1.1.3 - Game Analysis

Objective: Analyze a past game, and see the process we try to follow to create a competitive concept and strategy of play. Finish FIRST Module 7, then break REBUILT into must-do rules, scoring priorities, and shop-realistic mechanisms.

Do this first

Module 7 is the required training for this page. It is kickoff, the game, and robot strategy. Open it, finish it, then come back. A Dashboard login stores the credit. A school Google account does not.

Open Module 7: Kickoff, Game, and Strategy

When you return, read The Arena, The Game, and Robot Construction Rules in the manual. Then watch the animation. It shows flow. It does not show fouls or team updates.

Open 2026 Season Materials

What REBUILT is

Two alliances score FUEL into their HUB and climb their TOWER. Fuel scored in the hub comes back onto the field.

Auto, 20 seconds. Both hubs are active. Preload, score, pick up, climb to Level 1.
Teleop. Hubs take turns. Fuel in an inactive hub does not count.
Endgame, last 30 seconds. Both hubs are active. Climb, and try to clear the ranking-point lines.

Point values at kickoff. Confirm Table 6-4. Team updates changed some of these.

Action	Auto	Teleop
FUEL in an active HUB	1	1
FUEL in an inactive HUB	0	0
TOWER Level 1	15	10
TOWER Level 2	—	20
TOWER Level 3	—	30

A win is 3 ranking points. Bonus RP came from fuel thresholds and a tower-point threshold. Look those up in Table 6-5.

Design limits, not suggestions:

Starting size at or under 110 in perimeter and 30 in tall. Could not extend above 30 in, and only out of one side at a time.
Robot plus bumpers at or under 135 lb.
Bumpers cover the frame, fill 2.75 to 5.5 in off the floor, and show 2064 in white on at least three sides.
Cross the field over the bumps or under the trenches.

Need, then shop

Separate rules from wishes before the form. High means design time, spares, and drive practice. Medium ships only if the High items already work.

Subsystem	Job	Priority	Shop question
Drivetrain	Cross bumps or the trench and reset	High	Does swerve clear the trench and stay planted on the bump?
Intake	Floor, depot, or human player	High	What bumper gap does that need?
Storage	Hold fuel inside the 30 in cap	Medium	How many balls fit without jamming?
Scorer	Deliver into the active hub	High	What happens when the hub is inactive?
Climber	Level 1, 2, or 3 without going over 30 in early	High	Which level is real for our weight and our drivers?

Tell a mentor the module is in. Be ready to say which rule you would check again before the team locks a frame perimeter.