Teams From Around the World Made a Splash at #FIRSTChamp

Last week, thousands of students, coaches, volunteers, sponsors, and STEM supporters came together in Houston, TX, USA to celebrate the 2025 FIRST^®  Championship presented by BAE Systems. The week was filled with friendly competition, exciting innovation, and lots of Gracious Professionalism^® as we commemorated the conclusion of the 2024-2025 oceans-inspired season, FIRST^® DIVE^SM presented by Qualcomm. 

The FIRST^® LEGO^® League World Festival at the FIRST Championship hosted 160 FIRST^® LEGO^® League Challenge teams and 39 FIRST^® LEGO^® League Explore teams from around the world. Their task this season was to discover what lies beneath the surface of our planet’s most complex ecosystem. In the 2024-2025 SUBMERGED^SM challenge, teams innovated and worked together to solve problems ocean explorers face.

Here is the complete 2025 FIRST LEGO League Challenge World Festival Awards List:

Champion’s Award Winner: 

• SESI HEROES from Jundiaí, Brazil 

Champion’s Award Finalists:  

• FSIngenium Team from Sarriguren, Spain 

• SKILLSET from Astana, Kazakhstan 

• BIOTECH from Barra Bonita, Brazil 

• RED from Sangnok-gu, Ansan-si, Republic of Korea 

• Intelligent Mavericks from Richland, Washington 

Volunteer of the Year: 

Cameron Schriner from Kennesaw, Georgia 

Innovation Project Winner: 

• WISE FOXES from Iguaraçu do Tiete, Brazil 

Innovation Project Finalists: 

• Solvers of X & Y from Aurora, Ontario 

• Over Coded from Boyds, Maryland 

• SCRAPS by FutureLab from THESSALONIKI, Greece 

• Energy Wizards from Peoria, Illinois 

• Fast Fooders from Aiea, Hawaii 

Robot Design Winner: 

• Next Level from Charlottesville, Virginia/DC 

Robot Design Finalists: 

• Shenendehowa CaptiBytes from Clifton Park, New York - Mid Hudson Valley 

• It's Gonna Be OK! from Kingman, Arizona 

• Narwhals from Camillo, Australia 

• Pynauts from Plano, Texas 

• Spaceotics? from Duluth, Minnesota 

Robot Performance Winner:  

• The Endlessly Flowing Stream from Taichung, Chinese Taipei 

Robot Performance Rank: 

1. Legotronic Beavers from Torres de Elorz, Spain 

1. Robotech from Golmes, Spain 

1. Rock & Roll from Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

1. Pynauts from Plano, Texas 

1. X-Free from Shanghai, China 

Core Values Winner:  

• LEGO Legends from Portland, Oregon 

Core Values Finalists: 

• LOAD Robotics from Odessa, Delaware 

• Eagles from San Diego, California - Southern 

• Team Alpha Geek from Brookfield, Wisconsin 

• Brick and Sharky from Moorestown, New Jersey - South 

• Reptile Renegades from Lexington, South Carolina 

Breakthrough Award Winners: 

• DEPED BOHOL - JAPeR MHS (roBOHOLicz) from Bohol, Philippines 

• BOTtegai from Milano, Italy 

• HobbyRobot from Prague 4, Czech Republic 

• Breaking Bot from Ciudad del Este, Paraguay 

Engineering Excellence Award Winners:  

• Robotech from Golmes, Spain 

• TOKAI from Nagoya-shi, Japan 

• ARRA from Bucharest, Romania 

• Goofy Gyros from Ashland, Massachusetts 

Rising All-Star Award Winners:  

• 412 Power Crew from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Southwest 

• Robo Rangers from Chester Springs, Pennsylvania - East 

• Aluminum Eyas 52604 from Pawcatuck, Connecticut 

• ConnecTech (BVG Team 2) from Toronto, Ontario 

Motivate Award Winners: 

• Legoborci z Oravy from Lokca, Slovakia 

• Black Spiders from Ramat-Gan, Israel 

• Calibots from Cali, Colombia 

• Oceanic Otters from Reading, Massachusetts 

Gracious Professionalism® Award Winners:  

• World Whales from Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

• PRV 2 Corazon de robot from Carolina, Puerto Rico 

• Aqua Stars from Eindhoven, Netherlands 

Coopertition Award Winners: 

• Snuggly Ducklings from Pretoria, South Africa 

• Filadelfia White Dragonflies from Santa Cruz Atizapán, Mexico 

• RassLexx from Karaganda, Kazakhstan 

Peer Award Winner:  

• MINDCRAFT Seniors from Tangier, Morocco 

Coach/Mentor Awards: 

• Liia Tammes, AGA MIKS?, from Estonia  

• Sonja Fick, Heldele – EAG 6 and a half men, from Germany  

• Daniel Bryant, BeeSTAR, from Utah  

• Ciou Jyun-Yuan, The Endlessly Flowing Stream, Chinese Taipei  

• Sarah Cerra, A.S.T.R.O. Leatherbacks, New Mexico 

• Leigh Northrup, Brainy Yaks, North Carolina   

Here is the complete 2025 FIRST LEGO League Explore World Festival Awards List:

Core Values Award: 

• Camdenton LASER FLL Explorer, Camdenton, Missouri 

• Legendary Star, Oakville, Ontario 

• MAJASS Team, Monrovia, Maryland 

Team Poster Award: 

• A.S.T.R.O. Explorers, Alamogordo, New Mexico 

• Blue42, Kawasaki-shi, Japan 

• Isidore Trailblazers, Malolos City, Philippines 

• Speedy Turtles, Hartland, Michigan 

• Together To Infinity, Shanghai, China 

Team Model Award: 

• Aquatic Robotics, San Diego, California 

• Atlantis, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan 

• BLKE KRAKEN, Hue City, Vietnam  

• FLL Explore Team 01, Rogers, Minnesota 

• Frankfurt International School WarriorBots, Oberursel, Germany 

• Northstar LEGO FORCE, Goffstown, New Hampshire 

• Ocean Animals, Englewood, New Jersey 

• OceanBound, Shanghai, China 

• REPTONIANS, Cairo, Egypt 

• Subaqueous Brainbox, Tulsa, Oklahoma 

• Trial & Error, Medina, Ohio 

• Wize Heroes, Parker, Colorado 

Coding Award: 

• Creator Academy, Eastwood, Australia 

• Deep Sea, Pinares, Costa Rica 

• Echipa Nitro Explorer, Bucuresti, Romania 

• Inferno Acorns, Brookline, Massachusetts 

• LEGO Minis, Jacksonville, Florida 

• LEGO+, São Paulo, Brazil 

• Ocean Technology Masters, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

• S.P.T.V. Team, Bangkanun, Thailand 

• Searching For Atlantis, Athens, Greece 

• The Pathfinders, Austin, Texas 

Challenge Solution Award: 

• Barents LEGO Kids, Kirkenes, Norway 

• Filadelfia Yellow Dragonflies, Santa Cruz Atizapan, Mexico 

• High Blocks, Atlanta, Georgia 

• Oceantastic, Seogwipo-si, South Korea 

• Submarine Scouts, Al Qusais, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

• TechRobots, São Paulo, Brazil 

• The Cookie Crunchers, Grayslake, Illinois 

• Wildcats1, Greenville, South Carolina 

• Xpacers Jr, León de los Aldama, Mexico 

Congratulations to all the teams who attended the 2025 World Festival! We hope to have you back next year as we discover the past to uncover the future in the archaeology-inspired FIRST^® AGE^TM presented by Qualcomm season. 

Check out the 2025-2026 FIRST LEGO League UNEARTHED^TM season reveal video:

What do you think about the upcoming season? Let us know by using #UNEARTHED on social media and tagging @firstlegoleague!