From December 8th to 10th, the 2023 14th Vex Asian Robot Championship China Selection Competition, the largest VEX robot event in China this season, was in full swing in Xi'an, the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties.
This national competition brings together people fromThere are 1,500 teams and more than 4,000 players in 26 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the countryA three-day fierce competition was held on this stage. (The information comes from the official VEX National Competition).
On the morning of the 8th, nearly 5,000 VEX contestants, coaches and referees attended the opening ceremony of the competition, and the guests attending the opening ceremony were Director Dong of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Director Xu of the Airport New City Management Committee, Director Guo, Mr. Chai Qianli, Chief Director of the Organizing Committee of the Spring Festival Gala of Shaanxi Education and Culture Variety Show, and Mr. Zeng Qinglong, Chairman of the Asian Robot Federation in China, attended the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony of the VEX National Competition.
Stan Planet has a total of 115 outstanding teams and 350 students advanced to the national competition.
The mecha boy on Planet Stan is full of aura, dazzling like a "spotlight".Won 130 awards, and successfully won 15 major awards including the championship, overall runner-up, and all-around award, which can be described as "one of a kind"!In addition, Coach Weng Haoming of Stan Planet also won the "Zui Best Coach of the Year Award".
Congratulations to the outstanding students for coming home in the last month of 2023 and drawing a successful conclusion!
I believe that in the near future, these Stan Planet players standing on the podium of the VEX National Championship will shine on 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 at the national competition
Glory returns, highlight moments
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Looking back at the VEX National Competition, the atmosphere was very warm, the children were enthusiastic, and the coaches and parents also escorted them throughout the process. Everyone is working hard for a common goal and indulging in the charm and fun of the peak competition!
01. Teamwork, harvest 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 combination of fierce confrontation and teamwork.
After a long period of learning and training, XiEach child is well aware of his or her strengths, and his or her position and tasks in the team are clear before participating in the national competition.
For example:Some players are strong in programming, some are responsible for building robots, some are good at clearing blocks in the outfield, and some students are responsible for adjusting carsThey play to their strengths and work closely with their teammates.
Standing on the field, the players are a whole, we can see the children in the game tacit understanding, and we can also see them playing on the field.
In this national competition, children gain not only the improvement of their competitive ability, but also their self-awareness and deeper friendship!
02. Go all out to harvest tenacity, hard work and self-motivation
Only those who are there in person can feel the childrenThe love for robots, the all-out dedication to VEX competition!
During the three-day competition, at six or seven o'clock in the morning every day, before the sky was fully bright, the students and coaches rushed to the arena in the cold wind, quickly built the field and column towers, carefully checked the machines, and then immediately plunged into the practice Xi.
This time, dozens of parents followed their children to Xi'anSome parents are still practicing Xi with their children after 10 o'clock in the eveningto improve your control skills.
Before the start of the competition, the child also discussed the strategy of the competition with the coach, just to play at a better level. None of them gave up the possibility of scoring an extra point until the last second.
Some of the players were sick because they didn't adapt to the weather in Xi'an, but they still insisted on playingI do my best to play when I feel unwell, and even the scene of the player playing the game with the heat dissipation sticker on the field, this tenacity is moving!
Parents' off-site shooting, even if they are unwell, they are gritting their teeth and persevering.
03. Regret or fulfillment are growth
Children will encounter a variety of situations on the fieldWhether the result is satisfactory or regretful, I believe this is an important lesson in their growth. Just like our life, good times or bad, we need to be brave enough to face and overcome challenges!
For example, in the VEX GO game, there was a team that had a crisis at the beginning of the game - the machine kept spinning in place, and in this situationThe players remained calm and immediately checked and adjustedIn the end, the problem was successfully found and the machine was restored, and finally a good result was achieved.
One team in the VEX IQ tournament was unfortunate that the two players had a pre-match strategy to suck up all the blocks in their base, as they would earn 20 points.
The early stage went well, but when the machine completed the task and docked to the base, there was an accident, the machine accidentally pushed a block into the base, and when the players found out about the situation, it was too late to empty the block.
A small mistake can make a huge differenceThis requires us to be more meticulous in our future learning Xi and competitions, do a good job of timely self-examination and self-correction, and continue to improve, so as to become a better version of ourselves. I believe that such a valuable experience can only be felt and chewed in such a field.
The same happened with another teamHowever, the players of this team found it in time and successfully remedied, and in the end, they won the VEX IQ Primary School championship with their consistent performance and calm handling of the situation!
At the end of the competition, the students couldn't help but cheer and jumpLet's feel their satisfaction and happiness
The parents and coaches on the side couldn't hold back their excitement and applauded
In addition to the passionate arena, there are also many warm moments off the field. During the national competition,One of the students celebrated his birthdayCoaches, teammates and parents specially prepared a surprise for him and presented him with a cake.
When making a wish, the little birthday star said that he hoped that he could reach the final of this national competition. Happily,He really managed to make it to the final showdown and got his wish achievableI believe that this birthday will be very memorable!
The students of Stan Planet have put in a lot of hard work and sweat to come to the stage of the national competition, and have also experienced layers of selection in the city competition and regional competition.
But we believe that for the parents and children who are there in personThe charm of Vex has long been not only the joy of glory, but also the improvement of comprehensive ability, individual and collective, strength and deficiency, tension and calmness, satisfaction and regret, laughter and tears.
All of this is like a tight-paced movie, every minute and every second is playing out unexpected situations, and it has brought infinite transformation and growth to children!
As we interviewed the mother of VRC player Cui, she said:
Vex is a very comprehensive competition that can develop children's comprehensive ability. It not only tests children's ability to program and build robots, the ability to find teammates, cooperate and communicate, but also the ability to solve various situations and a strong mentality. ”
The journey continues, hitting the World Championships
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Behind the dazzling competition results are thousands of Xi, for the VEX Robot Competition, Stan Planet can be said to have experienced a hundred battles and fruitful results.
For example, at the 2022-2023 Vex World Championships that just ended in May this year,Stan Planet won 8 awards, including the VEX IQ Elementary School World Championship, brilliant results!
We can do one-stop training from primary school to middle schoolLet children of all ages test their learning Xi achievements and expand their own ability boundaries in the VEX competitionThe awards won have also laid the foundation for the development of scientific and technological expertise!
This time, Stan Planet brought many students to the stage of the national competition to show themselves and improve their competitive ability.
Although the national competition has come to an end, our journey continues. Mecha boys, see you next year at the Asian Championships and the World Championships!