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| Year | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Season Information | |
| Number of teams | 3,225[1] |
| Number of regionals | 58 |
| Number of district events | 101 |
| Championship location | Houston George R. Brown Convention Center |
| FIRST Championship Awards | |
| Chairman's Award winner | 1629 - "Garrett Coalition" |
| Woodie Flowers Award winner | Christine Sapio - Team 2486 |
| Champions | 1619 - "Up-A-Creek Robotics" 254 - "The Cheesy Poofs" 3175 - "Knight Vision" 6672 - "Fusion Corps" |
Rapid React, stylized as RAPID REACT and officially known as Rapid React presented by The Boeing Company for sponsorship reasons, is the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) game for the 2022 season.[2] The game is themed around transportation as part of the FIRST-wide FIRST Forward theme for 2021-2022.
Rapid React is played by two alliances of three teams each, with each team controlling a robot and completing specific actions in order to score points. The game revolves around both alliances shooting inflatable balls known as Cargo into a central Hub and climbing within their Hangars at the end of the match. The overall objective of each match is to score more points than the opposing alliance before the match ends.
The 2022 season was the first season since 2016 to feature a single championship, which took place in Houston, Texas on April 20 to April 23.[3] As a result of the reduction from two championships to one, 456 teams were invited to compete at the championship as opposed to over 800 teams in 2019.
- ^ "2022 Season Facts" (PDF). FIRST. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "2021-2022 FIRST FORWARD presented by Qualcomm". info.firstinspires.org. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ "FIRST Championship News". FIRST. 2021-11-15. Retrieved 2022-01-04.