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Rules

Scoring system and victory criteria

Point Calculation

Construction: The winning team is the one that finishes the tower as quickly as possible after adding the various penalties.

Here is a summary of the faults and their penalties.

Faults Penalty Time
False start 5 seconds
Wrong placement of packages on the starting line 2 seconds
Multiple packages deposited simultaneously 2 seconds
Error following the command sheet 3 seconds
Human intervention 5 seconds
Introduction of a reject into the tower 5 seconds

Tie-breaking Criteria

In the event of a tie, teams are ranked according to:

  1. The number of packages used.
  2. The total number of penalties.
  3. Code sobriety (number of code blocks used).