East San Diego VEX IQ Level Up
VEX IQ Robotics Competition
- Date
- 5-Dec-2026 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- VE-IQ-26-66131
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- N/A
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 31
- Event Region
- California - South
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 6
- Priority Registration Opens
- 5-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Standard Registration Opens
- 19-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 4-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 11/27/2026
- Price
- $170.00
General Info
We look forward to welcoming your team to the 2026–2027 East San Diego VEX IQ Robotics Competition: Level Up on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at Tierra del Sol Middle School.
Event Details
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Location: Tierra del Sol Middle School Gym
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Address: 9611 Petite Lane, Lakeside, CA 92040
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Team Check-In: 8:45 AM PST
Please arrive with your robot ready for inspection. Concessions will be available for competitors and spectators throughout the event.
Robotics Skills Challenge
A Skills field will be available during qualification matches, allowing teams to post scores toward the World Skills Rankings. Each team may participate in up to three Driver Skills runs and three Autonomous Skills runs.
Skills will generally be available until the final qualification match begins. However, the Event Partner reserves the right to adjust the Skills schedule if unforeseen circumstances require a change.
Judging and Engineering Notebooks
Judging will take place in person. Teams must bring a physical copy of their engineering notebook and submit it in person for judging.
Code of Conduct
Please review the Code of Conduct Policy provided by the Global Robotics and Science Foundation before attending. All participants are expected to uphold the event's behavioral and ethical standards. Individuals or teams who fail to meet these expectations may be asked to leave the event. No refunds will be issued in these circumstances.
Pit Area, Inspection, and Practice Fields
Each team may have one coach in the pit area. The inspection area, Skills fields, and practice fields are reserved for students and event staff only.
Parents, friends, and other individuals associated with your team are asked to respect these boundaries and refrain from entering the restricted areas. Thank you for your understanding and for helping us maintain a safe, organized, and student-centered event!
Parking
Teams are able to park in the main lot or upper lot. Parking alongside the school(street parking) is available as it is non-school day. Please do not block any entryways or exits.
We appreciate your participation and look forward to an exciting day of robotics, teamwork, and competition.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 5-Dec-2026
Venue/Location:9611 Petite Lane
Lakeside, California 92040
United States
Contact the Event Partner
You must login to contact this Event PartnerAgenda
8:00-8:30AM – Doors open for volunteers
8:30-9:15AM – Team Check-in/Robot Inspections
9:30-10:00AM - Opening Welcome, Drivers Meeting - Students stop working on robots.
10:00-12:30PM – Qualifying Matches Begin, Skills Fields Open, Judging
12:30-1:15PM – Lunch Break
1:15-3:30PM – Qualifying matches resume (Skills Field closes at the start of the last qualifying match)
3:30-3:45PM – Final matches preparation
3:45-4:30PM – Final Matches and Awards Ceremony
4:30-5:00PM – Clean Up
5:00PM – Door closes
AGENDA is tentative and may run faster or slower depending on the circumstance of events on that day. Please be flexible.
Volunteer
8:00 am . . . Doors Open for Volunteers
8:15 am . . . Judge's Meeting, Referee's Meeting, Volunteers Meeting
5:00 pm . . . Clean-Up begins
All volunteers are welcome to contact the Event Partner at [email protected]
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
Tournament will cancel only due to a natural disaster.
The event partner will contact teams if the event must be postponed. Teams should make sure their contact information is up to date in their events.vex.com account, and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.
Refund and Payment Policies
Teams that have not checked in 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the qualifying matches will be dropped from the roster so that the match list may be run.
Teams that are running late must contact the event partner prior to this cut off if they do not wish to be dropped. No Refunds will be given unless a Waiting List team fills your spot.
Please note that teams that have not paid their event registration one month prior to the event may be dropped from the event at the Event Partners discretion.
Judging Format
- 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 along with their Season Summary to submit to the judges. NO DIGITAL NOTEBOOKS
- 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
0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.