Over the past 12 months, King’s Robotics teams have been competing in the 2024 – 2025 VEX V5 Robotics Competition season, High Stakes. This year’s challenge involved designing, building and programming robots to score ring-shaped objects onto stakes and climb a ladder structure to earn points in matches.
Our teams participated in multiple regional qualifying tournaments, advancing to the State Championship and ultimately the Australia National Championship held in Sydney in December 2024. At Nationals, 1831A King’s Team Alpha earned the Excellence Award, 1831D King’s Team Delta won the Design Award, and 1831E King’s Team Echo were crowned Tournament Champions. Each of these prestigious awards secured the teams’ qualification to represent Australia at the 2025 VEX Robotics World Championship.
After five months of further preparation, our three World Championship teams traveled to Dallas, Texas on 4 May 4 to compete alongside 30,000 students from all 50 U.S. states and over 50 countries.
High School Championship Results
1831D King’s Team Delta – Kevin (Year 11), Sky (Year 10), Lucas (Year 10), Gavin (Year 10), James (Year 10), Lawrence (Year 10). Ranked 51st out of 83 in the Opportunity Division (6 Wins – 4 Losses). Ranked 176th in the Robot Skills Challenge.
1831E King’s Team Echo – Tim (Year 10), Lucas (Year 10), Quinn (Year 10), Alex (Year 10), Angus (Year 10), Haochen (Year 10). Ranked 36th out of 83 in the Research Division (4 Wins – 6 Losses). Ranked 345th in the Robot Skills Challenge.
Our high school teams competed against 831 of the world’s top-ranked teams. Many of these were older and more experienced, but our students embraced the challenge, took every opportunity to learn, and formed valuable connections with teams from across the globe.
Middle School Championship Results
1831A King’s Team Alpha – James (Year 10), Leone (Year 10), Alex (Year 10), Haoran (Year 10), Ulysses (Year 10), Eukai (Year 10) (A). Ranked 52nd out of 81 in the Research Division (5 Wins – 5 Losses). Ranked 304th in the Robot Skills Challenge.
1831A King’s Team Alpha was placed in the same division that would go on to win the entire Middle School Championship, a remarkable experience for their first time at the World Championship. Competing against such high-performing teams has given them invaluable experience and inspiration heading into the next season.
Giving Back to the Global Robotics Community
Beyond competition, our King’s Robotics students gave back to the global robotics community by contributing over 800 volunteer hours to help make the event possible. As part of the 1,600-strong volunteer team, our students served as Scorekeeper Referees, Interpreters, General Assistants and Practice Field Officials. Their willingness to serve in leadership and support roles gave them the chance to work closely with world-class Head Referees and Event Staff, experience they will now bring back to Australia to strengthen our own robotics community in future seasons.