Transformers Cross Country Championship

Poster for the 11th Transformers Cross Country in 2019.
Transformers Cross Country
Date	End January - Early February
Place	Cybertron

The Transformers Cross Country Championship is the annual national championship for cross country racing for the Transformers in KB Fan Fiction's Transformers universe. The championship is generally held in end-January and early February and it serves as a way of designating the champion for both races of Transformers, as well as being held parallel with the Cybertronian Run, which was first held in 2003.

The competition, run under the auspices of KB Fan Fiction Productions, traces its history back to 2009. The competition is held every year since. It was previously known at the Cybertronian Run since 2003 and it gained its current moniker in 2009 (although it retains the original name which continued). In mid 2014, the race is given another unofficial name: the Transformers Legends Race (TFLR). The first TFLR will coincide with the 8^th TFCC in 2016.

There are two categories for every championship: the Autobots and the Decepticons. Each race awards medals on an individual basis and a team basis (where the performances by athletes belonging to a certain running club are combined). The teams are named after the Big Four clubs at the Barclays Premier League: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.

Competition history

TFCC Edition	Cybertronian Run Edition	TFLR Edition	Year	Tagline	Autobot Champion	Decepticon Champion	BPL Fan Club Champion
1st	7th	N/A	2009	Transform and Roll Out	Jazz	Starscream	Manchester United
2nd	8th	N/A	2010	They're Back to Run Again	Optimus Prime	Megatron	Chelsea
3rd	9th	N/A	2011	The Ultimate Race to Win	Cheetor	Megatron	Liverpool
4th	10th	N/A	2012	When the Going Gets Tough	Arcee	Megatron	Chelsea
5th	11th	N/A	2013	The Race For Cybertron	Arcee	Megatron	Chelsea
6th	12th	1st	2014	Transwarped	Optimus Prime	The Fallen	Chelsea
7th	13th	2nd	2015	Age of Champions	Optimus Prime	Galvatron	Chelsea
8th	14th	3rd	2016	Heavy Metal Race	Optimus Prime	Megatron	Manchester United
9th	15th	4th	2017	The Racing Knights	Vector Prime	Galvatron	Arsenal
10th	16th	5th	2018	Forged to Race	Arcee	Barricade	Chelsea
11th	17th	6th	2019	Their Sport, Their World	Arcee	Barricade	Arsenal
12th	18th	7th	2020	Racing Robots in Disguise	Optimus Prime	Predaking	Manchester United
13th (Virtual Run)	19th	N/A	2021	The Inaugural Virtual Cybertronian Run Challenge
14th (Virtual Run)	20th	N/A	2022	Race to Combat the Cybonic Plague

The 13th Transformers Cross Country as a virtual run

In late 2020, the Cybonic plague epidemic struck several cities in Cybertron, killing thousands of Transformers in its wake. It persisted for several months, causing the 13th Transformers Cross Country, which was supposed to be held in January of 2021, to be cancelled. Later, the TFCC officials agreed to hold a virtual version of the run during an online conference, making the reinstated 13th Transformers Cross Country the first virtual run in the history of the event. In the event, held throughout the month of October 2021, contestants must register for the TFCC's virtual simulation program online and run the course in their own residences through the simulation program.

Competition Rules and Regulations

1. All contestants should follow the track and be in vehicle/beast mode throughout the cross country running.
2. Any contestant whose alternate mode is an immobile object (e.g. a toaster; a weapon, etc.) is allowed to run the course in robot or beast mode.
3. For contestants with multiple alternate modes (e.g. Triple-Changers; Six-Changers; beast-vehicle changers), they can be allowed to run the course in both modes, as long as it is not in robot mode.
4. For contestants with two or more separated alternate modes (e.g. Duocons), their placing will be taken when both vehicle components reach the finish line.
   1. E.g: A Duocon contestant has alternate modes of a jet and a tank that are separated during transformation. The jet component reaches the finish line first, followed by the tank component. The contestant’s placing is taken based on the finishing time of the tank component, which came later.
5. Emergency medical teams should be immediately contacted if there is any injury or damage to contestants.
6. Contestants must not spend more than 10 minutes at the re-fuelling stations.
7. Should any contestant’s home be within the course, they are only allowed to return home for re-fuelling only, but must not stay there for more than 10 minutes (see rule number 6)
8. Guns and other weapons are strictly prohibited in the course (unless they are permanently attached onto any part of the contestant’s body). Should the contestant’s alternate mode be a firearm or weapon, that contestant should obey rule number 2.
9. For contestants with vehicle modes, speed limits vary according to vehicle.
10. Combiner teams should not combine while running the course.
11. Any exhausted contestant should contact a re-fuelling team to refuel.
12. Any of these rule-breaking actions will result in disqualification and should be reported to any official immediately during the course:
    1. oil-slicking
    2. sabotage
    3. road-hogging
    4. road-raging
    5. bumper-to-bumper violence
    6. bomb-sweeping (for aircraft)
    7. attacking other contestants
    8. deafening booms of more than 100 decibels
    9. setting traps
    10. beating the red light
    11. not following signs
    12. misleading other contestants