2-Round Qualifier - more details

As of January 20, 2024 this qualifier format is no longer used.

Handling top-seeded bots

The top-seeded bots in a weight class will get a Qualifiers Round 1 bye and be placed directly into the Boss Group. This is for two reasons.

• This ensures that no top-seeded bots fight in Qualifiers Round 1, and that a top-seeded bot doesn’t vaporize a new bot from a new builder in its very first fight.
• In order for the math to work for a 2-round Qualifier, the number of bots facing elimination must be a multiple of 4. Giving byes ensures that we can always hit this number.

To determine the number of bots to fight in Qualifiers Round 1, look up the number of bots in the tournament on the table below. If you subtract the value you find in the second column from the number of bots in the tournament, you will get the number of top bots who earn a Qualifiers Round 1 bye.

Bots in tournament	Bots in Qualifiers Round 1
8-12	8
13-17	12
18-22	16
23-26	20
27-31	24
32-35	28
36-39	32
40-43	36
44-47	40
48-51	44
52-55	48
56-63	52
64-67	56
68-71	60
72-75	64
76-79	68
80-83	72
84-91	76
91-95	80
96-99	84
100-103	88
104-107	92
108-111	96
112-115	100
116-123	104
124-127	108
128-131	112
132-135	116
136-139	120
140-143	124
144-147	128
148-155	132
156-159	136
160-163	140
164-167	144
168-171	148
172-175	152
176-183	156
184-187	160
188-191	164
192-195	168
196-199	172
200-203	176
204-211	180
212-215	184
216-219	188
220-223	192
224-227	196
228-231	200
232-235	204
236-243	208
244-247	212
248-251	216
252-255	220

For example, with 50 participants, the top 6 bots would go directly into the Boss Group. With 31 participants, the top 7 bots would go directly into the Boss Group. With 48 participants, the top 4 bots would go directly into the Boss Group. With 101 participants, the top 13 bots would go directly into the Boss Group, and so on.

Determining number of bots in each group

The number of bots who advance directly to the Boss Group has already been determined in the previous step.

That number, multiplied by 2, is the number of bots that go into the Challenger Group. These would be the bots seeded directly beneath the bots in the Boss Group.

All remaining bots go into the Rival Group.

For example, 100 bots break down like this:

• The top 12 bots advance directly to the Boss Group.
• The next 24 bots are placed in the Challenger Group.
• The remaining 64 bots are placed in the Rival Group.

There are some cases where there is no Rival Group. For example, in a 12-bot bracket, 4 bots go to the Boss Group, and the remaining 8 bots go to the Challenger Group.