For Global Finals 2024, the flow of the tournament will be as follows: 

We are excited to welcome your team to Kansas City for Global Finals 2024! The tournament flow this year will look a little different from previous years and from what you may have experienced at your local tournaments. For Global Finals 2024, the flow of the tournament will be as follows: 

• Approximately 40 minutes before your Presentation, you should begin moving all props and items necessary for your Team Challenge Presentation into the Pre-Prep Area. The Pre-Prep Area will be clearly marked for your Challenge and level and will be close to your Presentation Site. The Pre-Prep Area Appraiser will check to make sure all of your team’s required forms are complete and that all team members are present.
  • • Note for Engineering Teams: Please plan to be in the Pre-Prep Area 50 minutes prior to your scheduled Presentation time to account for the longer Prep check in process.
• Approximately 20 minutes (30 minutes for Engineering teams) before your Presentation, your team will move from the Pre-Prep Area to the Prep Area to complete the check in process.
• At your team’s scheduled Team Challenge Presentation time, you will move all of your props and other items from the Prep Area into the Launch Area inside the Team Challenge Presentation Site and complete your Team Challenge Presentation. 
• There will be 40 minutes between the end of your Team Challenge Presentation time and your scheduled Instant Challenge time. Please make sure to review the Site Flow maps in the Team Manager letters so you know where your team members will be going for their Instant Challenge.
• Immediately following your Team Challenge Presentation, your team will move your props and items out of the Team Challenge Presentation Site and into the Prop Drop area designated for your Challenge and Level. If your team has supporters, they may move your props and other Team Challenge Presentation items back to Prop Storage, the dumpster area, or vehicles at this time. The Prop Drop Area will be very close to the Team Challenge Presentation Site. Your team will have approximately 20 minutes to move your props, remove any large or restrictive costume items that may interfere with the Instant Challenge, and begin heading to your Instant Challenge Prep Area. No Team Challenge Presentation items will be allowed in the Instant Challenge room.  
• You will arrive in the Instant Challenge Prep Area approximately 20 minutes prior to your scheduled Instant Challenge. The Instant Challenge Prep Area Appraiser will check that all team members who will participate in the Instant Challenge are present, that your team will honor the Instant Challenge promise, and that you will not take any prohibited items into the Instant Challenge room. 
• At your team’s scheduled Instant Challenge time, your team members and up to one Team Manager will enter the Instant Challenge room and complete your Instant Challenge. 
• Immediately following your Instant Challenge, your team will return to the Prop Drop Area  to gather any items you may have left there.