Teams are eligible for advancement if they meet the following criteria as required by the FIRST LEGO League Global Standards and the annual Challenge.
Specifically, teams must:
Follow the FIRST LEGO League Participation Rules - participation rules
Have no disqualifying (Red-level) Core Values behaviors
Have a rank in the top 75% of Robot Game scores at the event
The top teams will advance based on their average ranking by the Judges in Core Values, Project and Robot Design, and must finish in the top 75% of Robot Game scores at the event.
Advancement % =
(Championship venue capacity - 36) / (Total number of teams registered for Qualifiers in NM Region)
Number of teams advancing from a Qualifier =
(Number of teams registered at the Qualifier) x (Advancement %)