CTEEA University of New Haven VEX Robotics Competition

Push Back Qualifier

Date: 14-Feb-2026 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-V5RC-25-2976
Program: VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type: Open Tournament
Event Format: In-Person
Field Control System: Smart Field Control
Capacity: 60
Spots Open: 4
Event Region: Connecticut
Max Registrations per Organization: 10
Standard Registration Opens: 21-Oct-2025 15:00 EDT
Registration Deadline: 11-Feb-2026 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline: 11-Feb-2026 21:08 EST
Price: $105.00

This event is closed to registration because:

This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

This is an in-person competition at the beautiful main campus of the University of New Haven in the Beckerman Recreation Center. Lunch for the teams is included in the registration fee (1 pizza and five sodas per registered team). In-person juding for awards. Admissions will be available to answer your questions during the qualification rounds.

If your team has already qualified for finals, please be consiterate of other teams and allow them priority as this is last qualifier of the season.

We are looking forward to meeting the competitors!

The University of New Haven VEX Robotics Competition Committee

Leah Austin

Shayok Mukhopadhyay

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 14-Feb-2026

Venue/Location:

University of New Haven
300 Boston Post Road
West Haven, Connecticut 06516
United States

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Agenda

7:00 AM	Doors open – load in by teams, practice field use is first come first serve. 10 minute turns please. Engineering Notebooks Due to Info Desk by 9 am.
8:30 AM	Opening Ceremony with the University of New Haven. Please stand for the National Anthem.
8:45 AM	Qualification Rounds begin. Engineering Notebooks Due, not accepted after 9 am. Skills Challenge begin.
11:15 AM & 11:30 AM	Lunch for teams – one pizza & 5 sodas per registered team available in Team Checkin. Parents and guests, lunch is available for purchase at the concession stand in the lobby. Other lunch options include Subway (arcoss the street) and Moe's Southwest Grill in the building nextdoor.
1:00 pm	Elimination Rounds begin Skills Challenge closes
3:30 pm	Closing Ceremony with Awards and Scholarship. Please stay until the end of the Awards Ceremony (approximately 30 minutes).

Volunteer

Hello,

Thank you for volunteering for this event! Erik Parker will coordinate the volunteers for this event, he can be reached at [email protected].

Thank you!

The University of New Haven VEX Robotics Competition Committee

Leah Austin [email protected]

Shayok Mukhopadhyay [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

There is no snow date for this event. The decision to cancel due to inclement weather will be made by 2/7/24 at 12 noon.

Refund and Payment Policies

REFUND POLICY:
Refunds will be avialble to teams that request cancellation of registration 7 or more day prior to the event. No other refunds will be processed.

Arriving late after 8:30 will result in disqualification without a refund.

If the event is cancelled due to Weather or other issue, refunds will be processed by the University of New Haven.

$5 processing fee collected by REC Foundation will be deducted from all refunds

Refund requests need to be emailed to [email protected]. (Refunds can take up to a month to process)

Judging Format

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.

We will not accept digital copies of the notebooks. Please print before arriving.