Category: Phenomenon
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NHRL Grand Finals 2025
After the October event Phenomenon was in good shape. The only repair to be made was to replace the ground wire on the switch. Its relative success in its fights (especially against Touro Feather) indicated a good setup for Finals. Because of this, efforts were turned to Vorion leading up…
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NHRL October 2025
The preparation for the October begins the moment that the fight with MegatRon in June ended. Though Phenomenon came away from the fight largely intact, there was distinct damage done that had to be addressed. MegatRon’s shot to the fork and lifter revealed their frailty. Not to downplay MegatRon’s power,…
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NHRL June 2025
Background June NHRL began immediately after Phenomenon lost in RCL. As I noted in that event report, after observing issues with the hubmotors the robot was shut down and didn’t fight again explicitly to preserve it for June. This event held high stakes since Phenomenon didn’t qualify due to losing…
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Robot Combat League Championship 2025
March NHRL Post-Mortem The last event Phenomenon competed at was March NHRL where it squared off against Emulsifier after a harrowing rush to get everything together. Though ultimately it lost due to the robot being turned off, I realized that the weapon system was ultimately still a big issue to…
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NHRL March 2025
At the end of the month-long, three-event stretch for the 30lbers is the March NHRL qualifier! This event was what the entire strategy was based around: all of the learnings from February NHRL and Motorama were geared toward two goals: qualifying both bots and defeating the historical top dog of…
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NERC Robot Conflict Motorama 2025
Though the NHRL February event came before Motorama this year, Motorama always holds a special place in the annual robot calendar. Long before NHRL, Motorama was the premium eastern U.S. robot event and for a time was the largest event in North America, potentially the world. It was where I…
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NHRL Grand Finals 2024
This is it, the grand finals. All the year-long strategy comes down to this event with all of the highest stakes. The prize pool is certainly one high stake as NHRL’s finals boast the largest prize pool of any event with a whopping $15,000 for the 30lb champion with $6,000…
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NHRL June Qualifier 2024
Phenomenon rides again to do some testing! This primarily focuses on the event, but more detail will be added to the Phenomenon page under 2024 later on for an even deeper dive into the methodology. Watch the fight compilation video here! After the June Teams event, it was clear Vorion…
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