Academic competitions templates

Competitions judged on knowledge or built work — robotics, math, debate, science fair.

Pick one from New event → Start from a template. Everything below is a starting point — you can change the schedule and scoring after the event is created.

Robotics competition (general)

• Schedule: Round robin, then a bracket from the standings
• Scoring: Judged against a rubric Tracked as judged against a rubric; record placements (1st, 2nd, 3rd…) in your own notes.

FIRST LEGO League event

• Schedule: Heats
• Scoring: Judged against a rubric

VEX / VEX IQ tournament

• Schedule: Qualifying round, then eliminations
• Scoring: Points

Math contest (timed)

• Schedule: Fixed time blocks
• Scoring: Points

Math Olympiad / team round

• Schedule: Groups rotate between stations
• Scoring: Points

Coding hackathon

• Schedule: No fixed schedule — runs as an open session
• Scoring: Judged against a rubric

Science fair

• Schedule: No fixed schedule — runs as an open session
• Scoring: Judged against a rubric

Spelling bee

• Schedule: Round robin — everyone plays everyone
• Scoring: Placements (1st, 2nd, 3rd…)

Geography bee

• Schedule: Round robin — everyone plays everyone
• Scoring: Points

Debate tournament

• Schedule: Round robin, then a bracket from the standings
• Scoring: Judged against a rubric

Chess tournament

• Schedule: Swiss rounds — paired by running score, no elimination
• Scoring: Placements (1st, 2nd, 3rd…)

Quiz bowl / academic decathlon

• Schedule: Round robin, then a bracket from the standings
• Scoring: Points

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The awards a template gives (top 3, category medals, participation, or a mix) are built into the template — see Choosing a template and Compute awards and print the run-sheet.