The Loneliest Tournament in America : VEX V5 Robotics Competition, MS/HS Blended, Digital Notebooks, In-Person Interviews : VEX Events

The Loneliest Tournament in America

VEX V5 Robotics Competition, MS/HS Blended, Digital Notebooks, In-Person Interviews

Date: 18-Oct-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-V5RC-25-0782
Program: VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type: Open Tournament
Event Format: In-Person
Field Control System: Smart Field Control
Capacity: 30
Spots Open: 14
Max Registrations per Organization: 6
Standard Registration Opens: 22-Jul-2025 20:00 EDT
Registration Deadline: 4-Oct-2025 12:00 EDT
Payment Deadline: 1-Oct-2024 04:12 EDT
Price: $75.00

This event is closed to registration because:

It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

Welcome to The Loneliest Tournament in America. We are super excited to have you join us in Ely, Nevada, at the beginning of the Loneliest Road in America. Did you travel on Highway 50 to get here? Engineering notebooks will be due on October 1st and will be judged digitally before the event. Every team will be interviewed in person on the day of the event. We are opening up for inspection and skills runs on the evening of Friday, October 17th, if you would like to join us. If you won't be here on the 17th, you can get inspected on the morning of the 18th.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 18-Oct-2025

Venue/Location:

White Pine High School
1800 Bobcat Drive
Ely, Nevada 89301
United States

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Agenda

October 17, 2025

4:00 p.m. - Venue opens for the teams

5:00 p.m. - Inspection opens

5:00 p.m. - Skills opens for teams that have been inspected

8:00 p.m. - Venue closes for the night

October 18, 2025

7:00 a.m. - Doors open

7:30 - 9:00 a.m. - Inspection

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. - Skills open for inspected teams

9:00 a.m. - Opening Ceremony

9:30 a.m. - Qualification Matches begin

12:00 -12:45 p.m. - Lunch break

12:45 - 3:30 p.m. - Qualification Matches

3:45 p.m. - Alliance Selection

4:15 p.m. - Finals Matches

5:00 p.m. - Awards Ceremony

6:00 p.m. - Venue Closes

Volunteer

We needs many volunteers for this event. If you are willing to volunteer, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Deborah Nielson at [email protected].

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of bad weather, we will keep in touch with the progress of the event.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event:

All registration fees will be refunded.

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

If the cancellation happens before September 1, all funds (except the five dollar RECF fee) will be refunded. After September 1, no refunds will be given.

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 on RobotEvents. Submission Deadline: October 1.