Incheon, Day 3

Day 2 of the Competition

So, new day, new luck. After another short night, however, we were unfortunately denied that; when we entered the hall, we noticed that the courses were nothing like yesterday’s… The difficulty level had been raised quite a bit. But we’d expected that. The courses had obstacles in the rescue zones and quite a few lines on the ramps.
That’s why today’s runs weren’t quite as good as yesterday’s.

By now, all the teams we knew had one of our ducks on their robots. It was a funny sight—once you knew they existed, you started seeing them everywhere.

Moritz and Samed had to do the interview with a team consisting of one person who had brought a LEGO robot.

Then came the final run, which was also a bit hit-or-miss.
Afterward, though, we had to repeat the first part of the first run because the referees had no idea what they were doing and let some things slide in our favor. The robot switched to zone mode on the track and drove straight through the zone’s exit. Well, it was right next to the entrance and we had to go there anyway, but that’s against the rules. So we just did it again. It worked, too—and much better than the first time!

The team currently in first place also struggled today, but in the end, they were better than us. That means we’re still in second place.

But tomorrow is the Technical Challenge—unfortunately, we can’t prepare that much for it, but we can still pick up a few points there.
That also means we’ll get significantly more sleep!

Before that, though, we went to the Junior Party. There was food there, but nothing vegetarian, so Moritz and I made do with bananas and cherry tomatoes, while Samed happily devoured some pizza.

Here’s the video from the third day: https://youtu.be/9S7634v_mlM