FIRST Robotics teams represent New England at the highest level: FIRST Championship 2025

To close out a FIRST season with as many high tides and deep currents as the ocean, thousands of students, mentors, volunteers, sponsors and friends traveled to Houston, Texas for the FIRST Championship. FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST LEGO League Challenge and Explore teams from all over the world dove deep to make their way to the Einstein matches at all program levels.

FIRST hosted the culminating World Championship, bringing 1,056 teams from 66 countries together in one incredible venue. The George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston featured eight FIRST Robotics Competition REEFSCAPE fields in a row (named for incredible historic STEM figures!) between two large pit areas for all FRC teams on the first floor, with the Innovation Faire on the second floor and the entire FLL and FTC competitions on the third floor.

New England teams showed their regional pride with WE ARE NE banners, badge ribbons and flags for their match introductions! We brought as many of them together as we could for a Thursday evening all-New England photo on Discovery Green right outside of the convention center. Mentors and sponsors were also invited to a social evening at local brewery True Anomaly to celebrate all of the season’s successes!

Click below to view all FIRST teams that represented New England in Houston:

Competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship, 31 teams from all six states qualified to represent New England in the finale to the REEFSCAPE season. FRC teams made it through at least 130 qualification matches before the end of Friday evening and woke up bright and early Saturday for alliance selection. Check out some of the teams that made the journey below:

FRC 1768 and FRC 2877 represented the Hopper Division on Einstein!

FRC 166 represented the Curie Division on Einstein!

FRC 6329 and FRC 5813 made an alliance together on Curie Division

FRC 1153 was a Division Finalist on Hopper Division!

FRC 3467 won the Curie Division Quality Award

FRC 190 won the Galileo Division Quality Award

FRC 3182 won the Archimedes Division Imagery Award

FRC 5112 won the Curie Division Imagery Award

FRC 8708 won the Galileo Division Imagery Award!

FRC 78

FRC 7153

FRC 6328

FRC 4905

FRC 2342

FRC 2370

FRC 1073

FRC 230

FRC 58

FRC 467

FRC 195

FRC 6324

New England had 2 alliance captains, 20 teams in the playoffs rounds, 5 teams that advanced through double-elimination brackets to final matches, and THREE that made it all the way to Einstein (with two of the teams on the same alliance!). Great job to the following teams for representing NE on the world stage:

• Hopper Division Winner: FRC 1768, Nashoba Robotics from Bolton, MA

• Hopper Division Winner: FRC 2877, LigerBots from Newton, MA

• Curie Division Winner: FRC 166, Chop Shop from Merrimack, NH

  
  

Competing in the FIRST Tech Challenge Championship, 12 teams from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont qualified to represent New England in the finale to the INTO THE DEEP season. One team made it to the division finals!

And joining teams from all over the world to celebrate FIRST LEGO League, 7 FLL Challenge teams from all six states qualified to represent New England in the finale to the SUBMERGED season, as well as 2 FLL Explore teams from Massachusetts and New Hampshire. You all made us proud!

Congratulations to ALL of the FIRST Championship Award winners from New England!

FRC Archimedes Division

FIRST Championship Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 3182, Athena’s Warriors from Hartford, CT

FRC Curie Division

FIRST Championship Division Winner: FRC 166, Chop Shop from Merrimack, NH

FIRST Championship Quality Award: FRC 3467, Windham Windup from Windham, NH

FIRST Championship Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 5112, The Gongoliers from Foster/Glocester, RI

FRC Daly Division

FIRST Championship Division Finalist: FRC 78, AIR Strike from Newport, RI

FRC Galileo Division

FIRST Championship Quality Award: FRC 190, Gompei and the HERD from Worcester, MA

FIRST Championship Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 8708, Ov3R1y K0Mp13X from Dunbarton, NH

FRC Hopper Division

FIRST Championship Division Winner: FRC 1768, Nashoba Robotics from Bolton, MA

FIRST Championship Division Winner: FRC 2877, LigerBots from Newton, MA

FIRST Championship Division Finalist: FRC 1153, Timberwolves from Walpole, MA

FIRST Championship Autonomous Award: FRC 2877, LigerBots from Newton, MA

FRC Milstein Division

FIRST Championship Team Spirit Award: FRC 7153, Aetos Dios from Manchester, CT

FTC 19411 won the Franklin Division Inspire Award 3rd place and were Division Finalists!

FTC 18438 won the Franklin Division Control Award!

FTC 22489 won the Jemison Division Motivate Award 2nd Place!

FTC 252 won the Franklin Division Connect Award 2nd Place!

FTC 4410 won the Jemison Division Control Award 2nd Place!

FTC 701

FIRST TECH CHALLENGE

FTC Franklin Division

FIRST Championship Division Finalists: FTC 19411, Tech Tigers from Sharon, MA

FIRST Championship Division Control Award Winner: FTC 18438, Wolfpack Machina from Beverly, MA

FIRST Championship Division Connect Award 2nd Place: FTC 252, Electric Quahogs from Providence, RI

FIRST Championship Division Inspire Award 3rd Place: FTC 19411, Tech Tigers from Sharon, MA

FTC Jemison Division

FIRST Championship Division Control Award 2nd Place: FTC 4410, ARC Lightning from Andover, MA

FIRST Championship Division Motivate Award 2nd Place: FTC 22489, GNCE from Weston, MA

FLL-C 52042 won the Engineering Excellence Award!

FLL-C 52604 won the Rising All-Star Award!

FLL-E 26302 won a Coding Award!

FLL-E 30925 won a Team Model Award!

FIRST LEGO LEAGUE CHALLENGE

FIRST Championship Engineering Excellence Award: FLL-C 52042, Goofy Gyros from Ashland, MA

FIRST Championship Rising All-Star Award: FLL-C 52604, Aluminum Eyas from Pawcatuck, CT

FIRST Championship Motivate Award: FLL-C 66798, Oceanic Otters from Reading, MA

FIRST LEGO LEAGUE EXPLORE

FIRST Championship Coding Award: FLL-E 26302 Inferno Acorns from Brookline, MA

FIRST Championship Team Model Award: FLL-E 30925 Northstar LEGO FORCE from Goffstown, NH