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As part of national registration, teams will pay the registration fee and order the Challenge Kit. The Challenge Kit Set is comprised of the mat and LEGO elements that form the competition field. Teams may order an EV3 MINDSTORMS Kit or SPIKE Prime Kit a LEGO robot set from LEGO if needed. (Full details on valid pieces and parts can be found in the Robot Game rules.)
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Head to the FIRST Dashboard at https://my.firstinspires.org/Dashboard/
Create an account, or login to an existing account. The email address is important, you will want to use the same email address in the national system, and our local system MyCVR.
Teams should reuse any existing team numbers if possible. In MyCVR, coaches and contacts will be able to see all team results and rubrics for the history of teams.
Follow the steps under an existing team to renew it for the existing season, and use the Team Contacts page to adjust coaches as needed.
To create a new team, click the Create New Team button (or click the "I want to..." button on mobile). From there, select FIRST LEGO League Challenge, enter your team information and location.
Be sure to pick Central California for the region, otherwise you will not show up in our system!
All teams must pay the national registration fee before they can order any additional products. The national registration fee includes one (1) Challenge Kit per teamdoes not include the Challenge Set, which is an additional purchase. Click the Pay For Team(s) Shopping Cart button and follow the steps on screen. FIRST supports a variety of payment options and you can bulk pay for multiple teams at once.
Teams must pay the national registration fee , but they do not have to buy the Challenge Kit. and purchase each new season’s Challenge Set. (Multiple teams at a school site or similar may choose to share a Challenge Set)
Once your team has met all FIRST payment obligations, you can click the "Payment and Product" link to be taken to the LEGO Education storefront to purchase EV3 or SPIKE Prime units. Separate payments may be required when purchasing from LEGO.
Due to limitations from FIRST, CVR staff must manually pull data from FIRST and sync to MyCVR. When a new sync occurs and MyCVR finds updated data, MyCVR will send out invites to the main contacts once it sees that your team has paid the national registration fee.
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FIRST has a couple of registration opens options and there are some important considerations for each type:
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