General Info

You are registering for the Push Back at Mt. SAC 2025 VRC tournament on Saturday, Oct 25th.  This is the 32nd VEX tournament we have hosted at Mt. SAC!

We will run two competition fields.  Each team will have at least eight qualifying matches and one judging session.  We will pace the qualifying rounds so that they will be slower at the start and accelerating as the tournament continues but plan on an action-packed day of competition that ends on time.  

Park near Farmers Market for Free Parking

• Building 60 Competition Center

• Location 

• Mt. San Antonio College

• 1100 N. Grand Ave

• Walnut, CA 91789

Directions

Mt. SAC is located at the corner of Grand and Temple Ave.  Please use the San Jose Hills entrance and park in Lot B.  Parking is free in Lot B for the event.  The competition is in building 60 which has a large dome on top.

We have a small group of judges, referees, and other support staff getting ready to put on the best event possible. This tournament will include 8 qualifying competition rounds as well as a team interview where students will be asked about the following areas:

• Robot Design

• Team Organization

• Community Involvement

• Programming

• Robot Strategy

Check-In 

Please have your team arrive between 8-8:15 so that we can have the event run on schedule. Referees, Judges, and other Volunteers should check in between 8:00 and 8:15 AM unless you can come earlier to help with setup. If you will be later than 9:00 AM, please call the event organizer to update so we can get you on the match lists. The registration table for teams and volunteers will be at the entrance to the Building. When you check-in, you will receive a schedule with the times for judging sessions and robot performance rounds. Have one team representative bring the forms listed in the Team Checklist below.

Who Can Attend 

VEX events are open to the general public and to the media. Team member families are especially encouraged to attend! If you have siblings who are not on the team, we are happy to enlist them to help with Field reset.

Team Checklist 

Coaches should bring the following items to the registration table when they check-in: 

• Signed Consent and Release Form for everyone attending with your team. 

• Robot notebook either paper or virtual.  VEX has finally moved to online documentation practices to be consistent with industry standards.  If you have a virtual notebook, you do not need to print it out for the judges, please instruct the teams to share the link with the judges. 

Team Robot / Spare Parts / USB download cable / Laptop Computer with your Robot’s Programs.

Please label power adapters with the team number and owner’s name, as these are often left behind. 

Cleanup  

After the semi-finals, each team should clean up its pit area prior to the Awards Ceremony. After the Awards Ceremony, teams are invited to help clean up and load the rest of the tournament equipment.

This year we are again trying to fight back against high registration fees.  There is a vicious cycle where teams charge more for registration so they can afford to pay registration for other competitions.  Let's all work together to break that cycle!

Here are our costs to run the event:

• Robotevents : $5 per team * 24 teams = $120

• Extra Field Set $599

• Food for volunteers $250

We can break even at $50 / team with 24 teams.

Please contact us if you have any questions and we look forward to seeing all of you at the event!

Grade Level: VRC

Skills Challenge Offered: yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Grade Level: High School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes