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  2. 2025-26 Schedule

Competition Schedule

November 22, 2025 Round 1 Competition1 Nipmuc Regional High School
February 7, 2026 Regionals North Reading High School
March 7, 2026 Massachusetts State Finals2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
April 23-25, 2026 USAD National Finals3 Garden Grove, CA

The Essay portions for Regionals and State will be completed online on January 29-30, 2026 and February 26-27, 2026, respectively.

1. There is no cap on number of teams or students for this competition. Coaches can register as many students as they would like.↩

2. Open to the top 16 teams from the February Regionals competitions. ↩

3. The top three teams from Massachusetts will be advancing to Nationals! ↩

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