Pi Wars 2017 – The Results – Sunday

Pi Noon

Semi-finalists: 2 Wheels or Not 2 Wheels vs Sunny Mk 2; Frankenrobot vs Xero Chatterbot

Finalists: 2 Wheels or Not 2 Wheels vs Xero Chatterbot

Winner: 2 Wheels or Not 2 Wheels

The Obstacle Course

Overall rankings:

1 2 wheels or not 2 wheels (Brian Corteil)
2 Maxeos (Alex Daily)
3 PiSquared (Leo White)
4 Team Steve (Jonathan Pallant)
5 Team 3.14 Musketeers / Robot Bâtagnan (Mark Edwards)
6 Hitchin Hackspace (David Booth)
7 Slice of Pi Club (Martin Eyre)
8 SmartPi (David Plaquin)
9 CNM Hackerspace / Not Today Skynet (Kerry Bruce)
10 Little TREV (Matt Teague)
11 Metabot3 (John Palombo / Lance Robson)
12 Ipswich Makerspace / Robot Tractorbot (Keith Ellis)
13 PiTastrophy (James Cohen)
14 KEITH 3 – “Mostly Harmless” (Harry Merckel)
15 Sunny Mk2 (Stevie Wray)
16 Xero Chatterbot (Robin Blackstone)
17 Maidstone Hackspace (Ian Wilkinson)
18 Team Heroes (David Searle)
19 Project BODSSK (Kayleigh Churchill)
20 ICRS (Tom Hartley)
21 ZeroHero (Femi Owolade-Coombes)
22 Viridia (Tom Oinn)
23 Gnasher – Revenge of the Fallen (Grahame Collins)
24 Frankenrobot (Dulcie Turner)
25 Glitterator (Emma Norling)
26 The PiONEERS (Spencer Cummings)
27 Ely Makers (Arvind Shah)
28 Radioactive Funky Chickens (Rob Westwick)
29 Seaford (Andrew Seaford)
30 Mr Bit (Tom Broughton)
31 Team Cybercondriac / Robot sHazBot 2 (David Pride)
32 Snapdragon (Ben Rogers)
33 Awesome Tech (Martin Evans)
34 Java Driven (Wesley Coffin-Jones)

The Line Follower

Overall rankings:

1 Team 3.14 Musketeers / Robot Bâtagnan (Mark Edwards)
2 Ipswich Makerspace / Robot Tractorbot (Keith Ellis)
3 Team Cybercondriac / Robot sHazBot 2 (David Pride)
4 Radioactive Funky Chickens (Rob Westwick)
5 ICRS (Tom Hartley)
6 The PiONEERS (Spencer Cummings)
7 KEITH 3 – “Mostly Harmless” (Harry Merckel)
8 Metabot3 (John Palombo / Lance Robson)
9 Frankenrobot (Dulcie Turner)
10 Viridia (Tom Oinn)
11 Team Steve (Jonathan Pallant)
12 Seaford (Andrew Seaford)
13 PiTastrophy (James Cohen)

Straight-Line Speed Test

Overall rankings:

1 Mr Bit (Tom Broughton)
2 Maidstone Hackspace (Ian Wilkinson)
3 KEITH 3 – “Mostly Harmless” (Harry Merckel)
4 Team Cybercondriac / Robot sHazBot 2 (David Pride)
5 Gnasher – Revenge of the Fallen (Grahame Collins)
6 CNM Hackerspace / Not Today Skynet (Kerry Bruce)
7 Radioactive Funky Chickens (Rob Westwick)
8 Ipswich Makerspace / Robot Tractorbot (Keith Ellis)
9 The PiONEERS (Spencer Cummings)
10 Metabot3 (John Palombo / Lance Robson)
11 ICRS (Tom Hartley)
12 Sunny Mk2 (Stevie Wray)
13 Glitterator (Emma Norling)
14 Team Steve (Jonathan Pallant)
15 Xero Chatterbot (Robin Blackstone)
16 Ely Makers (Arvind Shah)
17 Little TREV (Matt Teague)
18 Team Heroes (David Searle)
19 Team 3.14 Musketeers / Robot Bâtagnan (Mark Edwards)
20 2 wheels or not 2 wheels (Brian Corteil)
21 Slice of Pi Club (Martin Eyre)
22 SmartPi (David Plaquin)
23 ZeroHero (Femi Owolade-Coombes)
24 Maxeos (Alex Daily)
25 Pithon (Nick Young)
26 Hitchin Hackspace (David Booth)
27 PiTastrophy (James Cohen)
28 Project BODSSK (Kayleigh Churchill)
29 Seaford (Andrew Seaford)
30 Frankenrobot (Dulcie Turner)
31 PiSquared (Leo White)

Skittles

Overall rankings:

1 Ely Makers (Arvind Shah)
2 The PiONEERS (Spencer Cummings)
3 Metabot3 (John Palombo / Lance Robson)
4 Hitchin Hackspace (David Booth)
5 2 wheels or not 2 wheels (Brian Corteil)
6 Ipswich Makerspace / Robot Tractorbot (Keith Ellis)
7 Mr Bit (Tom Broughton)
8 Project BODSSK (Kayleigh Churchill)
9 Team 3.14 Musketeers / Robot Bâtagnan (Mark Edwards)
10 Maidstone Hackspace (Ian Wilkinson)
11 KEITH 3 – “Mostly Harmless” (Harry Merckel)
12 Little TREV (Matt Teague)
13 CNM Hackerspace / Not Today Skynet (Kerry Bruce)
14 Glitterator (Emma Norling)
15 ICRS (Tom Hartley)
16 Slice of Pi Club (Martin Eyre)
17 Frankenrobot (Dulcie Turner)
18 Sunny Mk2 (Stevie Wray)
19 Team Heroes (David Searle)
20 Gnasher – Revenge of the Fallen (Grahame Collins)
21 SmartPi (David Plaquin)
22 Xero Chatterbot (Robin Blackstone)
23 PiSquared (Leo White)
24 PiTastrophy (James Cohen)
25 Viridia (Tom Oinn)
26 Radioactive Funky Chickens (Rob Westwick)
27 Maxeos (Alex Daily)

Slightly Deranged Golf

Overall rankings:

1 CNM Hackerspace / Not Today Skynet (Kerry Bruce)
2 Ipswich Makerspace / Robot Tractorbot (Keith Ellis)
3 Team Steve (Jonathan Pallant)
4 KEITH 3 – “Mostly Harmless” (Harry Merckel)
5 Team Cybercondriac / Robot sHazBot 2 (David Pride)
6 Sunny Mk2 (Stevie Wray)
7 2 wheels or not 2 wheels (Brian Corteil)
8 Slice of Pi Club (Martin Eyre)
9 Maxeos (Alex Daily)
10 Maidstone Hackspace (Ian Wilkinson)
11 Team 3.14 Musketeers / Robot Bâtagnan (Mark Edwards)
12 Team Heroes (David Searle)
13 ICRS (Tom Hartley)
14 Metabot3 (John Palombo / Lance Robson)
15 SmartPi (David Plaquin)
16 Hitchin Hackspace (David Booth)
17 Little TREV (Matt Teague)
18 PiSquared (Leo White)
19 Seaford (Andrew Seaford)
20 Glitterator (Emma Norling)
21 Xero Chatterbot (Robin Blackstone)
22 Awesome Tech (Martin Evans)
23 Project BODSSK (Kayleigh Churchill)
24 PiTastrophy (James Cohen)
25 Ely Makers (Arvind Shah)
26 ZeroHero (Femi Owolade-Coombes)
27 Radioactive Funky Chickens (Rob Westwick)
28 Gnasher – Revenge of the Fallen (Grahame Collins)
29 Mr Bit (Tom Broughton)
30 Frankenrobot (Dulcie Turner)
31 The PiONEERS (Spencer Cummings)

The Minimal Maze

Overall rankings:

1 Mr Bit (Tom Broughton)
2 Glitterator (Emma Norling)
3 Metabot3 (John Palombo / Lance Robson)
4 The PiONEERS (Spencer Cummings)
5 Frankenrobot (Dulcie Turner)

Artistic Merit scores (out of 20)

The PiONEERS (Spencer Cummings) 19.5
Slice of Pi Club (Martin Eyre) 19.0
KEITH 3 – “Mostly Harmless” (Harry Merckel) 19.0
Xero Chatterbot (Robin Blackstone) 18.0
Gnasher – Revenge of the Fallen (Grahame Collins) 18.0
2 wheels or not 2 wheels (Brian Corteil) 18.0
Viridia (Tom Oinn) 18.0
Awesome Tech (Martin Evans) 17.0
Pithon (Nick Young) 17.0
Ely Makers (Arvind Shah) 16.0
Maxeos (Alex Daily) 16.0
Seaford (Andrew Seaford) 16.0
Team Cybercondriac / Robot sHazBot 2 (David Pride) 16.0
CNM Hackerspace / Not Today Skynet (Kerry Bruce) 15.0
Glitterator (Emma Norling) 15.0
Project BODSSK (Kayleigh Churchill) 15.0
Hitchin Hackspace (David Booth) 14.0
Ipswich Makerspace / Robot Tractorbot (Keith Ellis) 14.0
Team 3.14 Musketeers / Robot Bâtagnan (Mark Edwards) 13.0
Little TREV (Matt Teague) 13.0
PiSquared (Leo White) 13.0
Mr Bit (Tom Broughton) 12.0
Radioactive Funky Chickens (Rob Westwick) 12.0
Maidstone Hackspace (Ian Wilkinson) 12.0
Sunny Mk2 (Stevie Wray) 12.0
Metabot3 (John Palombo / Lance Robson) 12.0
Frankenrobot (Dulcie Turner) 11.0
Team Heroes (David Searle) 11.0
ICRS (Tom Hartley) 11.0
Team Steve (Jonathan Pallant) 11.0

Technical Merit scores (out of 20)

Viridia (Tom Oinn) 17.0
Hitchin Hackspace (David Booth) 16.5
The PiONEERS (Spencer Cummings) 16.0
2 wheels or not 2 wheels (Brian Corteil) 16.0
Glitterator (Emma Norling) 15.5
Maxeos (Alex Daily) 15.5
Team Cybercondriac / Robot sHazBot 2 (David Pride) 15.5
KEITH 3 – “Mostly Harmless” (Harry Merckel) 15.0
Metabot3 (John Palombo / Lance Robson) 15.0
Frankenrobot (Dulcie Turner) 14.0
ICRS (Tom Hartley) 14.0
Ipswich Makerspace / Robot Tractorbot (Keith Ellis) 14.0
Gnasher – Revenge of the Fallen (Grahame Collins) 12.0
Sunny Mk2 (Stevie Wray) 12.0
Team Steve (Jonathan Pallant) 12.0
PiSquared (Leo White) 12.0
CNM Hackerspace / Not Today Skynet (Kerry Bruce) 11.0
Radioactive Funky Chickens (Rob Westwick) 10.0
Team Heroes (David Searle) 10.0
Xero Chatterbot (Robin Blackstone) 10.0
Little TREV (Matt Teague) 9.5
Mr Bit (Tom Broughton) 9.0
Project BODSSK (Kayleigh Churchill) 9.0
Team 3.14 Musketeers / Robot Bâtagnan (Mark Edwards) 9.0
Maidstone Hackspace (Ian Wilkinson) 9.0
Slice of Pi Club (Martin Eyre) 9.0
Seaford (Andrew Seaford) 8.0
Awesome Tech (Martin Evans) 6.0
Snapdragon (Ben Rogers) 4.0

Blogging scores (out of 20)

Glitterator (Emma Norling) 20.0
CNM Hackerspace / Not Today Skynet (Kerry Bruce) 19.0
Radioactive Funky Chickens (Rob Westwick) 18.0
Mr Bit (Tom Broughton) 17.0
KEITH 3 – “Mostly Harmless” (Harry Merckel) 17.0
The PiONEERS (Spencer Cummings) 16.0
Hitchin Hackspace (David Booth) 16.0
Ipswich Makerspace / Robot Tractorbot (Keith Ellis) 16.0
Metabot3 (John Palombo / Lance Robson) 14.0
Ely Makers (Arvind Shah) 12.0
Maidstone Hackspace (Ian Wilkinson) 12.0
Team Cybercondriac / Robot sHazBot 2 (David Pride) 12.0
PiSquared (Leo White) 12.0
Project BODSSK (Kayleigh Churchill) 10.0
Sunny Mk2 (Stevie Wray) 10.0
Seaford (Andrew Seaford) 8.0
Team Steve (Jonathan Pallant) 8.0
2 wheels or not 2 wheels (Brian Corteil) 8.0
Frankenrobot (Dulcie Turner) 7.0

Overall rankings

Beginners

1 Mr Bit (Tom Broughton)
2 CNM Hackerspace / Not Today Skynet (Kerry Bruce)
3 The PiONEERS (Spencer Cummings)
4 Team 3.14 Musketeers / Robot Bâtagnan (Mark Edwards)
5 Glitterator (Emma Norling)
6 Frankenrobot (Dulcie Turner)
7 Xero Chatterbot (Robin Blackstone)
8 Radioactive Funky Chickens (Rob Westwick)
9 Team Heroes (David Searle)
10 Project BODSSK (Kayleigh Churchill)
11 SmartPi (David Plaquin)
12 Awesome Tech (Martin Evans)
13 ZeroHero (Femi Owolade-Coombes)
14 Snapdragon (Ben Rogers)
15 Java Driven (Wesley Coffin-Jones)

Intermediates

1 Team Steve (Jonathan Pallant)
2 Maidstone Hackspace (Ian Wilkinson)
3 Team Cybercondriac / Robot sHazBot 2 (David Pride)
4 Maxeos (Alex Daily)
5 Sunny Mk2 (Stevie Wray)
6 Slice of Pi Club (Martin Eyre)
7 ICRS (Tom Hartley)
8 Ely Makers (Arvind Shah)
9 Gnasher – Revenge of the Fallen (Grahame Collins)
10 Seaford (Andrew Seaford)
11 Pithon (Nick Young)

Pros/Veterans

1 2 wheels or not 2 wheels (Brian Corteil)
2 Ipswich Makerspace / Robot Tractorbot (Keith Ellis)
3 Metabot3 (John Palombo / Lance Robson)
4 KEITH 3 – “Mostly Harmless” (Harry Merckel)
5 Hitchin Hackspace (David Booth)
6 PiSquared (Leo White)
7 Little TREV (Matt Teague)
8 Viridia (Tom Oinn)
9 PiTastrophy (James Cohen)