One of my fellow teammates is speculating that Robot Skills Champion qualifies you for state this year. I don’t think this is true since it wasn’t last year(he is probably holding on to the hope that we qualify for state first competition again). Am I correct?
It varies per event, but in my experience, it usually doesn’t.
Also depends on the state, you can check the awards for the event in events.vex.com, so you can find out whether it is true. Some states that have huge populations have almost all awards qualify to regional championships.
If you’re talking abt qualifier events, he’s partially right as this applies to events with 5+ qual spots this season.
Traditionally, only the tournament champions and excellence awards qualify you for states, but it varies. I’d still recommend getting your skills high on the board so that even if you don’t win either of those, you can be selected for wild card.
Skills challenges at a competition will almost never qualify you for states. If you’re unsure, please check the page for the competition on Vex Events (specifically the awards tab).
No, he means that if you get your skills score high on the board for your state, than they pick from the skills list to solve the empty qualification spots. My state picked 8-20 last year and the year before.