Cyber Showdown

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Cyber Showdown Schedule
Saturday, November 21, 2026
Iowa State University Student Innovation Center

All times listed are Central Standard Time (CST).

8:00 AM
• Doors Open

8:30 AM
• Robot Inspection Begins

9:30 AM
• Robot Inspection Closes

10:00 AM
• Qualification Matches Begin

11:00 AM
• Skills Challenge Opens

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
• Lunch Break
• Qualification Matches Paused

1:00 PM
• Qualification Matches Resume

3:30 PM
• Skills Challenge Closes
• Elimination Matches Begin

5:00 PM
• Tournament Concludes & Event Wrap-Up

Schedule Notice: This is a live robotics tournament, and all scheduled times are approximate and subject to change. We will make
every effort to remain on schedule. Lunch may be shortened if necessary, and if the tournament runs ahead of schedule, matches and
activities may begin earlier than the times listed. Teams should be prepared for schedule adjustments and listen for announcements throughout the event.

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Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Cyber Showdown 2026! While many of our key volunteer positions will be filled by members of the Cyber Robotics Club, we are always looking for additional volunteers to help ensure the event runs smoothly.

• Complimentary food during the event
• Volunteer service hours available upon request

Field Setup Incentive

If your team is willing to bring and assits setting up fields during event setup on Friday evening, your team's registration fee will be waived as a thank you for your support.

Interested?

If you are interested in volunteering or your team is willing to assist with field setup, please contact us at [email protected]

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The safety of all participants, volunteers, and spectators is our priority.

Cyber Showdown 2026 will proceed as scheduled unless weather conditions or another emergency create an unsafe environment for travel or event operations. In the event of a delay, cancel, or a change to the event is made, teams will immediately be contacted.

In the event of severe weather or another emergency:

• Updates will be communicated to registered teams via their emails and posted on the event page as soon as possible.
• If the event is delayed, teams should be prepared for an adjusted schedule.
• If the event must be canceled before competition begins, registered teams will receive a full registration refund.

Teams traveling from outside the Ames area should monitor local weather forecasts and allow extra travel time if adverse weather is expected.

For questions regarding weather-related updates or emergency procedures, please contact [email protected]

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Full payment is due 1 weeks prior to the event unless an alternate payment method has been discussed with the primary coach/mentor of the team and the Event Partner. After this, unpaid teams will be moved to the waitlist allowing other teams a chance to attend the event. In this case, the EP will reach out to the teams on the waitlist to confirm whether they are still interested in the event. Waitlisted teams will be added in the order of those who have attended fewer competitions and then to those registered to the waitlist earlier. A team selected from the waitlist will have 24 hrs from the timestamp of the reminder email to confirm attendance and pay the registration fee.

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 
All teams currenty regisitered will recieve a full refund. These refunds will be sent out roughly a month following the intended event date.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
If a team completes registration for the event and decides to withdraw less than 2 weeks before the event or the team decides not to attend the day of the competition, they will not receive a refund. This is a hard deadline.

Teams running late should immediately inform the Event Partner or notify someone already at the event who can relay this information to the Event Partner. Extenuating circumstances will be handled on a case-by-case basis at the sole discretion of the Event Partner.
Please contact the EP with any questions or to discuss alternate forms of payment.
 

Webcast-lähetys

https://www.youtube.com/@VEXUCyber

We will be livestreaming the event.

Tuomarointimuoto

Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact.

Notebook submission date will be Friday, November 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM CST.

As Cyber Robotics at Iowa State Univeristy is the host of this competition and will be running the judging, Cyber will not be eligible for any judged award to ensure the competition is fair to all present.

If you have any questions regarding judging, please contact us at [email protected]

Smart Field Robot Preparation

We will be using the Smart Field Control system for running our matches for both qualification and skills. Two requirements are making sure your robot firmware is up-to-date and the team number is correctly set to allow the field controller to identify your robot when you connect to the field.

Updating Firmware (Required)

Double check the robot brain is up to date with the latest version of VEXos. To check, power on your robot and navigate to Devices → Brain Icon and see the version number on the right. It should read “VEXos 1.1.5”.

If you are on an older version of VEXos, connect your robot to your laptop used to program. Navigate to the update utility: for PROS users, go to the quick actions toolbar in VSCode and click on V5 Brain → Update VEXos and follow the pop-up prompts on the bottom right. If using the VEX Robotics VSCode Extension, an option to update will be provided in the Vex Device Info Panel, usually on the left side of VSCode window.

Changing Team Number (Required)

Double check that your robot has your team number correctly set to allow the field control to identify your robot when you connect to the field control. To check, power on your robot and navigate to Devices → Brain Icon and see the team number on the top left. Your team number should be present.

If your team number is not listed there, or a different team is listed, connect your robot to your laptop used to program. If using PROS, go to the quick actions toolbar and click on V5 Brain → Set Team Number. If using the VEX Robotics VSCode Extension, go to the Vex Device Info Panel → V5 Brain → Brain → system and hover over the team number. An edit icon will appear on the right.

Click the icon. For both options, an input field will appear on the top of your screen. Enter your team number as you are registered with and the capital letter of your team (ie. 12345A). Do not add any whitespace. Press enter and double check on the robot.

Changing Team Number (Optional)

The VEX brain also allows you to change the robot name. This is not required and has no effect on the robot. Look for the Set Robot Name option, which can be found near the Set Team Number options listed above.

What if I Don't Use VEX VSCode or PROS?

Other programming softwares and the web-based programming tool will have similar locations for updating VEXos and changing the team number.