Give a group of high school and middle school students an assortment of parts and pieces, a challenge to design and build a functioning robot in six weeks and you get BEST!
Each year, many teams accept the challenge and design some incredible robots. Here are the results of all that hard work.
- 2019 Results
Best Award
Place Team 1 427 - Webster Area 2 410 - Northwestern 3 422 - Miller Robot Competition
Place Team 1 407 - Mitchell Christian 2 427 - Webster Area 3 422 - Miller 4 413 - Jackson County Central Individual categories of the Best Award
Category Team Project Engineering Notebook 407 - Mitchell Christian Marketing Presentation 410 - Northwestern Team Exhibit and Interview 422 - Miller Spirit and Sportsmanship 417 - Baltic Other Awards
Award Team Most Robust Robot 427 - Webster Area Founders Award for Creative Design 420 - Breckenridge Denver BEST Regional Advancement
Order Denver BEST Regional Advancement Team # Name 1 #1 BEST, #2 Game 427 Webster Area 2 #1 Game 407 Mitchell Christian 3 #2 BEST 410 Northwestern 4 #3 BEST, #3 Game 422 Miller Overall BEST Placement
Best Award (For teams competing in all 5 categories.)Place Team # Name 1 427 Webster 2 410 Northwestern 3 422 Miller 4 407 Mitchell Christian 5 413 Jackson County 6 417 Baltic 7 425 Arlington 8 424 Canistota 9 414 Viborg-Hurley 10 415 Northern Cass 11 405 Sunshine Bible Academy 12 418 Beresford 13 406 Mobridge-Pollock 14 412 Watertown 15 426 Freeman Seeding Rounds Placement
Seeding Game Placement (Used for BEST Award scoring.)Game Place Team # Team Name 1 407 Mitchell Christian 2 422 Miller 3 427 Webster Area 4 420 Breckenridge 5 426 Freeman 6 413 Jackson County Central 7 414 Viborg-Hurley 8 405 Sunshine Bible Academy 9 418 Beresford 10 410 Northwestern 11 406 Mobridge-Pollock 12 417 Baltic 13 425 Arlington 14 415 Northern Cass 15 412 Watertown 16 424 Canistota 17 421 Bridgewater-Emery - 2018 Results
Best Award
Place
Team
1
407 – Mitchell Christian
2
413 – Jackson County Central
3
417 – Baltic
Robot Competition
Place
Team
1
417 – Baltic
2
422 – Miller Jr./Sr.
3
407 – Mitchell Christian
4
426 – Freeman
Individual categories of the BEST Award
Category Winner Project Engineering Notebook
407 – Mitchell Christian
Marketing Presentation
422 – Miller Jr./Sr.
Team Exhibit and Interview
413 - Jackson County Central
Spirit and Sportsmanship
412 – Watertown
Other Awards
Category Winner Most Robust Robot
426 – Freeman
Founders Award for Creative Design
407 – Mitchell Christian
Winners move on to Denver BEST Regional in Denver, CO. The competition will be Saturday, December 8 and Sunday, December 9 at Auraria Campus (hosted by Metropolitan State University of Denver). 7 teams from Jackrabbit BEST will advance to regional competition.Order
Rocky Mountain BEST
Regional AdvancementTeam #
Name
1
#1 BEST, #3 Game
407
Mitchell Christian
2
#1 Game, #3 BEST
417
Baltic
3
#2 BEST
413
Jackson County Central
4
#2 Game, #4 BEST
422
Miller Jr./Sr. HS
5
#5 BEST
412
Watertown
6
#4 Game
426
Freeman
7
#6 BEST
425
Arlington
2018 DENVER BEST RESULTS:
Rank Reg. Team Name Hub Notebooks (30 pts.) Presentations (25 pts.) Spirit and Sportsmanship (10 pts.) Team Exhibit and Interviews
(20 pts.)Game Placement Points (15 pts.) TOTAL (100 pts.) 1 902 Grotberg Academy Bison 26.4 20.8 9.2 19.7 1 15 91.1 2 1914 Ralston Valley High School Front Range 26.1 21.7 7.1 16.5 3 15 86.2 3 1916 STEM HS Highlands Ranch Front Range 27.8 21.4 7.9 18.2 17 9 84.3 4 905 Breckenridge Public School Bison 22.2 18.8 7.7 17.7 4 15 81.4 5 407 Mitchell Christian School Jackrabbit 24.8 21.9 6.1 18.2 14 9 80.0 6 1911 Liberty High School Front Range 24.3 17.3 7.2 17.8 11 12 78.5 7 913 Northern Cass School Bison 24.1 21.3 6.3 17.8 16 9 78.4 8 904 Killdeer High School Bison 24.9 15.5 7.4 17.1 10 12 76.8 9 413 Jackson County Central High School Jackrabbit 24.8 15.0 6.9 15.2 6 15 76.8 10 1308 DSST Byers Rocky Mountain 25.6 16.1 6.5 13.4 2 15 76.5 11 417 Baltic School District Jackrabbit 24.7 17.0 5.5 17.0 7 12 76.1 12 1910 Legend High School Front Range 25.6 22.4 4.9 16.8 24 6 75.7 13 911 St. Joseph’s School Bison 19.3 20.5 6.4 16.4 9 12 74.6 14 1322 Skyline High School Rocky Mountain 25.0 18.8 6.6 14.4 15 9 73.7 15 1901 Academy ACL Front Range 22.0 20.2 7.2 16.9 25 3 69.2 16 422 Miller Jr./Sr. High School Jackrabbit 21.7 15.5 6.8 16.3 18 9 69.2 17 425 Arlington High School Jackrabbit 24.4 15.4 8.3 16.2 27 3 67.2 18 1325 STRIVE Prep Excel / North High School Rocky Mountain 20.4 18.0 6.7 14.9 20 6 66.0 19 1958 Branson School SoCo 19.3 12.4 5.1 12.8 21 6 55.5 20 1955 Manzanola Jr./Sr. High School SoCo 20.3 11.5 5.0 13.7 28 3 53.5 21 1965 Rocky Ford High School SoCo 15.2 14.4 5.0 11.7 22 6 52.2 22 1326 Thomas Jefferson High School Rocky Mountain 13.1 17.5 5.9 6.9 26 3 46.3 - 2017 Results
Best Awards Results
Place Team 1 407 - Mitchell Christian 2 413 - Jackson County Central 3 410 - Northwestern Robot Competition
Place Team 1 407 - Mitchell Christian 2 426 - Freeman 3 413 - Jackson County Central 4 405 - Sunshine Bible Academy Individual Categories of the BEST Award
Category Team Project Engineering Notebook 410 - Northwestern Marketing Presentation 407 - Mitchell Christian Team Exhibit and Interview 413 - Jackson County Central Spirit and Sportsmanship 407 - Mitchell Christian Other Awards
Award Team Most Robust Robot 407 - Mitchell Christian Founders Award for Creative Design 427 - Webster Area Jack's BEST Rookie Award 425 - Arlington Software and Simulation 417 -Baltic Northern Plains BEST
Order Team #1 Best, #1 Game 407 - Mitchell Christian #2 Best, #3 Game 413 - Jackson County Central #2 Game 426 - Freeman #3 Best 410 - Northwestern #4 Best 406 - Mobridge-Pollock #5 Best 422 - Miller #6 Best 418 - Beresford #7 Best 412 - Watertown Overall BEST Placement
Place Team 1 407 - Mitchell Christian 2 413 - Jackson County Central 3 410 - Northwestern 4 406 - Mobridge-Pollock 5 422 - Miller 6 418 - Beresford 7 412 - Watertown 8 427 - Webster Area 9 405 - Sunshine Bible Academy 10 417 - Baltic 11 425 - Arlington 12 424 - Canistota 13 415 - Sioux Valley 14 429 - West Central 15 414 - Viborg-Hurley 16 423 - Plankinton 17 428 - Pacelli Catholic Seeding Rounds Placement
Place Team 1 407 - Mitchell Christian 2 413 - Jackson County Central 3 426 - Freeman 4 427 - Webster Area 5 405 - Sunshine Bible School 6 422 - Miller 7 415 - Sioux Valley 8 406 - Mobridge-Pollock 9 425 - Arlington 10 421 - Bridgewater-Emery 11 412 - Watertown 12 418 - Beresford 13 410 - Northwestern 14 408 - James Valley Christian 15 429 - West Central 16 431 - Madison Middle 17 424 - Canistota 18 430 - Madison High 19 417 - Baltic 20 423 - Plankinton 21 428 - Pacelli Catholic 22 416 - Highmore Harrold 23 414 - Viborg-Hurley - 2016 Results
BEST Award
Place Team 1 413 - Jackson County Central 2 407 - Mitchell Christian 3 417 - Baltic Robot Competition
Place Team 1 413 - Jackson County Central 2 421 - Bridgewater-Emery 3 410 - Northwestern 4 405 - Sunshine Bible Academy Individual Categories of the BEST Award
Category Team Project Engineering Notebook 410 - Northwestern Marketing Presentation 413 - Jackson County Central Team Exhibition and Interview 417 - Baltic Spirit and Sportsmanship 412 - Watertown Other Awards
Award Team Most Robust Robot 413 - Jackson County Central Founders Award for Creative Design 403 - Missouri Valley Christian Academy Jack's BEST Rookie Award 422 - Miller Software and Simulation Sioux Valley/Colman-Egan Northern Plains BEST
Order Team #1 BEST, #1 Game 413 - Jackson County Central #2 BEST 407 - Mitchell Christian #2 Game 421 - Bridgewater-Emery #3 BEST 417 - Baltic #3 Game, #4 BEST 410 - Northwestern #5 BEST 412 - Watertown #6 BEST 420 - Canton Middle #7 BEST 418 - Beresford #8 BEST 422 - Miller #9 BEST 406 - Mobridge-Pollock Overall BEST Placement
Place Team 1 412 - Jackson County Central 2 407 - Mitchell Christian 3 417 - Baltic BROS 4 410 - Northwestern 5 412 - Watertown Robotics 6 420 - Canton Hawkbots 7 418 - Beresford Watchdog 8 422 - Miller 9 406 - Mobridge Pollock 10 415 - Sioux Valley/Coleman-Egan 11 405 - Sunshine Bible Academy 12 411 - CTE Academy 13 404 - Batesland Eagles 14 427 - Webster Area 15 402 - Brookings Singularities Seeding Rounds Placement
Place Team 1 413 - Jackson County Central 2 405 - Sunshine Bible Academy 3 407 - Mitchell Christian 4 421 - Bridgewater-Emery 5 410 - Northwestern 6 418 - Beresford Watchdog 7 420 - Canton Hawkbots 8 403 - MVCA-Yankton 9 417 - Baltic BROS 10 423 - Plankinton 11 402 - Brookings Singularities 12 411 - CTE Academy 13 408 - James Valley Christian 14 422 - Miller 15 427 - Webster Area 16 412 - Watertown 17 415 - Sioux Valley/Coleman-Egan 18 404 - Batesland Eagles 19 426 - Freeman 20 416 - Highmore Harrold 21 429 - West Central Middle 22 430 - Madison 23 406 - Mobridge-Pollock - 2015 Results
Jackrabbit BEST Robotics 2015 PAY-DIRT Results
BEST Award ResultsRank Team 1 404 - Vermillion Middle School 2 417 - Baltic 3 403 - Vermillion High School 4 410 - Northwestern 5 413 - Jackson County Central 6 407 - Mitchell Christian 7 412 - Watertown 8 406 - Mobridge-Pollock 9 420 - Canton Middle School 10 424 - Sioux Valley 11 415 - Colman-Egan 12 418 - Beresford Middle 13 402 - Brookings Mickelson Middle Game Competition Finals
Rank Team 1 404 - Vermillion Middle School 2 413 - Jackson County Central 3 407 - Mitchell Christian 4 403 - Vermillion High School Other Awards
Region Advancement
Award Team Most Robust Robot 413 - Jackson County Central Founders Award for Creative Design 404 - Vermillion Middle BEST Engineering Notebook 403 - Vermillion High BEST Marketing Presentation 417 - Baltic BEST Exhibit and Interview 417 - Baltic Best Spirit and Sportsmanship 420, 413, 417 - Canton, JCC and Baltic Software and Simulation 404 - Vermillion Middle Jack's BEST Rookie 420 - Canton Middle Competition Seeding Rounds
Rank Team 1 403 - Vermillion High 2 404 - Vermillion Middle 3 413 - Jackson County Central 4 407 - Mitchell Christian 5 412 - Watertown 6 417 - Baltic 7 425 - Frederick Area 8 405 - Sunshine Bible Academy 9 427 - Webster Area 10 410 - Northwestern 11 426 - Freeman 12 420 - Canton Middle 13 411 - Sioux Falls CTE 14 424 - Sioux Valley 15 406 - Mobridge-Pollock 16 402 - Brookings Middle 17 421 - Bridgewater-Emery 18 409 - Harrisburg S. Middle 19 Sioux Falls Lincoln 20 423 - Plankinton 21 415 - Colman-Egan 22 418 - Beresford Middle 23 419 - South Central - 2014 Results
BEST Award Results
Rank Team 1 Northwestern 2 Colman-Egan 3 Watertown 4 Baltic 5 Vermillion High 6 Jackson County Central 7 CTE Academy 8 Mobridge-Pollock 9 Mitchell Second Chance 10 Brookings 11 Harrisburg S. Middle 12 Beresford 13 Warner Robotics Competition Results
Rank Team 1 Vermillion High 2 Northwestern 3 Vermillion Middle 4 Watertown Other Awards
Award Team Most Robust Robot Watertown Founders Award for Creative Design Mitchell Christian BEST Engineering Notebook Baltic BEST Marketing Presentation Jackson County Central BEST Exhibit and Interview Baltic BEST Spirit and Sportsmanship Mobridge-Pollock Regional Advancement
- Northwestern
- Vermillion High
- Colman-Egan
- Watertown
- Vermillion Middle
- Baltic
- Jackson County Central
- CTE Academy
Competition Seeding Rounds
Rank Team 1 Vermillion High 2 Vermillion Middle 3 Northwestern 4 Watertown 5 Mitchell Christian 6 Colman-Egan 7 Brookings 8 Sunshine Bible Academy 9 Sioux Valley 10 Jackson County Central 11 CTE Academy 12 Baltic 13 Beresford 14 Mitchell Middle 15 Hinton, IA 16 Harrisburg S. Middle 17 Mitchell Second Chance 18 Mobridge-Pollock 19 Warner 20 Plankinton - 2013 Results
Jackrabbit BEST Robotics 2013 Gatekeeper Results
BEST Award Results
Rank Team 1 Jackson County Central 2 Watertown 3 Baltic 4 Mitchell Christian 5 Colman-Egan 6 Northwestern 7 Brookings 8 Mobridge-Pollock 9 Mitchell Second Chance 10 CTE Academy 11 Warner 12 Sunshine Bible Academy Robotics Competition Results
Rank Team 1 Jackson County Central 2 Baltic 3 CTE Academy 4 Watertown Robotics Semifinals
Rank Team 1 Jackson County Central 2 Baltic 3 Watertown 4 CTE Academy 5 Colman-Egan 6 Brookings 7 Mitchell Christian 8 Sunshine Bible Academy Robotics Wildcard
Rank Team 1 CTE Academy 2 Mitchell Second Chance 3 Mobridge-Pollock 4 Northwestern Other Awards
Award Team Most Robust Robot Jackson County Central Founders Award for Creative Design Jackson County Central BEST Engineering Notebook Baltic BEST Marketing Presentation Jackson County Central BEST Exhibit and Interview Watertown BEST Spirit and Sportsmanship Watertown Seeding
Rank Team 1 Jackson County Central 2 Colman-Egan 3 Watertown 4 Brookings 5 Mitchell Christian 6 Baltic 7 Sunshine Bible Academy 8 CTE Academy 9 Mitchell Second Chance 10 Warner 11 Mobridge-Pollock 12 Northwestern - Videos and Pictures