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HAVOC 101
Here at NHRL, we fight robots in three different weight classes: 3lb, 12lb, and 30lb.
The goal of each fight is to disable your opponent. If a robot can't move for 10 seconds, it is knocked out. Competitors may also tap out if they want to stop the fight.
Fights run a maximum of 3 minutes. After that, the winner is decided by a panel of judges, who score based on the criteria of Damage, Control, and Aggression.
OUR TOURNAMENT FORMAT
We start each weight class in a preliminary stage, where every robot has to win two fights to enter the single-elimination Brackets.
Our KO Show starts at 2 pm Eastern, with late preliminary and early bracket fights. Every fight at this point is an elimination fight.
Prime Time starts at 7pm Eastern, with the quarterfinals of each Bracket. The final 8 bots in each weight class battle for a place at the World Championships, and for the first-place trophy, the Golden Dumpster.
PRELIMINARY STAGE
We start at 10 am Eastern with the preliminary stage, where builders battle their ways to earn a spot into the Bracket.
Win two fights, and you’re in. Lose two, and you are eliminated.
WHO'S COMPETING?
We split all bots into groups of up to 8 bots during the preliminary stage. Look for your favorite bot here.
3LB BOTS
Group A: Caldera (#1 seed), Under Destruction, Colossus, Gh-Astley, AIMBOT, Floodgate, Polish Hammer
Group B: Sir Slicey (#2 seed), Prince, Purple Pain, Blink, Bnyahaj, John Undercutter, Huey, Cleavergeist
Group C: The Wall PT2 (#3 seed), Nitro Hornet, Pipeline Punch, Bagheera, War?HARD!, Astronomii, Red Sun, UDX
Group D: Mako (#4 seed), Voxel v;1, Clyde, Knight, Grond, Shredder, Above Average, Titanium Hwhite
Group E: Comet (#5 seed), Showtime!, Shameless Self Promotion, Jack Move 25, Shadi's Girlfriend, Johnathan, Tri-Harder, Crab Rangoon
Group F: Chainsaw Kitty (#6 seed), Anubis, BRZRKR, Gremlin, Scrambled Eggs, Split Decision, Kintsurugi
Group G: Blunder (#7 seed), The Power of Friendship!, Young Yellow, Cole, F.A.I.L., Popper X, Trick or Beater V2, Who's Earl?
Group H: Pinevictus (#8 seed), Bean Supreme: Refried, Rhino, power on, Bee-Roll, Why Ti Harder? MK II, Kilico, just a lil guy
Group I: Jackalope (#9 seed), Sting Operation, NotDeadYet, Grim Ripper, Penny Pick-Up, Sun, moon, and comet, Rem & Ram, Verticalizer
XP BOTS
Group J: Opportunity, lil' buddy, Orbital Velocity, Buzz Fightyear, The Eclipse, Nova Phoenix, Dump Truck, Pretty In Pink
12LB BOTS
Group M: Buzzzz-Kill (#1 seed), Robo-Cat, Grim Ripper (12lb), Caldera 12, Inertial, Capsize, Bananarchy
Group N: Saiko! (#2 seed), Xenomorph, Carmen, Bigheera, Carolina Reaper, Benny R. Johm, That's a lot of TPU
30LB BOTS
Group P: KaZaA Lite (#1 seed), Phenomenon, maccabot, FSH, Gored
Group Q: Emperor (#2 seed), Killswitch, Kevin, quack.
BRETTZONE
Want to see every single fight, from every angle? This is where BrettZone comes in.
We run fights in multiple cages simultaneously, so we can't show every single fight during our broadcast. But you can still watch them by heading over to BrettZone, where each and every camera angle from inside the cage is available to view.
BRACKETS & RESULTS
At 2:00 pm Eastern, all fights become elimination fights, and we see the first of our Bracket fights on our KO Show. The Bracket is single elimination, so from this point forward if you lose, you’re OUT.
Follow each Bracket here::
The Bracket progresses until 5:30 pm Eastern. At that point, there are only 8 bots left in each weight class, so the competition takes a break.
During the break, builders begin preparing for Prime Time, LIVE at 7 pm Eastern, where we show one fight at a time. The last bot remaining in any weight class wins the coveted Golden Brett.
Who will be crowned 2025 NHRL World Champion?
Tune in to find out!
