Official Q&A: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2026-2027: Override

Usage Guidelines

Welcome to the official VEX V5 Robotics Competition Question & Answer system, where all registered teams have the opportunity to ask for official rules interpretations and clarifications. This Q&A system is the only source for official V5RC rules clarifications, and the clarifications made here from the Game Design Committee (GDC) are considered as official and binding as the written Game Manual itself.

Please review the Q&A Usage Guidelines before posting. This system is only intended for specific V5RC game rules questions.


New Questions 26 New Answers 22

3180: Clarification on Quadrant Naming and Identification

Jerry Lum (Event Partner)
3-Jul-2026
New Question SG1  

3179: Clarification of AWP

68678M
30-Jun-2026
New Question New Answer SC8  

3175: SC2 Partially Covered = Scored / Invisible?

Drew Marston
25-Jun-2026
New Question New Answer SC2  

3171: SC4 Don't touch my toggle ... where?

Drew Marston
25-Jun-2026
New Question New Answer SC4  

3170: SG4(a) - Clarification on removal of deflected game objects

Anissh Guruprasad (Event Partner)
23-Jun-2026
New Question New Answer SG4  

3166: SG6 - Clarification on Possession vs Plowing

UNSW
18-Jun-2026
New Question New Answer SG6  

3164: Match Load Placement Clarification

TNTN
16-Jun-2026
New Question New Answer SG11  

3161: Position of Alliance Station with reference to loader position.

David Sankey (Event Partner)
7-Jun-2026
New Question New Answer SG11  

3159: Interaction Between Alliance-Assisted Recovery of a Tipped Robot and Defensive Play

Michael Leist (Event Partner)
29-May-2026
New Question GG14   GG15   GG17  

3157: R16 Vision Sensor Legality and legal parts list concerns

Charles Jeffries
27-May-2026
New Question New Answer R16