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Official Q&A: VEX IQ Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Mix & Match
2913: Starting Pin leaves the field
Rule SG4 states " Scoring Objects that leave the Field during a Match may be reintroduced by a Loader in accordance with <SG6>". Since it doesn't state anywhere that I can find, the referee replaces objects that leave the field back in their original position, my students believe that if their robot knocks the starting pin off it's holder and it falls onto the floor instead of into the field, it will still count as "Starting pin cleared."
Is that correct?
Answered by committee
As described in <SC7>, "A Starting Pin is Cleared if no part of its Starting Pin Support is within the volume of a Pin at the end of the Match."
There is no requirement that a Starting Pin remain inside the Field to be considered Cleared.