Skip to Main Content
VEX Events
 
VEX Robotics

This Q&A is now read-only

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

Usage Guidelines All Questions

2925: GG13 question for violations after auton, but before driver

Katie Clark
17-Nov-2025

This question revolves around violations that happen between the buzzer of autonomous period ending and the end of the 3, 2, 1 countdown for driver control to start.

<GG13> All rules still apply in the Autonomous Period

Violation Note: In general, Minor Violations of SG rules that occur during the Autonomous Period should only affect the outcome of the Autonomous Period (i.e., the Alliance can’t win the Autonomous Bonus or earn an Autonomous Win Point) and should not be considered when determining whether a Violation has been repeated during the event."

<SG9> Match Loads may be introduced during the Match under certain conditions. a. Blocks may only be added to Loaders during the Driver Controlled Period of a Match.

At recent event, we had several instances of SG9a violations after auton, but before driver started.

Scenario: Autonomous ends. Autonomous winner declared. Before Driver starts, RED1 team member puts two blocks in loader. SG9a violation has occurred.
Instance A:

  1. Is this considered to be during autonomous and therefore GG13 (paraphrased to: ‘what happens in auton, stays in auton’) comes into play or does SG9 violation need to be tracked for future potential minor violations escalating to a major?
  2. Should the autonomous award be changed if RED had been awarded autonomous before the violation?
  3. If the SG9 violation does stay in auton, do the points for the blocks loaded illegally need to be tracked for the potential match affecting violation?

Instance B: What if above scenario happens BEFORE autonomous winner is declared? Same questions - 1, 2 & 3

GG13   SG9  
Answered by committee
20-Nov-2025

Hello, Katie. Thanks for your question!

If a Violation doesn't happen during the Autonomous Period, it cannot affect the outcome of the Autonomous Period. For the purpose of recording and tracking Violations of <SG9> or other rules that occur between the Autonomous and Driver Controlled Periods, and for considering any related Violation Notes, these Violations should be considered the same way as Violations during the Driver Controlled Period.

A Match Load Block that is added to a Loader between the periods of a Match should count toward <SG9> Violation Notes A & B.