The UK
won the
World Finals
last year.
We're
how
it
happens
again.
Will your brand be on the shirt?
FIRST LEGO League International Open Championship · Guadalajara, Mexico · 27–30 May 2026
Nine
kids.
One
robot.
A
likely
World
Champion.
We’re nine kids from Croydon and Wallington. We meet every Sunday. Three years ago we didn’t know anything about robotics or coding. The team · This deck was written by their parents, with the team’s words throughout.
Self-funded, out-of-school team. Three FLL seasons. Kent Regional Champions. UK National Knockout Champions.
In April we became UK National Knockout Champions. We came second in the UK on Robot Performance — with our robot scoring 485 on a misaligned table. We have hit 540+ in practice runs. The fix is mechanical, not strategic.
We are now representing the UK at the FIRST LEGO League International Open Championship in Mexico. 90 teams. 30+ countries.
A UK team won this title last year. We are the next one in line.
The UK has won this before.
RealTech Bot from the UK won the FIRST LEGO League World Festival in 2025. They flew home with the trophy.
The UK is not a participant in this competition. It is a contender. When a UK team wins, the story travels. National press. LinkedIn. School networks. The brands on those shirts get featured in every photo, every interview, every recap reel for the next 12 months.
Last year that was someone else's logo. This year it could be yours.
We are not flying to Mexico to take part. We are flying to win. Lord of the Bricks · after the UK National Finals
This is not a school project.
We built an AI assistant for a real partner. It’s live on their website right now.
Ken kept telling us about Kent Archaeological Society. So we built it for them. KAS isn’t a client — they’re a partner. We solved their problem, not the AI problem we wanted to solve. The team
KAS holds 150 years of historical records. Over 10,000 pages of journals, reports, and artefacts. People used to email them constantly because the data was impossible to search.
We built them a Multi-Persona AI Assistant. Three modes: archaeologist, public, student. Searches every page in seconds. Built in Replit. Powered by Claude. Production-grade RAG and AGUI systems.
It went live in January. It has been featured in their newsletter. We have already published a generic source-code blueprint so other historical societies can deploy the same system.
The Innovation Project is 33% of the championship score. Ours is built for a real partner and live in production. Most of the field is not.
This computer programme is no mere computer game, but a serious piece of work that will be of great value to Historians and Archaeologists alike. Ken · retired archaeologist & team mentor
Kent Archaeological Society — Multi-Persona AI Assistant
We finished second in the UK on a misaligned table.
Our robot has scored 540+ in practice. It will hit 500+ in Mexico.
We named it World Dominator. Don’t laugh. We were 10. The team
At UK Nationals we scored 485. That put us second in the country on Robot Performance. What most people don’t know: our practice table had the wrong alignment depth. The robot was running blind on calibration we’d built for a different setup.
We have already corrected the issue. In trial runs since, World Dominator has scored above 540 multiple times. 545 is the top of the field. Few teams hit it. Our path to it is mechanical, repeatable, measured.
(post-fix)
2nd in the UK
measured, documented
per mission
15 missions
top of the field
We are not hoping. We are calibrating.
We
don't
just
build
for
school.
We
build
for
the
public.
People reached with our microplastics education project (2024–25 season).
of Parliament
Invited to present our work.
Croydon
Recognised at the Croydon AI Summit for STEM education impact.
And now: Multi-Persona AI live on the Kent Archaeological Society website. Three years of public-facing work. Real users. Real impact. Real proof.
We don't disappear after the season ends. Whatever you back, the story keeps going.
Nine
kids.
Two
parents.
We
started
not
knowing
how
to
code.
The kids: Esha, Anaisa, Guhan, Arvin, Sakthi, Flossie, Toby, Elliot, Aliaa. Different schools across Croydon and Wallington. Same Sunday meet-up every week for three years.
The coaches are their parents — Loge, a doctor, and Karthic, an IT specialist. Neither knew how robotics worked when this started. They learned alongside the team.
What we're flying to win.
The FIRST LEGO League International Open Championship Mexico 2026 is the world stage for school robotics.
Centro Cultural Universitario, University of Guadalajara, Jalisco. 27–30 May 2026.
Teams are scored on three things: Robot Performance, Innovation Project, and Core Values. Champions need all three. Most teams have one. Some have two. We have built all three from scratch over nine months.
You are not buying four days in Mexico.
You are buying a 12-month story arc with a team that compounds.
Most school sponsorships go cold after the cheque clears. Ours doesn't. Here is what your investment actually buys:
The build-up
- Co-branded launch on LinkedIn
- Press release with your name
- Build-up content series
- Sponsor visit day
- Behind-the-scenes reels
Mexico, live
- Daily reels & posts from Guadalajara
- Brand on shirts in 30+ country media
- Pit banner at the World Finals
- Live press if we podium
The story keeps going
- Branded impact report (PDF)
- School visits — your brand named
- Long-form video documentary
- Continued content into next season
We are nine kids in our third year. We are not done. Whoever backs us this year is on the shirt for what comes next.
Sponsorship
is
not
a
logo
placement.
It's
a
story.
Sponsoring Lord of the Bricks gives your brand a year of evidence-rich, story-led content with clear ROI for your CSR, ESG, brand, and recruitment teams.
On the kit. In the press.
Logo on team kit (shirts, caps, banners, kit bags). Pit display at the World Finals. Co-branded launch announcement. Live coverage from Mexico across our channels.
Daily output you can use.
Daily reels and posts from Mexico, your brand tagged. Photo and video assets you can use in your own marketing. Quote rights from team members and parents. Cross-promotion through UK STEM influencer collaborations.
CSR / ESG ready.
Post-event impact report (PDF) for CSR / ESG reporting. Sponsor visit day at the team's prep session. School visits post-event — your brand named when the team teaches 500+ kids about AI and robotics.
The narrative is yours.
Press release co-branded with your name. Media coverage, social proof, recruitment-ready footage of UK youth in STEM at the world stage.
Five ways to back the team.
| Tier | Investment | Slots | Logo placement | Content rights | Visit / report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title Partner | £10,000 | 1 | Front of shirt + cap | Full | Sponsor visit + branded report |
| Platinum | £5,000 | 2 | Top-back of shirt + cap side | Full | Branded report |
| Gold | £2,500 | 4 | Sleeve + lower back + pit banner | Standard | Report |
| Silver | £1,000 | 8 | Kit bag + thank-you reel | Social | Report |
| Friends of the Team | £250+ | Open | Website | Social shoutout | — |
In-kind partnerships welcome at every tier — flights, hotel, kit, equipment, media.
The shirt these brands have worn.
Past UK teams at the FLL World Finals have been backed by:
This is the calibre of partner the UK delegation attracts.
We have not signed a sponsor for 2026 yet — we were confirmed for the World Finals this morning. All five tiers are open. First mover gets the strongest story: Title Partner of the next likely UK World Champion, named in every photo from Mexico, every recap reel, every post-event press piece.
This is who’s worn the shirt before us. We’re hoping for the calibre that comes next. The team
£30,000 to put the UK on the world stage.
| Line item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Flights (LHR–GDL, return, 11 travellers) | £9,500 |
| Accommodation (5 nights, group rate) | £6,200 |
| Ground transport | £1,800 |
| Tournament registration & spectator badges | £2,300 |
| Robot, equipment, spares, shipping | £1,400 |
| Team kit (shirts, caps, banner, pit display) | £2,500 |
| Travel insurance | £1,100 |
| Pre-event prep | £900 |
| Food & per diem | £2,800 |
| Contingency (10%) | £1,500 |
| Total | £30,000 |
Every pound raised goes to the team. Parents fund their own travel separately. Full receipted breakdown included in the post-event report.
Back
a
likely
UK
World
Champion.
Will your brand be on the shirt?
A UK team won this title last year. The trophy is coming back to Britain. We are flying to Mexico to win it. We have the robot, the innovation project, the team, and the proof.
We are looking for partners who want to be in the photo when it happens.
T−20 DAYS · Funding window closes once we book flights and kit. Title Partner enquiries answered within 24 hours.