I suspect that most people reading this have some idea of what took place on Saturday, but I will fill in some gaps. I'm still exhausted, but here goes...

Summary:

Nine robots actually competed
No excavator put regolith in the collection box
Only a few even moved out of the corner
Only one dug any material at all

Fortunately for me, the Tornado was in the last two categories, and was awarded the first place trophy. This is an honor, and better recognition than last year, but the $500k would have been nice.

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