After two weekends and 48 matches, the league stage of the SR2020 Virtual Competition is complete, setting the stage for the knockouts and the grand final next weekend.

This weekend saw strong performances from a number of teams, including a number of firsts: Kenilworth Sixth Form collected 5 tokens into their scoring zone in one match and both Hills Road Sixth Form College’s second team and JAMDynamics stealing tokens from each others scoring zones.

Next weekend the teams will compete in the knockouts, which is the final test for the teams’ months of coding preparation. Once again the teams have a week to work on and improve their robots before the 10am BST deadline to submit their code ahead of the next set of matches.

The robots which perform best will make it through the Quarter-Finals to the Semi-Finals and then to the grand Final of Student Robotics 2020. It remains possible for any team to become the overall winners – while the league scores seed the knockouts, making progression easier for robots who scored well so far, all teams will compete in the first round of the knockouts.

As well as prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, teams are also competing for a number of other awards, including the Committee Award (given to the team that displays the most extraordinary ingenuity in their robot), and the Online Presence Award (for the team that is judged to have the best online presence). Full details of these awards and those for earlier stages of the competition are available in our rulebook

If you would like to catch up on any of the league matches from the last two weekends, they’re available on YouTube:

We look forward to seeing you next Saturday, 25th July, for the continuation of the SR2020 Virtual Competition.

After the first 24 matches of the SR2020 Virtual Competition, team KSF from Kenilworth Sixth Form head up the league leaderboard with 58 points. They’re closely followed by JAMDynamics and Lawrence Sheriff School.

The league matches provide a proving ground for all the teams’ hard work over the past few months in preparing their robot code. There is also a prize for the rookie team which scores the best in the league, which the Kenilworth Sixth Form and JAMDynamics teams are currently well placed for.

The teams now have a week to work on and improve their code before another 24 league matches are played over the course of next weekend. As we’ve seen with the changes in the league from today’s matches, this means there’s still all to play for.

If you would like to catch up on this weekend’s livestreamed matches, they’re available on YouTube:

• Saturday: League Session 1
• Sunday: League Session 2

We look forward to seeing you over the next two weekends for the continuation of the SR2020 Virtual Competition.

We’re pleased to announce the dates for the virtual competition. As previously announced the competition will run over three weekends in July.

Teams will submit their code in advance and the simulated matches will be broadcast live via a live stream over the weekend.

We’ll be publishing more details of the competition, including how code submission will work nearer the time, so be sure to watch the event page for updates.