July 18-20, 2025
FIRST Robotics Competition is the ultimate test of student ingenuity, engineering, and teamwork. Teams of students, guided by mentors, design, build, and program a robot to compete in a high-stakes challenge, requiring problem-solving and critical thinking. FIRST Robotics Competition teams collaborate to build massive robots capable of performing complex tasks in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Teams often work for months on their designs and robot prototypes leading up to competition day.
Why joining this event?
We are excited to be partnering with KDays to host the FIRST Robotics Competition Canadian Rockies Open from July 17-20. KDays is a 10 day extravaganza of rides, games, free music concerts, fireworks, food and adventure which is rooted in local history and deeply connected to the city of Edmonton.
The Canadian Rockies Open will be in the Edmonton Expo Centre, Hall C, located on the grounds of KDays. The Canadian Rockies Open will start with FIRST Robotics Competition on the opening weekend, followed by an FIRST LEGO League Open mid-week, and wrap up with an FIRST Tech Challenge Premier Event.
The FIRST Robotics Compeittion Canadian Rockies Open is an official offseason competition running Reefscape. The event will be using an official FIRST field with FULL FMS and with NO modifications.
This event is open to all teams worldwide. We’re encouraging Canadian teams to register, but are excited to welcome teams from around the world! The more teams we have the more we can show Edmonton what we do and the more fun we can have doing it.
KDays is giving free entrance tickets into the fair, with the cost of registration (ride tickets are excluded, but can be purchased separately). Please do not forget to include a list of team members with registration to assure you receive tickets for all your team members. As an official offseason, remember, this competition is open to all teams worldwide. Since it is during the summer, you can plan team social activities at the fair, and visit places like West Edmonton Mall or hike in the Canadian Rockies!
This event is more than robots! Yes, we will celebrate the robots to their full potential, but in addition, there is much more to do while taking part in this event. Have a look at our page Why this event?, and learn why this is a complete experience package! Customized judging and awards will also be part of the fun!
Overall Schedule
| Friday, July 18th | |
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| 8:00AM – 11:00AM | Team Load In, Registration and Inspection Open |
| 11:00AM – 1:00PM | Driver’s Meeting Field Open for Measurement and Calibration |
| 1:00PM – 3:00PM | Robot & Field InspectionRobot Inspections have 6 scheduled stationsField Inspection following Robot Inspection |
| 3:00PM – 6:00PM | Practice Matches |
| 6:00PM – 7:00PM | Dinner Break |
| 7:00PM – 9:00PM | More Practice Matches! |
| 9:00PM and on | Pits close, time to explore KDays and watch the fireworks! |
| Saturday, July 19th | |
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| 11:00AM – 12:30PM | Pits open |
| 12:30PM – 1:00PM | Opening Ceremonies! |
| 1:00PM – 6:00PM | Qualification Matches |
| 6:00PM – 7:00PM | Dinner Break |
| 7:00PM – 8:30PM | Qualification Matches |
| 8:30PM – 9:00PM | Awards Ceremony |
| 9:00PM and on | Pits close, time to explore KDays and watch the fireworks!! |
| Sunday, July 20th | |
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| 11:00AM – 12:00PM | Pits open |
| 12:00PM – 12:20PM | Opening Ceremonies |
| 12:20PM – 4:30PM | Qualification Matches |
| 4:30PM – 5:00PM | Alliance selection! |
| 5:00PM – 6:00PM | Dinner Break |
| 6:00PM – 8:00PM | Playoff Matches & Awards Ceremoney |
| 8:00PM and on | Load out and time to explore KDays and watch the fireworks!! |
* The schedule is still a work in progress and will be updated as we come closer to the event.
Most days will start around noon with matches running until 8 PM. Then teams are encouraged to go explore KDays and enjoy the nightly fireworks at 10:45pm.
Does your team want to join the Canadian Rockies Open @ KDays? Fill our registration form!