VEX V5 Push Back NJ State Championship - Middle School

Middle School only

Date: 13-Mar-2026 - 14-Mar-2026 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-V5RC-25-2960
Program: VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type: Open Tournament
Event Format: In-Person
Field Control System: VEXNet Field Control
Capacity: 20
Spots Open: 4
Event Region: New Jersey
Standard Registration Opens: 31-Oct-2025 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline: 6-Mar-2026 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline: 3-Mar-2025 17:00 EST
Price: $255.00

This event is closed to registration because:

It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

Prior to State Tournament

Teams must pay prior to competing. Teams that have not paid will not be allowed to compete! Please pay RECF or make other arrangements with Davin or Josh

Congratulations on qualifying for the 2024-2025 New Jersey VEX V5 Robotics Competition Middle School State Championship for Push Back. Teams must qualify to attend by earning certain awards at qualifying events throughout the season, with the balance of remaining spots going to teams that have high skills scores at the end of the season.

This event is sponsored by the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Robot Revolution.

Please submit your Digital notebooks no later than March 6th 12:00pm. We will be doing in person judging during the event day. There will be no exceptions to this. If you have any questions about uploading a digital notebook, please feel free to reach out.

Parking will be added to the event page on March 4th.

Food order forms will be added to the event page on March 4th.

Help Wanted Volunteering

We can always use volunteers. The best place for adult volunteers is judging. We are trying to have judging at a few more events this year. Getting Judging at an events is important as it will give teams experience.

You do not need experience and will be instructed/trained by an experienced Judge Advisor. Thanks in advance.

Here is the sign up form.

http://help.robotr.school/

Drive team members will be handed wristbands during inspection to gain acess to the field. If you do not have this wristband on you will not be allowed to come to the field.

Hosted at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ.

Grade Level: Middle School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Interviews & Notebooks

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 13-Mar-2026 - 14-Mar-2026

Venue/Location:

NJIT Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility
56 Lock Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
United States

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Code of Conduct

The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.

For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.

Agenda

Friday 3/13

4:00 PM - Venue open, inspection starts, skills starts

7:30 PM - Inspection and Skills closes

8:00 PM- Venue Closes

Saturday 3/14

07:30 AM - Venue open, inspection starts, skills starts

08:30 AM - Inspection ends

09:00 AM - Opening Ceremony & Drivers' Meeting

09:30 AM - Qualification Matches start

12:30 PM - Lunch (Qualification Matches & Skills are paused)

01:30 PM - Lunch ends (Qualification Matches & Skills resume)

02:30 PM - Qualification Matches end

03:00 PM - Alliance Selection (Skills is closed)

03:30 PM - Elimination Matches start

04:30 PM - Elimination Matches end

05:00 PM - Awards

06:30 PM - Venue closes

Volunteer

Help Wanted Volunteering

You do not need experience and will be instructed/trained by an experienced Judge Advisor. Thanks in advance.

Here is the sign up form.

http://help.robotr.school/

Here is a parent testimonial about helping with judging and how it is helpful and rewarding:

"I wanted to reach out to you to share that I think all parents should volunteer to judge a competition at least once while their kids are competing. My student has been at this for 9 years and this year was the first that I judged a competition. It helped me truly understand the amount of work involved and the layers of skills learned over the years.

Until then I had glanced at notebooks and watched matches but didn't realize how detailed the notebooks were. I didn't realize the competition encourages the students to explain and show each iteration of their robot throughout the season. They even require information about each team member's role and level of participation. This was also apparent in the interviews which truly blew me away. The best interviews showed all members on the team were involved. It was clear which teams put thought and effort into their interview prep as well as reviewed the competition rules to ensure all requirements were met.

As a parent I never really knew or thought about the non technical skills Vex required from the top teams. My conversations with my kid were usually about the technical skills of building and programming and less on presentations, public speaking, teamwork, and collaboration but those are equally as important in the competition. I think experience judging would help parents understand holistically most aspects of VEX as well as appreciate the incredible program.

Here is the sign up form.

http://help.robotr.school/

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of being unable to hold the tournament, the event will be rescheduled and/or relocated. We will reach out to teams with further information if this becomes an issue.

Refund and Payment Policies

Payment in full or a valid purchase order in RobotEvents must be provided two weeks prior to the event. Teams without payment will not be allowed to participate.

Refunds will only be issued to teams requesting registration cancellation 14 or more days prior to the event AND if the spot is filled with another team. Refunds remain at the discretion of NJIT. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

No refunds will be given due to changes of date/time/venue/format due to weather or unforseen emergencies.

If the event is completely cancelled, partial refunds (less event partner expenses) will be processed by the event partner. The $5 Processing fee collected by the REC Foundation will be deducted from all refunds.

Health and Safety Policies

All participants must abide by all federal, state, and local regulations applicable to NJIT's campus. They must also abide by regulations set forth by NJIT. More information on these policies and regulations can be found at the EHS Department and the Catalog of Official University Policies. Please contact [email protected] with any questions or concerns.