General Info

Congratulations! 

Welcome to the 2026 Colorado V5RC High School Championship Tournament hosted by Erie High School , The Innovation Center of St. Vrain, and St. Vrain Valley Schools!

Have questions or concerns? Please email [email protected] or [email protected]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• We will be following a 2 day schedule. Please see the agenda below or on RobotEvent for more information. Teams will be required to be in attendance Friday to complete inspections and Opening Ceremonies

• We will be using Smart Field Control connect to fields, please ensure your team has set up their V5 brain to connect to the field following the instructions available here

• The Judging Format will be Remote Engineering Notebooks/In-Person Interviews for this event. All engineering notebooks must be submitted digitally via RobotEvents by Tuesday, February 24th at 11:59PM to be reviewed by judges. 

AGENDA

Friday 3/6/25 3:30 pm- 9 pm

• 3:30 -5:30 pm Team Check-in & Pit Setup

• 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm Inspections 

• 4:00 pm - 6 pm Skills Open 

• 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Opening Ceremonies 

• 7:30 pm - 9 pm Team Party

Saturday 3/7/26 8am-5:30pm 

• 7:30 AM Doors Open

• 8 am Drivers Meeting

• 8:30 am Qualification Matches Begin / Skills Open

• 12 pm LUNCH Skills Closed

• 1 pm Qualification Matches Resume / Skills Open

  • ​Skills Closes at the end of qulaification matches.  Qualification Matches are estimated to end at 2:30 pm.

• Alliance selection will take place 20 minutes after the end of Qualificaton Matches.

  • 10 minutes after the end of alliance selection - Robot Size Inspection Prior to Single Elimination Matches and Elimination Matches

• Estimated 5: 30  pm Awards Ceremony

COST

$305 per team. All payments are due 2/27/2026 4 PM MST in RobotEvents. 

LOCATION 

Erie High School: 3180 County Rd 5, Erie, CO 80516

MERCHANDISE

Custom Printed Merchandise is available for pre-order until February 24, 2026.  You can find information on orders at this flyer: Colorado State Robotics Championships 2026 Flyer.pdf

Regular merchandise will be also available for purchase at the day of the event

FOOD

Concessions will be available on site Friday night and Saturday morning and afternoon. Additional options will be available Saturday.

 

LIVE STREAM

Tournament will be live streamed on the Innovation Center YouTube Channel

 

AWARDS

 

Award	World Championship Qualification
Excellence Award	Yes
Tournament Champions	Yes
Tournament Finalists	Yes
Design Award	Yes
Robot Skills Champion	Yes
Judges Award	No
Innovate Award	Yes
Amaze Award	Yes
Think Award	Yes
Sportsmanship Award	No
Energy Award	No

 

VOLUNTEERS: 

We are in need of general event support volunteers! If you have any parents or students who are willing, please have them sign up here, they will be provided breakfast, lunch and  a T-shirt for the event. 

No experience is necessary for most roles. Training and meals will be provided for all volunteers.

Click the link below to view open shifts and sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E044AA8AA2FABFB6-61607167-2026

 

Grade Level: High School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No