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3211: Clarification on the Minimum Number of Students Required for Team Registration

VEX Robotics Korea (Event Partner)
20-Aug-2026

<GG11>According to <GG11>, a team may participate in a competition with only one or two students. However, Appendix E states that a team must consist of at least three students.

Does this mean that at least three students are required to register a team, but only one or two students may attend and participate in an actual competition?

I would appreciate clarification on how these two rules should be interpreted.

GG11 
Respondido por committee
27-Aug-2026

Thank you for pointing out these discrepancies. Appendix E contains outdated information that needs to be revised or removed.

First, let me clarify the <GG1> and <GG11> rules:

  • <GG1> states that each Team may send up to three Drive Team Members to their Driver Station for a Match: two Drivers and one Loader.
  • <GG11> covers the roles those two Drivers play during the Match, such as how long each Driver is allowed to operate the Robot, when Drivers are allowed to also serve as Loaders during a Match, and what happens to these roles when only one Drive Team Member is able to be present for a Match.

Now, here's the information you need to know:

  • Per the Student Eligibility Policy, a VEX IQ Robotics Competition Team requires a minimum of 2 students.
  • With two students on a Team, both students should serve as Drive Team Members at an event to fulfill all the necessary functions of a drive team for the duration of a Match. (While one Driver is operating the Robot, the other Driver will serve as the Loader, swapping roles with each other midway through the Match.)
  • With three or more students on a Team, you have the option of adding one additional student to the drive team as a dedicated Loader, for a total of three Drive Team Members.
  • All other students who are part of the Team that are not Drive Team Members may still participate at competition events in other ways, such as helping to fix the Robot if it breaks during a Match, working to improve the design or programming for the Robot, devising Match strategies with other Teams that they'll be partnered with, etc.