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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...
TechBlazers Team 16610G was featured by F.U.N Robotics Network, a rare honor for middle school teams. They showcased two innovations: the Metronome Power-Sharing Clutch System, which dynamically distributes power between mechanisms for efficiency, and the Alliance Color Sorting Mechanism, which automatically identifies and sorts balls to prevent scoring errors. Both competition-tested designs earned multiple Innovative Awards, demonstrating exceptional engineering...
On January 31, 2026, TechBlazers teams competed in two Toronto VEX competitions and won multiple awards. At the SCS VIQRC Mix and Match Tournament, team 10837T won Excellence Award and Skills Champions, teams 10837B and 10837D won Teamwork Champions, and team 10837R won the Design Award. At the Toronto V5RC Push Back competition, team 16610V won Tournament Champion. These...
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...
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...
TechBlazers Team 16610A "Snacky Cakes" has become the focus of global VEX Robotics analysis. Mainstream creators are dissecting their innovative sunroof/blocker design, which covers the long goal without entering it, complying with SG10 while countering traditional wing strategies. This shifts competition from speed to mathematical advantage and strategic patience. Analysts call 16610A a reference point—teams worldwide are studying their...
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 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 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...
On November 22, 2025, TechBlazers teams 16610V and 16610Z won the Overall Championship at the Toronto VEX V5RC Push Back Qualifier at Woburn Collegiate Institute. Team 16610V earned three awards: Overall Championship, Teamwork Award, and Skills Challenge Champion. Their performance showcased excellence in robot design, programming, strategy, and collaboration. This key VEX V5 competition brought together top high school...
