The recent 2025 Hawaiʻi High and Middle School VEX V5 Robotics Regional Championships qualified 8 out of 45 Hawaiʻi VEX robotics teams to advance to the World Championship in Dallas. Across the globe, there are about 20,000 VEX Robotics teams in 45 countries participating in VEX tournaments.

Advancing from Oahu are Nanakuli High and Intermediate School, Mililani Mechs Robotics, and Waialua High and Intermediate School. Advancing from Hawaiʻi Island is Waiakea Intermediate School.

The double qualifications by these teams will allow two other Hawaiʻi teams – to be determined by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation – to advance to the VEX Worlds.

Christian Wong of Hawaii Science and Technology Museum and Jon Kitagawa of Waiakea Intermediate School won the Mentor of the Year Awards from the high school and middle school divisions, respectively.

Although a team from Keaau High School did not advance to the Worlds, they won the Think Award from the high school division.

 

 

Photo credit: Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium