For the teams in the WRO Starter category, there are two parts to the competition at the Swiss finals :

  1. In the morning there is the annual task. This is the same task as in the Regional Competitions, just with a different surprise task.

    There isa test phase of 30 minutes and a scoring run.
    If a team is not satisfied with the scoring run because the test runs were better, the team can repeat the run immediately. (Mulligan rule).
    In this case, the team must tell the referee that it wants to repeat the run before the score sheet is signed.

    The referee then destroys the score sheet of the first attempt and the second attempt counts in any case.

  2. In the afternoon there is the afternoon challenge. The known objects on the playing field are placed differently and new, unknown objects can also be added. This means that a completely new task, consisting of several subtasks, has to be solved. There are no other surprise tasks; after all, the whole afternoon challenge is a big surprise!

    The same rules apply in the afternoon challenge as in the annual challenge, and there is also a time limit of 120 seconds per run.

    There are three test phases of 45 minutes / 30 minutes / 30 minutes each with one scoring run. These runs cannot be repeated. The two best runs count towards the result.

Summary: What counts for the final result

  • The scoring run in the morning from the annual task
  • the two best runs of the afternoon challenge.