Battle for Placer Gold VEX IQ Level Up Invitational: ES Only

VEX Robotics Competition: In-Person with Remote Notebook Judging

Date: 6-Feb-2027 Add to Calendar
Event Code: VE-IQ-27-65600
Program: VEX IQ Robotics Competition™
Event Type: Invitational Tournament
Event Format: In-Person Invitational
Field Control System: N/A
Capacity: 48
Spots Open: -
Event Region: California - North
Max Registrations per Organization: 8
Standard Registration Opens: 1-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
Registration Deadline: 1-Feb-2027 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline: 17-Jan-2027 21:00 EST
Price: $150.00

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Registration opens at a future date.

General Info

Battle for Placer Gold Invitational is an invite-only event , with priority consideration given to Placer area/Greater Sacramento teams. Contact us at [email protected] or place your team on the waitlist to be considered.

We do accept other teams after priority teams have completed their registrations on a case by case basis- typically to school based or independent teams that have not yet qualified for the region championships. Please add your team to the waitlist and contact us at [email protected] for consideration.

All events will receive Northern California championship award bids based on the Global Robotics Qualifying Criteria. The awards slots will be allocated by Global Robotics later in the season.

Please make sure to review the refund policies and payment deadlines - any team not paid in full by payment deadline will be moved to the waitlist.

Grade Level: Elementary

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 6-Feb-2027

Venue/Location:

Sierra College (subject to change)
5100 Sierra College Boulevard
Rocklin, California 95677
United States

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Agenda

Tentative Agenda

8:30 am Doors Open, Volunteers only
9:15 am Doors open to all teams, Check In & Inspection Opens, Skills Runs available
9:45 Inspection Closes
10:00 Driver/Event Meeting
10:15 Teamwork Matches begin
12:00 Break for Lunch (30 min)
12:30 Teamwork Matches resume
3:00pm Finals & Awards, Skills Runs close
3:30-4:00pm Teardown, starting with fields)

* Judges Interview sign-ups will be available during Check-In.

Volunteer

We welcome all offers to volunteer at our event.

Please contact us at [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on events.vex.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed. Please make sure your team's contact information is up to date in your events.vex.com account in the event we need to contact your team.

Refund and Payment Policies

Payment is expected at the time of registration. Teams who have registered but have not paid or submitted by the event payment deadline will be moved to the waitlist.

If you are registering after the payment deadline, you must complete payment at time of registration or you will be moved to the wait list immediately.

If the event is cancelled, the registration fee will be refunded.

No refunds will be provided after the payment deadline.

Health and Safety Policies

We highly encourage everyone to avoid coming into the facility if you are not feeling well and follow all commonly expected safety and health precautions.

Judging Format

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. The submission deadline is February 2, 2026, 5pm