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 OFF THE GRID Competition 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 | |
| 6 | 413 - Jackson County Central |
Individual categories of the Best Award
| Category | Team |
|---|---|
| Project Engineering Notebook | #407 - Mitchell Christian |
| Marketing Presentation | #410 - Northwestern |
| Team Exhibit & Interview | #422 - Miller |
| Spirit & 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 Jackrabbit 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 | Team |
Project Engineering Notebook | #407 – Mitchell Christian |
Marketing Presentation | #422 – Miller Jr./Sr. |
Team Exhibit & Interview | #413 - Jackson County Central |
Spirit & Sportsmanship | #412 – Watertown |
Other Awards | |
Award | Team |
Most Robust Robot | #426 – Freeman |
Founders Award for Creative Design | #407 – Mitchell Christian |
Order | Rocky Mountain BEST | Team # | 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 |
- Winners move on to Denver BEST Regional in Denver, CO. The competition will be Sat/Sun December 8 & 9 at Auraria Campus (hosted by Metropolitan State University of Denver). 7 teams from Jackrabbit BEST will advance to regional competition.
2018 DENVER BEST RESULTS:
| Rank | Reg. | Team Name | Hub | Notebooks (30 pts) | Presentations (25 pts) | Spirit & Sportsmanship (10 pts) | Team Exhibit & 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 |