Selective programmes

Every route runs backwards from a date.

Give a child’s age and a destination. The map shows the rungs between the two — what is still ahead, what has already gone, and where the preparation exists.

This map is a suggestion, not a schedule. It shows one sensible way to build practice and proficiency toward a destination — every child prepares differently, and reaching a rung is never a guarantee of a place.

Year 7 · summit endpoint
6rungs still ahead

Summit endpoint · Robotics

VEX Robotics World Championship

2 of 8 rungs are already behind. Of those, 2 sat on the main line — VEX IQ Elementary — first season · VEX IQ Elementary — UK Elementary Nationals. What remains is a compressed route, and it is shown in full below.

Of the 6 rungs still ahead, Troupe prepares 0.


The line

Ahead of youPriming yearNot yet taughtAlready behindInterchangeDestination
THE PUPIL, NOWY26VEX IQ Elementary —first seasonSeason TBC · NationalsY37Y48Y59VEX IQ Elementary —UK ElementaryNationalsUK Elementary NationalsY610Y711VEX IQ Middle SchoolUK national event date TBCY812Y913VEX V5RC MiddleSchoolUK National ChampionshipsY1014VEX V5RC High School— learning seasonsUK National ChampionshipsY1115Y1216VEX V5RC High School— UK NationalChampionshipsUK Nationals Feb–Mar ·Y1317VEX V5RC High School— final UK NationalsUK Nationals Feb–MarVEX Robotics WorldChampionshipTBC · dates and venue not

VEX IQ Middle School

Y7–8 · Middle school IQ

UK national event date TBC

What it asks forReads the game manual and finds the scoring rule that everyone else has missed, then argues for a strategy from it.
PreparationNot yet offered