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Official Q&A: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Push Back
2852: Clarification on Parked Criteria
The Parking criteria (SC4 Section A part b) specifies:
b. The Robot is not contacting any Field Elements other than the **inside face of the Field Perimeter,** the
Floor inside of its Alliance-colored Park Zone, and/or the plastic extrusions and connectors that are part
of the Park Zone. Contact with these allowed elements is not required.
What is constituted as the inside face of the Field perimeter, is the top of perimeter consider inside face?
Cases (assume all cases the parked robot satisfy all other requirement of SC4 except section A part b)
- The robot is in the park zone only contact the top of the perimeter.
- The robot is in the park zone contact inside face of the field perimeter and top of the perimeter.
- The robot is in the park zone contact inside face of the field perimeter, top of the perimeter and the outfacing perimeter.
- The robot is in the park zone not contacting anything but has parts extended outside of the perimeter.
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Answered by committee
Hi, Stanley, and thanks for your question!
The top surface and outside face of the Field Perimeter do not count as the inside face of the Field Perimeter. Therefore, the Robot would only be considered Parked in case #4.