Wellington Acamis Regional Qualifiers - VIQRC

Wellington Regional Qualifiers - VIQRC

Date
24-Jan-2026 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VIQRC-25-3127
Program
VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Event Type
School-Based Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
52
Spots Open
12
Event Region
East China
Max Registrations per Organization
10
Standard Registration Opens
17-Oct-2025 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
12-Dec-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
12-Dec-2025 12:00 EST
Price
$100.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

General Info

Welcome to our annual ACAMIS VEX IQ Regionals event at Wellington College International Shanghai. This event is only open to international schools.

Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026

Our School Address:
Wellington College International Shanghai
1500 Yaolong Road
New Pudong District, Shanghai 201206
Tel: +86 21 5185 3866

Meals

Registration includes lunch on January 24. Free water dispensers are available throughout the school, and additional snacks can be purchased from local amenities opposite the school.

Suggested Hotels

Artyzen Habitat Qiantan Shanghai (Most preferred)
596 West Yangsi Road, Pudong, Shanghai, P.R. China, 200126
上海市浦东新区杨思西路596号
Phone: (86 21) 5027 8888

Shangri-La Qiantan Shanghai
No. 551 Haiyang West Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai
上海市浦东新区海阳西路551号
Phone: (86 21) 5030 8888

Artyzen New Bund 31 Shanghai
666 West Haiyang Road, Pudong, Shanghai
上海市浦东新区海阳西路666弄20号
Phone: (86 21) 2058 9999

Kimpton Qiantan Shanghai
Block 9, Lane 199 Qiantan Avenue, Pudong District, Shanghai
上海市浦东新区前滩大道199弄9号
Phone: (86 21) 2086 9999

Payment Information


Cost: 100 USD per team

Note: Payment must be made in RMB by wire transfer or cash. When completing the checkout process while joining the tournament, choose Pay Later. We will send an invoice to the contact email provided.

Event Details

Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

To keep the judging as transparent and unbiased as possible, please provide one coach from your institution to partner up with a Wellington Volunteer for interviewing and notebook marking. The expectations for this is roughly 2 hours of the day.

Maximum Teams: 52 (Max 10 teams per school)


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 24-Jan-2026

Venue/Location:
Wellington College International Shanghai
Yaolong Road Puding New Area
Shanghai, Shanghai 200124
China

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Agenda

Agenda

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

  • Team Check-In, Robot Inspection, and Pit Setup
  • Start early to ensure inspections are completed promptly. Encourage early arrival.

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM

  • Opening Ceremonies and Event Meetings
  • Review the day’s agenda, safety reminders, and rules clarifications
  • Introduction of volunteers and judges

8:45 AM – 11:30 AM

  • Qualification Matches & Robot Skills Challenge Rounds
  • Each team will have 8 matches (bottom 2 scores ignored by Tournament Manager)
  • Teamwork Challenge runs concurrently on two tables
  • Skills Challenge available from 9:30 AM

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

  • Quick Lunch Break
  • Teams should eat quickly and return for the afternoon sessions

12:00 PM – 3:30 PM

  • Continue Qualification Matches & Judging
  • Complete remaining matches
  • Finals Matches
  • Skills matches close at 3:00 PM

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

  • Finals Matches announced based on the top 10 teams
  • Alliances formed automatically by ranking (1st with 2nd, 3rd with 4th, etc.)
  • One match per alliance
  • Awards calculation and event tidy-up

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM

  • Awards Ceremony & Closing Remarks
  • Announce award winners for Teamwork Challenge, Design, Excellence, and Skills
  • Group photos and closing remarks

Volunteer

Parent volunteers will be helping out during the event.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

Will be communicated 1 week before the event

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: All monies will be refunded.

 

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: Non refundable.

 

Judging Format

Please review the following Judging Format options and keep the ones that apply to your event, and delete the others that do not apply.

  • All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.

Waitlist

1 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

Please login to add or remove teams from the waiting list.