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Official Q&A: VEX IQ Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Mix & Match
3053: Touching a stack
At the end of a match if a robot happens to still be touching the top pin of a 3 stack, that negates the entire stack value since the 3 pins are nested together. If that stack value doesn't count because it is fully nested, does touching only the top pin of the 3 stack qualify for touching 2 game elements for the 2 points since the pins are nested? <SC8>
At the end of a match if a robot happens to still be touching the top pin of a 3 stack, that negates the entire stack value since the 3 pins are nested together.
That is correct. Per clause B of <SC3>, none of those Pins count as Connected due to the Robot being in contact with the resulting Stack.
If that stack value doesn't count because it is fully nested, does touching only the top pin of the 3 stack qualify for touching 2 game elements for the 2 points since the pins are nested?
Per clause B of <SC8>, a Robot that ends the Match in direct contact with a Pin that is fully nested with one or more additional Scoring Objects will receive 2 points for ending the Match in contact with Scoring Objects.