General Info

This is a MIDDLE/HIGH School VEX V5 Tournament and will be held at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.

This event is open to all V5RC teams from any region. The event will be held in KU's LEEP2 building on Sunday.We are looking to offer a very high quality event for all teams attending, with more quallifcation matches, fields, and judged awards than other events in the state. Each team will be scheduled for 7 qualficiation matches. We will have at least 2 competition fields, 1 skills field, and 1 practice field. If teams are willing to bring and set up a field, they will have one team's registration waived and receive Skills fast passes. Reach out to us ([email protected]) if this interests your organization. Your help with additional fields will lead to a better competition experience for everyone. 

It you have any questions, please send them as an email directly to [email protected]. Multiple people are planning different aspects of this event and this shared email will ensure the right person will receive your question.

Touring: If any members of any teams are interested in touring KU, please send an email and we will put you in contact with undergraduate recruitment. 

Payment: Teams who have not paid by the payment deadline will be moved to the waitlist until payment is received. If your team has issues meeting this deadline, please reach out. Depending on the circumstances, teams may still be able to register and pay after the deadline.

Venue: This event will be hosted in KU's engineering complex (LEEP2). Pictures of the venue are in the image gallery (doesn't load on mobile)

Participation and Consent Form: All participants must complete the consent form online before attending the event.

Waiting List: If this event is full, please add your team to the waitlist. Additionally, if your team wishes to bring more than 10 teams to the event, add your additional teams to the waitlist and we will expand the max organizational limit if there are still empty spots.

Pits: there will be 1 pit room. We ask that parents stay out of these rooms as much as possible as there will be other seating. Each team will have a semicircular table approximately 7 ft in diameter. Each table will have 1-2 outlets. 

Match queuing: there will be a livestream running to the pit room. Pit rooms are only a 1 minute walk from the fields. Each team will be responsible for making sure that they show up to their matches on time. Plan to show up to the queuing table as soon as it opens to your team. We have a tight schedule to keep and will start matches without teams if they are not there. 

Food: teams are welcome to bring their own food to the event. There are vending machines in the venue and there is a small coffee shop that sells items like muffins and sandwiches in addition to drinks. This is run by KU dining services so we can’t guarantee they won’t run out later in the day. We will provide more details later for lunch but we will likely have the options for teams to order in pizzas.

Tabling: During the event, we will have KU clubs and a representative from the School of Engineering tabling to engage with students. This is a great way to pass the time between qual matches and learn more about KU's engineering program. We will also be running tours of the engineering campus throughout the day and have a guest speaker during the opening ceremony.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Interviews & Notebooks

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes