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

3156: Legality of Brain-Controlled LEDs via Custom Non-VEX Wire and Solderless Crimp into a 3-Wire Port

Joseph Ostgarden (Event Partner)
27-May-2026
New Question R23   R28  

3154: Clarification of AWP Criteria

Jeremiah Yang
23-May-2026
New Question New Answer SC8  

3153: Clarification on Classification of Stacked Game Elements and Removal of Elements

32K
22-May-2026
New Question New Answer SC2   SG9   SG10  

3152: VEX Pressure Gauge must goes on the robot?

16842J
18-May-2026
New Question New Answer R26  

3151: Is the heat dissipation for motor legal?

16842J
18-May-2026
New Question New Answer R16  

3148: Inquiry on the Application of R23 Part (a) on COTS and Previously Anodized Parts

32K
17-May-2026
New Question New Answer R23  

3147: Inquiry on Broadness of R23 Application

32K
17-May-2026
New Question New Answer R23  

3146: 2mm thickness plastic legal?

16842J
16-May-2026
New Question New Answer R24  

3140: Legality of Legacy (SMC) Pneumatics

8301E
15-May-2026
New Question New Answer R19  

3138: Substituting Colored Field Tape for White Tape

Jeremiah Yang
14-May-2026
New Question New Answer T6