This national competition brought together 1,500 teams from 26 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country, and more than 4,000 players launched a three-day fierce competition on this stage. (Information from VEX National Competition official)
On the morning of the 8th, nearly 5,000 VEX contestants, coaches and referees participated in the opening ceremony of the competition. The guests attending the opening ceremony included Director Dong of Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Tourism Department, Director Xu of Airport New City Management Committee, Director Guo, Chief director of Shaanxi Education, Culture and Variety Spring Festival Gala Organizing Committee Mr. Chai Qianli, and Mr. Zeng Qinglong, chairman of Asian Robot League China.
Stan Planet a total of 115 excellent competition teams,350 students qualified for the national competition.
Stan Planet Mecha youth atmosphere in full bloom, dazzling such as "spotlight", won 130 awards, successfully won 15 heavy awards including the overall champion, the overall runner-up, and the all-around award, which can be described as "a single show"! In addition, Coach Weng Haoming of Stan Planet also won the "Best Coach of the Year Award".
Congratulations to the excellent students, in the last month of 2023 with a good reputation, draw a successful end!
I believe that in the near future, these players from Planet Stan standing on the podium of the VEX National Championships will shine in the international stage such as the Asian Championships and the World Championships and meet higher challenges!
Let's review the highlight moments of the students in the national competition
Home with honor, the highlight of the moment
VEX Robotics Competition
Looking back at the VEX National Competition, the atmosphere was very warm, the children were enthusiastic, and the coaches and parents also escorted them all the way. We are working hard for the common goal and enjoying the charm and fun of the peak competition!
01, team cooperation, gain tacit understanding, trust and friendship
Cooperation and friendship can be said to be an eternal topic on the road of children's growth, and VEX is a competition that combines fierce confrontation and teamwork.
After a long time of learning and training, each child is very clear about their own strengths, and they have clearly defined their positioning and tasks in the team before participating in the national team.
For example, some players' strengths are programming, some are responsible for the construction of robots, some players are good at clearing blocks in the outside field, and students are responsible for adjusting cars, etc., they give full play to their strengths and work closely with teammates.
Stand on the field, the players are a whole, we can see the children in the game tacit understanding of the look, can also see them play under the field as a group of figure.
In this national competition, the children gained not only the improvement of competitive ability, but also the cognition of self and more profound friendship!
02, go all out, harvest tenacity, hard work and ambition
only those who come to the national competition can feel the children's love for robots and go all out for VEX competition!
In the course of these three days, every morning at six or seven, the sky is not fully light, the students and coaches rushed to the field in the cold wind, quickly built the field and column tower, carefully checked the machine, and then immediately into the practice.
This time, dozens of parents followed their children to Xi 'an, and some parents were still practicing with their children after 10 o 'clock at night to improve their control skills.
Before the start of the game, the child also discussed the strategy of the game with the coach in order to play a better level. In the last second of the game, they will not give up the possibility of winning one more point.
Some players do not adapt to the weather in Xi 'an sick, but they still insist on playing the game, physical discomfort and try their best to play, and even appeared players with heat stickers to play the game scene, this toughness is touching!
Regret or perfection, is growth
Children will encounter a variety of situations on the field, whether the result is satisfactory, or have regrets, I believe that this is an important lesson in their growth. Just like our life, good or bad, we need to face bravely and overcome challenges!
For example, in the VEX GO competition, one team encountered a crisis at the beginning of the game - the machine kept going in circles, in such a situation, the players remained calm, immediately checked and made adjustments, and finally succeeded in finding the problem and restoring the machine, and finally achieved a good result.
One team in VEX IQ was very sad that the strategy developed by the two players before the game was to suck all the blocks in the base, because this would earn 20 points.
The early stage went well, but when the machine finished the task and parked at the base, there was an accident, the machine accidentally pushed a block into the base, and when the players found this situation, it was too late to empty the block.
A little mistake may cause a huge change in the result, which requires us to be more meticulous in the future study and competition, do a good job of timely self-examination and self-correction, continuous improvement, and become a better self. I believe that such a valuable experience can only be felt personally on such a field.
The same situation happened to another team, but the players of this team found out in time and successfully remedied it, and finally they won the VEX IQ primary School championship with their steady play and calm handling of the situation!
When they achieved good results at the end of the competition, the students could not help cheering and jumping, and let's feel their kind of satisfaction and happiness
Watching beside the parents and coaches also could not restrain the excitement, clapped ~
In addition to the excitement on the field, there were many heartwarming moments off the field. During the national competition, a student ushered in his birthday, coaches, teammates and parents specially prepared a surprise for him, and presented him with a cake.
When making a wish, the birthday boy said that he hoped to make it to the final of the national competition. Happily, he really successfully entered the final showdown and realized his wish, I believe that this birthday must be very memorable!
The students of Stan Planet have paid a lot of effort and sweat in order to come to the stage of the national competition, and have also experienced the layers of selection of the city competition and the district competition, and won the award to obtain excellent results is certainly worthy of joy.
But we believe that for the parents and children attending the game, the charm of VEX has long been not only the joy of obtaining glory, but also the improvement of comprehensive ability, individual and collective, strengths and weaknesses, tension and calm, satisfaction and regret, laughter and tears.
All of this is like a fast-paced movie, every minute and every second is staging unexpected situations, have brought infinite transformation and growth to children!
As the mother of VRC contestant Cui said when we interviewed her:
"VEX is a very comprehensive competition that develops children's comprehensive abilities. It not only tests the child's ability to program and build robots, find teammates, cooperate and communicate, but also the ability to solve various situations and a strong mentality."
The journey continues to the world Championships
VEX Robotics Competition
There are thousands of exercises behind the brilliant competition results, and for the VEX robot competition, the planet of Stein can be said to have experienced many battles and fruitful results.
For example, in the 2022-2023 VEX World Championships that just ended in May this year, Stan Planet won eight awards, including the global championship of the VEX IQ primary school group, with brilliant achievements!
We can achieve a one-stop training from primary school to secondary school, so that children of all ages can test their learning achievements and explore their ability boundaries in VEX competitions, and the awards won have laid the foundation for the development of scientific and technological expertise!
This time, Stan Planet took many students to the stage of the national competition to show themselves and improve their competitive ability.
Although the national Championship has come to an end, our journey continues. Jai boys, see you next year at the Asian Championships and the World Championships!