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Official Q&A: VEX IQ Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Mix & Match

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2717: Interaction between Beam, Floor goal and Standoff Goal

Cody Riechert
12-Jul-2025

In <SC6>, it states:

A Stack earns a Matching Goal bonus when one or more of the following criteria is met: a. The Stack is Placed in a Goal with a color that matches the bottom Pin in that Stack. b. The Stack is Connected to a Beam.

Additionally <SC5c>, states

The Stack meets one of the following criteria: i. The Stack is entirely within the center outline that defines the Floor Goal (maximum of four (4) Stacks). ii. The Stack is entirely within a Square Goal (maximum of one (1) Stack per Goal). iii. The Stack is entirely within a Triangle Goal (maximum of three (3) Stacks per Goal). iv. The Stack is Connected to the Standoff Goal or (via a Beam) to another Stack that is Placed on the Standoff Goal (maximum of one (1) Stack without including a Beam, or three (3) Stacks if all share a Beam).

Given these Rules, how would the 2 scenarios below be scored?

Scenario 1 sees a stack of 3 pins and 1 beam extending off of the floor goal so that the beam connects to the standoff goal, with another stack of 2 on top of connected to the beam. With this would the stack on top of the beam be considered placed on the floor goal because it is connected to the beam, or placed on the standoff goal?

Additionally, Scenario 2 sees the same scenario but now the beam is considered connected to the standoff goal due to an added pin in between the standoff goal and the beam. Would this change the outcome of the Scenario?

[Example Image] <img src="https://events.vex.com/storage/markdown/uploads/yWlqOTSMmEe4JVdN83aYbIq8kaCxIvd0zAmYqKV6.jpg" height="200" /> [Example Image] <img src="https://events.vex.com/storage/markdown/uploads/ehr1XotVPCHRT9dAgEmFtrg0CFIbZ8TttkEAkFF6.jpg" height="200" />

Lastly, SC5c also states that there is a maximum of 4 stacks in the floor goal, if a robot would push 3 more stacks into the floor goal, would any of the stacks be not considered within the floor goal given the results of the above 2 scenarios?

SC5   SC6  
Answered by committee
17-Jul-2025

Thank you for your questions. Clause c.iv of rule <SC5> will be revised as follows in the next game manual update to clarify how Stacks can qualify as Placed in the Standoff Goal.

The Stack is above the Standoff Goal in one of the following configurations:

  • The Stack is Connected to the Standoff Goal
  • The Stack is Connected up from a Beam that is Connected to the Standoff Goal
  • The Stack is Connected up from a Beam that is part of another Stack that is Connected to the Standoff Goal

Because the rightmost Stack in each of your Scenarios is built "down" from the Beam rather than "up" from the Beam, it is not considered Placed in the Standoff Goal, it is considered Placed in the Floor Goal, and it will count toward the maximum number of four Stacks that can be Placed in the Floor Goal.

As a result, your scenario 1 would be scored as:

  • 8 Connected Pins
  • 1 Connected Beam
  • 3 three-color Stacks
  • 3 Matching Goal bonuses
  • 1 Stack Placed on the Standoff Goal

Your scenario 2 would be scored as:

  • 11 Connected Pins
  • 1 Connected Beam
  • 1 two-color Stack
  • 3 three-color Stacks
  • 4 Matching Goal bonuses
  • 2 Stacks Placed on the Standoff Goal