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Official Q&A: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Push Back
2648: Broken Plastic R25 Clarification
<R25> states that teams are allowed a maximum of 12 individual pieces of custom plastic. <R3> states that teams that are found to violation of a Robot rule during or immediately after a match are to be disqualified from said match.
Assuming a robot has passed inspection initially with 12 pieces of custom plastic, but then in the course of a match a pieces breaks in half, will the robot be disqualified from that match due to having 13 pieces of custom plastic?
Teams will not be penalized if custom plastic pieces break mid Match, but will be expected to replace them or remove extra pieces before the next Match.
Teams deemed to be intentionally using custom plastic pieces that are designed or intended to "break" during a Match will then be in violation of rules <R25>, <G1>, <R3>, and <R4>.