The Kickoff of REBUILTTM presented by Haas is just over one month away! We know teams have been chomping at the bit to know more about this year’s game and we have loved seeing team reactions to the third Game Hint we released a few weeks ago. Hosted on the FIRST® Robotics Competition YouTube Channel, the broadcast celebration and game reveal will start at noon (12:00 pm) eastern time on Saturday, January 10, 2026. The hour-long broadcast will be packed with messages from your FIRST® faves, details and reminders about the season ahead, the game reveal and animation, the decryption code for the game manual, detailed field tours, and so much more.
Here are 7 ways you and your team can get hyped and ready for the big day.
- Join us at the FIRST Founder’s Reception: Kickoff weekend begins with the FIRST® Founder’s Reception on Friday, January 9, 2026. Each team can send two coaches or mentors to the event. Attendees can RSVP through the FIRST Registration for the event closes at Noon eastern on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
- Sign Up for a Tune-in Reminder: The action starts at noon (12:00 pm) ET, and you don’t want to miss a minute of the action. Sign up for a tune-in reminder, and we will email you a link to the broadcast before the show starts so you have time to check your connection and audio/video set ups.
- Download REBUILT & FIRST® AGE™ Graphics
- Check out REBUILT and FIRST AGE logo files and style guides to design your season t-shirts
- Download Instagram, Facebook, and other social graphics to customize your team posts this season
- Looking for more team members? Check out digital and printable recruitment posters
- Share Your Excitement on Social Media
- Check out our social media toolkit and join the conversation with #REBUILT and #FIRSTAGE
- Make sure to tag FIRST Robotics Competition on Facebook with @FIRSTRoboticsCompetition and on Instagram @first_official_
- Make Your Mark with a Watch Party:
- Gather your team to celebrate the start of the season
- Create and share archaeology-themed treats and snacks
- Make a Kahoot to test your FIRST history trivia
- Put your game reveal guesses into a jar and see who hits the mark
- Dig out your best archaeology costumes
- Bookmark Your Favorite Pages: The broadcast will be run about an hour long and is packed with lots of information. Bookmark these pages now so you can be among the first to view and download information following Kickoff.
- Game & Season Page: Your hub for current season information with links to videos, blogs, resources, the webpages below, and info from the Gene Haas Foundation and Qualcomm.
- Season Materials page: This page is the go-to page for teams during the season! It has the manual, Field Tour Videos, information about the Q&A, and links to the top pages for teams to be aware of during the season. An encrypted version of the game manual will be posted here closer to Kickoff. A decrypted version will be available after the broadcast.
- Playing Field Assets page: find CAD files and drawings of the field, drawings of the team version of field items, and more.
- KitBot Resources page: find videos, instruction manuals, and details here to help you get started with this versatile, beginner-friendly robot kit.
- FIRST Robotics Competition YouTube: the full broadcast, game animation, and field tour videos will also be available here.
- Unearth & Decode Details From this Video: