple things by joining this competition. How to work together, how to overcome a challenge in a short period and such. I will not give up and participate again next year.