NorCal Silicon Valley VEX V5 Push Back Tournament ROOKIE Only : V5RC, Blended MS & HS, In-Person with Remote Engineering Notebooks : VEX Events

NorCal Silicon Valley VEX V5 Push Back Tournament ROOKIE Only

V5RC, Blended MS & HS, In-Person with Remote Engineering Notebooks

Date: 4-Jan-2026 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-V5RC-25-3125
Program: VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type: Open Tournament
Event Format: In-Person
Field Control System: Smart Field Control
Capacity: 60
Spots Open: 17
Event Region: California - Region 2
Standard Registration Opens: 3-Nov-2025 20:00 EST
Registration Deadline: 26-Dec-2025 23:00 EST
Payment Deadline: 29-Dec-2025 12:00 EST
Price: $210.00

This event is closed to registration because:

It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

India Community Center (ICC) - Milpitas invites you to the ROOKIES ONLY NorCal Silicon Valley VRC Push Back Tournament at Milpitas, California.

Note: While the registraiton deadline has passed - if you're interested in registering for the event please send us a message!

If students in your team have participated in V5RC tournaments in prior years, please DO NOT SIGN UP for this event. This event is only open to first-time teams! If your teams (students) are in their first season and would like to take part, please add them to the Waiting List. Once your team has been added to the waitlist, one of the Event Partners will contact you to confirm your eligibility and then move your team to the registered list.

Reminder: Students that have participated in V5RC tournaments in prior seasons are not eligible to register for this event.
However, if a team of students is new this season and has already participated in other V5RC competitions during the current season, they are still considered eligible and are welcome to compete in the Rookie event.

Please take a moment to read through the event details.

Note: The submission deadline for Digital Engineering Notebooks is January 2nd, 2026.

To follow tournament updates live, you can view the live stream here: https://youtube.com/live/ehVy-e4Dhzk?feature=share

We will publish important instructions a few days before the event and share them with you on your registered email ids, as well as publish the document here in this space. Please ensure all attendees (students, coaches, mentors and parents) read and internalize these instructions. You will be unable to participate in the event without following the instructions fully.

VEX AI / VEX U Teams:
VEX AI / VEX U Skills runs will take place on V5-taped fields from 7:30–8:30 AM and 4:30–6:30 PM. Please reach out by December 30 to reserve your 30-minute slot.
We ask that teams participating in these runs support the event by volunteering for the V5 competition. Thank you for your help!

Hope you are having a terrific VEX Robotics season!

Look forward to hosting you all at ICC Milpitas!!

PS: If you need to register more than 5 teams per organization, please send a note to the Event Partner and we will review the request.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 4-Jan-2026

Venue/Location:

India Community Center
525 Los Coches Street
Milpitas, California 95035
United States

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Agenda

Sunday, January 4th, 2026

Time	Event
8:00 AM	Doors, pits, and practice fields open. Check-In and inspection begin
8:45 AM	Inspection closes. Driver Meeting begins
9:15 AM	Qualification and Skills matches begin
12:15 PM	Lunch break begins
12:45 PM	Qualification matches resume
4:30 PM	Qualification matches and skills conclude
4:45 PM	Alliance selection begins
5:00 PM	Elimination Matches Begin
6:00 PM	Finals matches begin
6:15 PM	Tournament & Skills Champions and Judged Awards announced

VEX AI / VEX U Teams:

VEX AI / VEX U Skills runs will take place on V5-taped fields from 7:30–8:30 AM and 4:30–6:30 PM. Please reach out by December 30 to reserve your 30-minute slot.
We ask that teams participating in these runs support the event by volunteering for the V5 competition. Thank you for your help!

Volunteer

We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers who can bring their energy and willingness to help run the tournaments and support us!

Sign up today and be part of the action -- Tournament Volunteering Sign Up Form: https://forms.gle/f3qq4RyAPygyK95u6

Please reach out to Nisha Malani at [email protected] for other volunteering opportunities at ICC Milpitas!

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

This event is conducted in a fully indoor facility. Bad weather is not expected to affect this event.

Teams should make sure their contact information on RobotEvents.com is up to date and accurate.

Please include in your contact information phone numbers that are also available on weekends (especially for schools), to enable us to reach you in an emergency.

In case of a cancellation, the event partners will contact you as early as possible.

Refund and Payment Policies

It is each team’s responsibility to ensure that the payments have been processed in time. We will use the visible record of payment on robotevents.com to make the determination.

Teams who have registered but have not paid (or submitted a PO) 2-weeks prior to the event may be removed from the event, unless prior special arrangements have been made with the Event Partners.

No refunds will be given for withdrawing from the tournaments within 3 weeks of the tournament.

In the unlikely case of a cancellation, the full event registration fee (minus the $5.00 USD RECF fee per registration) will be refunded to all teams.

All teams are responsible for their own transportation and hotel costs.

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 for Digital Engineering Notebooks is January 2nd, 2026.