REK says its simulator champions Suslike and Andy were flown to San Francisco to pilot real robots at REK 2
In a 14 September video, REK describes a simulator-first route to real robots: two simulator champions flown to San Francisco to fight each other at REK 2. The description does not square with the earlier reports of the final, and the '$60K' in the title is unverified.
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REK's own account of how it picks robot pilots is older than its REK 2.1 announcement. On 14 September 2026, REK posted a video titled "How to Control $60K Combat Robots", and its description says two pilots reached real robots by winning REK's simulator.
What REK says. The description reads: "After they won our simulator championship, we flew Suslike and Andy to San Francisco to control REAL robots. They competed against each other in REK2, America's first 6ft foot tall humanoid robot fight." It adds "Here's their story" and links to rek.com/sim, where REK invites people to train to become a robot pilot. The video is on REK's official YouTube channel; Roboxing checked the title and channel through YouTube's embed service and read the description from the channel feed.
Why it matters. The route in the description, simulator first and real robot second, is the same one REK is using in its REK 2.1 playoffs, where the best simulator pilots are promised the chance to pilot a real humanoid robot at a live REK event. The video shows that REK described the route as a finished process for REK 2, and not only as a plan for REK 2.1.
How it fits the record. Roboxing's earlier REK 2 story, based on two Japanese outlets, has Hiroyuki Osone beating SUSLIKE in the final on 15 August 2026 in San Francisco. REK's description names SUSLIKE and a second pilot called Andy and says they competed against each other. Roboxing has not seen that bout, so it does not say whether Andy is another name for a pilot already on the record, whether they met in an earlier round, or whether the two accounts describe different bouts. The reports of the final and REK's description are not contradictory on what they say, but they do not line up either.
What the title claims. "$60K" appears only in the title. The description gives no price, and Roboxing has not seen a REK statement of what its robots cost, so the figure is REK's headline and not a verified price. Roboxing's cost explainer lists the prices that named sources have published for the machines the leagues use.
What is not known. Roboxing has not watched the video, so it does not report what it shows or what the pilots say. REK has not published here how many people entered the simulator championship, when it was held or what it paid.