Central Coast Hearts and Gears V5RC Push Pack

V5RC Pushback Tournament in Santa Maria, CA

Date: 7-Feb-2026 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-V5RC-25-3644
Program: VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type: School-Based Tournament
Event Format: In-Person
Field Control System: Smart Field Control
Capacity: 32
Spots Open: 0
Event Region: California - Region 3
Max Registrations per Organization: 8
Priority Registration Opens: 17-Nov-2025 20:00 EST
Standard Registration Opens: 27-Dec-2025 20:00 EST
Registration Deadline: 30-Jan-2026 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline: 30-Jan-2026 12:00 EST
Price: $180.00

This event is closed to registration because:

This event currently has no spaces available.
It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

Welcome! This is the "Hearts and Gears" V5RC Pushback Tournament held at the Career Technical Education Center in Santa Maria, CA. It is the first of its kind in our area so we are excited to provide this opportunity-especially for all the new local teams in the area. The event is intended to support the growing robotics programs within Region 3. Only teams within the region will qualify for the State Championship in Region 3.

Make sure that you are marked as paid (or PO received) by the payment deadline or you may be moved to the waitlist at the discretion of the Event Partner.

The venue is beautiful and will have a Valentine's theme. The tournament will also be held under a large covered outdoor patio. Therefore, rain or shine we are committed to providing an excellent experience, but the early morning hours on the Central Coast can be uncomfortably cold and occasionally wet. Be prepared to protect your electronics as you enter and exit. Dress in layers.

We will have two tournament fields, a skills field, and a practice field. There will be in-person judging only.

Check-in and inspection opens at 7:30am. The deadline for inspection will be 8:30am. The tournament will not be held up by late arrivals. Matches will begin at 9:00am. Teams that have not checked in by 8:30am will be dropped from the roster so that the match list may be run.Teams that are running late must contact the event partner prior to this cut off if they do not wish to be dropped.

Thank you again and we look forward to an awesome experience for you and your team!

Sincerely,

Jeff Cooper

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: 7-Feb-2026

Venue/Location:

Career Technical Education Center
1280 Founders Avenue
Santa Maria, California 93455
United States

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Agenda

The tournament is at the CTE Center serving the Santa Maria High School District. Check-in and inspection begin at 7:30am. The deadline for inspection is 8:30am.

7:00 am . . . Door Open for Volunteers (only)
7:30 am . . . Team Arrivals / Pits Open - - - Team Check-In and Registration - - - Practice Field Opens - - - Inspection Table Opens

7:45 am . . . Judge's Meeting

8:15 am . . . Referee’s Meeting

Teams not present and inspected by 8:30 will be dropped from competition.

8:45 am . . . Team Meeting
9:00 am . . . Qualifying Matches Begin - - - Skills Challenge Field Opens - - - Judging Begins

10:30 . . . Break for judging/skills

11:00am. . . Qualifying Matches Continue
12:30 pm . . Lunch Begins - Skills break
1:00 pm . . Qualifying Matches Resume - - - Skeills Field Reopens
2:30 pm . . . Qualifying Ends - - - Judging Ends - - - Skills Challenge Field Closes at beginning of final match.
2:40 pm . . . Alliance Selection
3:00 pm . . . Playoff Matches Begin
4:00 pm . . . Awards Ceremony

Volunteer

Volunteers are needed and appreciated. Individuals wishing to volunteer, please contact the event partner at: [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

If weather causes travel delays or prevents teams from competing, a refund (less the $5 RobotEvents fee) may be available. Contact [email protected] before the beginning of the event. Please make sure your team contact information is up to date in your RobotEvents.com account in case we need to contact your team prior to the event.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: Due to the costs involved with this event, any refunds will be given after all the event expenses has been paid.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: Only under extraordinary circumstances and at the discretion of the EPs will the team will be given a full refund (minus the $5 robotevents fee). Otherwise, no refund will be given.

Teams that have not paid by the deadline will be moved to the waitlist.

Health and Safety Policies

Any applicable health and safety protocols will be communicated within 2 weeks of the event, based on local health department guidelines.

Date: 7-Feb-2026

Career Technical Education Center
1280 Founders Avenue
Santa Maria, California 93455
United States

Travel Info

Career Technical Education Center

1280 Founders Ave.

Santa Maria, CA 93455

There are many hotel options.

Webcast

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Judging Format

All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams can bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges, no electronic copies will be accepted for this event. If a team has an electronic notebook, please print out a copy to turn in at check-in.
Deadline for Design Notebook submission is 8:15am to be considered for related awards.