On the day of the competition, two robots proved themselves far better than the rest of the pack. One was a masterpiece of software engineering, the other, of hardware. The software masterpiece was known as Humpty ED 210. It seemed able, by its excellent programming, to get out of any predicament. The other was Mr. Tickle, a robot with an arm designed to reach out and grab the flag from the other side of the board, a task it seemed to never fail.
In a double elimination competition, these two robots met in the final round with no losses for either. After they defeated each other once, Mr. Tickle finally won in the last match.
The competition was again double elimination, but this time three robots were far ahead of the pack. All three robots used a similar scooping mechanism to get the balls, but all three had a different way of putting them into the basket. One robot, called Majik used a conveyor belt. Another, NP-Complete, would shoot the balls using a rubber-band propelled cannon. The final one, Flashback Broccoli, simply flipped up its scooper to throw the balls into the basket. When all three of these robots reached the end with no losses, it was decided they should face each other in a round robin final. In the end, the simplicity of Flashback Broccoli conquered.