
Location
DC International School
District of Columbia International School, 1400 Main Dr NW, D.C., D.C., USA

DCI is in the heart of DC, which is very convenient, but it also means we have limited parking. Much of our parking will be reserved for our volunteers who will arrive at 6am and stay until well after the tournament ends. Here’s how to drive to DCI. Check out our event page for maps detailing all of this information visually
Teams should drop their carts and robots off at the 1400 Main Dr. entrance, accessible from either 16th st or Georgia Avenue. This will allow you to enter the building on the same floor as the gym and not have to take carts or robots up stairs.
Teams should leave ALL FOOD in the cafeteria. There will be no food whatsoever in the competition space, to spare our volunteers the work of cleaning hundreds of snack wrappers up from our carpet.
After drop off, teams can go around to the 14th st parking lot to find parking. If that lot is full, there is street parking available on all the streets around the school and it is unrestricted on weekends.
After loading in, or for any team members not carrying bulky objects or robots, you should enter via the 14th street parking lot, or in the neighborhood nearby if the lot is full. Walk across the small basketball court and the small soccer field and you'll see the entrance to the building under an awning.
EAT
LUNCH & CONCESSIONS
We will sell coffee and light snacks. There are many options for food around us, including a Safeway grocery store only a half-mile away. Please keep all food in the cafeteria area- each team will have a labeled table for their food, and this is a great place to leave jackets too. Bring a reusable water bottle- there are bottle filling stations very near the fields.
FOR
COACHES
Be sure to bring a paper copy of your roster to your event to turn into pit admin. Paper rosters can be printed from your Dashboard at FIRST Inspires. Your roster should have a green checkmark next to every team member AND coach/mentor. This indicates that all people associated with the team have signed a Consent and Release form.
You will not compete without Consent and Release forms on file.
In an effort to reduce paper and potential data risks, FIRST Inspires encourages teams to use these resources to register their children and sign the Consent and Release.
Event
Details
Time | Program |
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Day 0 | Friday |
5:00PM - 9:00PM | Pits Open, Load In |
8:00PM - 8:30PM | Field Open for Calibration |
Day 1 | Saturday |
8:00AM - 10:30AM | Pits Open, Load-in, Inspections |
8:00AM - 8:30AM | Field Open for Calibration |
8:30AM - 9:00AM | Driver’s Meeting |
9:00AM - 9:30AM | Safety Captains Meeting |
9:00AM - 10:30AM | Practice Matches |
10:30AM - 11:00AM | Opening Ceremonies |
11:00AM - 1:00PM | Qualification Matches |
1:00PM - 2:00PM | Lunch |
2:00PM - 7:00PM | Qualification Matches |
8:00PM | Pits Close |
Day 2 | Sunday |
8:00AM | Pits Open |
9:00AM - 9:30AM | Opening Ceremonies |
9:30AM - ~12:30PM | Qualification Matches |
~12:30PM - 1:00PM | Alliance Selections (8 minutes after Qual. Matches) |
1:00PM - 2:00PM | Lunch |
2:00PM - 5:00PM | Playoff Matches & Awards Ceremony |
7:00PM | Pits Close |
Q & A Forum
If you have not already, make sure you check out and review the questions and answers on the FIRST Robotics Competition Official Q&A Forum. More questions and answers are added weekly.
Driver's Meeting Question Submission
Please submit driver's questions via the Driver's meeting question submission form below.
Pre-Inspection (optional)
Teams are strongly encouraged to complete a pre-inspection before their event to ensure compliance with all rules and safety standards. The pre-inspection checklist will help teams identify and address any potential issues in advance and will be available in the Competition Manual.
Passing pre-inspection is not passing inspection.
We encourage Teams to complete inspection as early as possible at the Events.
Pit Tables
Pit tables will be available by request only.
Health & Safety
All team members and coaches are required to wear safety glasses when in the pit area and at the competition field. Chesapeake does not provide safety glasses and teams are responsible for safety glasses for their spectators to enter the pit.
Closed toed and heeled shoes and loose items including hair, must be secured for safety.
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.