TRC Presents: The Texas Cup 2025

TRC's final event of the year! Come check it out, with fights happening in two arenas with three weight classes!

Event Space: We will provide each team one pit table (approx 2.5'x6') and at least one chair. 

Signups: 

• 80 robots total between Ants (1lb), Plastic ants (1lb), and Beetles. 
• Drivers are only allowed to drive one robot in each weight class. 
• ALL SIGNUPS MUST BE DONE BEFORE THE EVENT. We are expecting the event to fill up, so register fast! 
• Payment taken at event, either cash or paypal/venmo

Thanks to our awesome sponsors for helping make the event a success

• REV Robotics - Providing us an event venue - https://www.revrobotics.com/
• Repeat Robotics - Sponsoring prizes - https://repeat-robotics.com/
• Palm Beach Bots - Sponsoring prizes - https://palmbeachbots.com/
• Overture 3d - Sponsoring prizes - http://overture3d.com/
• Emax USA - Sponsoring prizes - https://emax-usa.com/
• TriCity Laser - Sponsoring prizes - https://www.tricitylaserinc.com/
• Fingertech - Sponsoring prizes - https://www.fingertechrobotics.com/
• Tean Malice - Sponsoring prizes - https://teammalice.com/
• Polymaker - Sponsoring prizes - https://polymaker.com/
• CNC Madness - Sponsoring prizes - https://cncmadness.com/

Schedule:

• 8:00 - Doors open and check in starts
• 8:15 - safety starts
• 10:00 - Check in closes, you MUST be in the building by now if you plan on competing
• 10:10 - Drivers meeting, brackets will be finalized at this point
• ROUND ONE FIGHTS - 10:30-12:00
• LUNCH BREAK - 12:00 - 12:45
• ROUND TWO FIGHTS - 12:45 - 2:30
• ROUND 3 FIGHTS - 2:30 - 3:15
• BRACKET STARTS - 3:30 

Arenas: Bots will be run in wood floor arenas. Cleats are allowed. 

Rules:

• We will follow the basic sparc ruleset. Full ruleset can be found here: https://shorturl.at/gtEI6
• No heat, fire, smoke, entanglement, or other weapons that do not fit the spirit of the rules.
• No weight bonuses for any robots. 
• If your battery is exposed or outside your robot the fight will be ended immediately in a technical knock out (TKO)

Plastic antweight specific rules:

Approved materials are 3D printed ASA, PET, PETG, ABS, ASA, PLA, and PLA+. This means that sheet ABS or cnc machined parts are not legal. TPU and other flexible filament parts are illegal anywhere. If you have questions about a specific material’s legality then please contact the EO.

Format:

2 minute matches

Modified swiss (Early Bracket): We will have 3 rounds of qualifying fights. Fight matchups will be determined by swiss rules (bots will fight other bots with similar records). All bots will take part in the first 2 rounds, but only 1-1 bots will take part in the third round (last chance qualifier). Bots with 0-2 records will have a third round matchup created, but these fights will be run later in the day as grudge matches to give them more time to repair.  All bots with 2 wins after the qualifying rounds will move on to a single elimination bracket, which will decide the winner.

Brackets: