Winter Push Back in the APK (Middle School & High School) : VEX V5 Robotics Competition Hosted by AHS Robotics : VEX Events

Winter Push Back in the APK (Middle School & High School)

VEX V5 Robotics Competition Hosted by AHS Robotics

Date: 17-Jan-2026 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-V5RC-25-3072
Program: VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type: Open Tournament
Event Format: In-Person
Field Control System: Smart Field Control
Capacity: 50
Spots Open: 1
Event Region: Florida - North/Central
Max Registrations per Organization: 8
Early-Bird Registration Opens: 11-Nov-2025 12:00 EST
Standard Registration Opens: 6-Dec-2025 12:00 EST
Registration Deadline: 12-Jan-2026 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline: 12-Jan-2026 12:00 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

Apopka High School and Teams 550 are pleased to host this January event for the Push Back season.

Our goal is to provide a excellent experience to all our guests.

Parking can be congested at times.

Please support our event with utilizing our concessions and amenities.

No outside food inside the event.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 17-Jan-2026

Venue/Location:

Apopka High School
555 Martin Street
Apopka, Florida 32712
United States

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Agenda

7:30 am - Doors open to teams for pit setup

8am -9 am – Inspections

8:30 - 10:00 Skills (1 field open for the rest of the day)

10:15 am– Drivers Meeting

10:30 am to 12:00 pm – Qualification Matches

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm – Lunch Break

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm – Qualification Matches

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Alliance Selection

3:40 pm to 4:40 pm – Elimination Matches

5:00 pm Awards

Volunteer

Most volunteers for this event are all former Team 550 adults working in the engineering field or current college students.

If you wish to help out let us know and if we are short staff we will definitely let other help out.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

This event will only be postponed due to extreme weather condition and district policies.

Refund and Payment Policies

If you register and pay and are not able to attend, we will not be able to issue a refund.

If you register but don't pay your registration fee by the payment deadline (2026-1-12), your team(s) will be moved to the waitlist and the available spots will go to other teams on the waitlist.

In the event that this competition gets cancelled by the event partner, you will receive a refund for your registration fees minus the $5 that goes to RobotEvents.

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. The submission deadline is 11:59pm on Jan 14th, 2026.