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Official Q&A: VEX IQ Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Mix & Match
3099: Size restriction exceeded with piece detaching
I am a head referee and while watching a recent competition, I witnessed a team disqualified after the completion of a match because a cord to a motor became disconnected. The head referee explained to the team that it was because they exceed width restriction in a match. Could you provide clarification with this rule? I assumed that unintentional violation of this rule, like a piece breaking loose during a match, would not be grounds for disqualification. I have more competitions coming up and would like to educate my teams if this is a risk.
There are no exceptions to the horizontal and vertical expansion limits in rules <SG2> and <SG3>. If a Robot breaks and becomes out of size, the Drive Team Members can avoid a Disqualification for the Match by retrieving the Robot using the process described in <GG10>, repairing it, and returning it to the Field. Continuing to play the game would qualify as a Score Affecting Violation and result in a Disqualification for the Match.