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All Five Teams Advanced to Finals! TechBlazers’ Shining Moment at Canada’s Largest VEX Competition

At Mecha Mayhem 2026 in Calgary (Feb 5-8), all five TechBlazers teams (16610A, B, G, X, Z) advanced to Finals. Team 16610A won High School Build Award and Skills Runner-up; Team 16610B won Middle School Build Award. Four teams reached second-round judging, two reached third round. Team 16610A's ten-match winning streak and Team 16610B's alliance selection showcased exceptional technical...

Good News | TechBlazers Team 10837D Wins Two Major Awards at an Official Ontario VEX IQ Competition

On January 17, 2026, TechBlazers Team 10837D excelled at the Brampton VIQRC Mix & Match Competition Qualifier in Ontario, winning the Teamwork 2nd Place Award and Judges Award. The Teamwork Award recognized their robot's reliability and effective collaboration with random alliance partners. The Judges Award acknowledged their engineering design, innovation, and professional presentation. This success reflects TechBlazers' commitment to...

Congratulations | TechBlazers Student Olivia Wins Multiple Gold Awards at the 2025 CJMC!

TechBlazers student Olivia achieved remarkable success at the 2025 Canadian Junior Mathematics Contest (CJMC), winning Gold Awards at Canada, Ontario, and Toronto levels. CJMC, organized by the University of Waterloo, emphasizes logical reasoning and deep mathematical understanding over memorization. Olivia's achievement reflects the critical thinking and problem-solving skills cultivated through TechBlazers' educational approach, which focuses on foundational abilities including...

Great News | TechBlazers Wins Excellence Award and Design Award at the Bot Camp × Pickering College VEX IQ Robotics Competition

On January 10, 2026, TechBlazers teams excelled at the Bot Camp × Pickering College VEX IQ Robotics Competition in Newmarket, Ontario. Team 10837R won the prestigious Excellence Award, the highest honor in VEX IQ competitions. Team 10837T earned the Teamwork Award (3rd Place) and Design Award. These achievements demonstrate TechBlazers' commitment to developing students' engineering skills, problem-solving abilities, and...

Great News | Sugar Rush VEX V5 Signature Event:TechBlazers Teams 16610A & 16610V Secure 4 Major Awards!

At the Sugar Rush VEX V5 Signature Event, TechBlazers Teams 16610A and 16610V achieved remarkable success, winning 4 of the 12 total awards—one-third of all event honors. Team 16610A earned three major awards: - Robot Skills Champion - Tournament Finalist - Think Award Team 16610V won the Innovate Award for its creative and original design. These results showcase TechBlazers students' world-class engineering capabilities, competitive strength,...

TechBlazers 16610A Wins Double Championship, Advances to Provincials!

TechBlazers team 16610A won Excellence Award and Tournament Champion at the Caledon V5RC Push Back Qualifier on December 23, 2025, securing their Provincial spot—their second major win after Worlds qualification in August. Team highlights: - 16610A: Double champion, advancing to Provincials - 16610G: Judges Award - 16610B and 16610C: First playoff appearance - 16610G & 16610X: Quarterfinals - 16610X**: Beat 16610A in qualifications - 16610Z: Fast...

TechBlazers Wins Excellence Award and Innovate Award at VEX IQ Ontario Qualifier!

TechBlazers achieved outstanding results at the VEX IQ Ontario Qualifier on December 13th in Toronto. Team 10837C won the Excellence Award for exceptional performance in competition, engineering design, documentation, and teamwork. Team 10837B earned the Innovate Award for creative engineering and technical innovation. The officially sanctioned VIQRC Open Tournament evaluated teams on robot performance, skills challenges, Engineering Notebooks, judge interviews,...

Toronto’s First VEX AI Robotics Workshop | From Mechanics to Intelligence, Take the First Step into the AI Era

TechBlazers hosted Toronto's first VEX AI Robotics Workshop, where students built autonomous robots and learned computer vision, navigation, and ROS programming. The workshop demonstrated how robots independently perceive, understand, and act. Through dual-robot collaboration, digital modeling, Python programming, and autonomous tasks, participants experienced AI, robotics, and engineering design converging. Students exceeded expectations by documenting learning, fine-tuning robots, and collaborating. They developed...