Official Q&A: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Push Back

In the rulebook for skills, getting control of the long goal section in skills leads to a 5 point bonus. And, "A Control Zone is considered filled if it ends the Match containing its maximum number of ScoredBlocks, and if all Blocks in that Control Zone are the same color."<RSC2>.

Our question revolves around this part of RSC2, specifically regarding the scenario when the center control zone has as many blocks as it can have but it does not have 3 blocks "scored" in it.

Many times in skills, a team scores and gets all the balls in the control zone with the same color, as seen in the image attached, however it is only technically considered as 2 balls scored. If, a control zone is clearly filled with balls of the same color, but does not meet the criteria of 3 "scored balls" in the long goal, is there any room for lenience for the extra 5 points, or does it count as not being in the control zone.

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