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

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2881: Beam on top of loading zone marker

17705A
28-Oct-2025

<SC3> Would the pins be considered fully nested since the beam is lifted off the field due to the loading zone marker?

And would you score this as 1 connected beam, 2 connected pins, and 2 two-color stacks for a total of 22 points?

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SC3  
Answered by committee
30-Oct-2025

Thanks for your question, Team 17705A!

We addressed similar scoring scenarios in Q&A 2830. Because we continue to get this question, we'll provide some additional details here and consider ways to clarify this scenario in the next game manual update.

When a Beam is balanced on the IQ piece that defines a Load Zone, with Pins in one or more of the holes in its top face as shown in your example:

  • Per Q&A 2830, a Scoring Object can be resting on a Load Zone, the lower portion of the Standoff Goal, or the IQ pieces on the Floor around a Square Goal and still count as Connected & Stacked if the Scoring Objects are fully nested.
  • Because the Beam isn’t flat on the Floor, the Pins are able to drop into a fully nested position.

This example is worth a total of 42 points for the following:

  • Two Connected Pins at 1 point each = 2 points
  • One Connected Beam at 10 points = 10 points
  • Two 2-color Stacks at 5 points = 10 points
  • Two Matching Goal bonuses (for Stacks connected to Beams) at 10 points = 20 points

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