Hyundai Presents SCORE Showdown at Auburn University (HS) : VEX V5 Robotics Competition Signature Event High School : VEX Events

Hyundai Presents SCORE Showdown at Auburn University (HS)

VEX V5 Robotics Competition Signature Event High School

A maximum of 50% of team registrations can be from any one event region

Region	Maximum %	# Spots Allowed	# Spots Remaining
Alabama	50%	40	4

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

Hyundai Motors Manufacturing Alabama presents the SCORE Showdown V5RC Signature Event at Auburn University.

This unique event offers High School students the opportunity to compete against the hemisphere's best teams, while offering the opportunity for them to begin exploring their college options! More detailed information will be sent in the registration email.

The Auburn-Opelika area is ideally located in Southeast Alabama, approximately 100 miles from both the Atlanta & Birmingham airports. Attractions include Chewacla State Park, with over 600 acres to explore, and the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art which features changing exhibition galleries. Auburn is also home to Auburn University, with more than 150 undergraduate majors spread over 12 colleges. Take part in Auburn's many traditions such as taking a trip to downtown Auburn to get a Toomer’s Lemonade or visit the corner where the Auburn Tigers roll the oaks after a big win. Both Auburn and Opelika are great places for shopping and dining. Additional family attractions include bowling, movie theatres, a pinball arcade, escape rooms, axe-throwing and more!

Learn more about SCORE at scoreau.org

Learn more about Auburn Univeristy at auburn.edu

Grade Level: High School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 15-Jan-2026 - 17-Jan-2026

Venue/Location:

Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum
650 Biggio Drive
Auburn, Alabama 36849
United States

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Agenda

V5RC Signature Event @ AU
Event	Day	Start	Stop
Doors Open / Registration	Jan 15	12:00 PM	1:00 PM
Inspection Open	Jan 15	12:00 PM	2:00 PM
Opening Ceremony & Meeting	Jan 15	2:00 PM	3:00 PM
Qualification Matches Start	Jan 15	3:00 PM	8:00 PM
Skills Fields Open	Jan 15	3:00 PM	8:00 PM
Pits Close	Jan 15	8:00 PM

Judges available for interview	Jan 16	12:30 PM	2:00 PM
Pits Open to Teams	Jan 16	12:30 PM
Qualification Matches Resume	Jan 16	2:00 PM	6:30 PM
Skills Fields Open	Jan 16	2:00 PM	6:30 PM
Practice Fields Open	Jan 16	2:00 PM	6:30 PM
Alliance Selection	Jan 16	6:30 PM	7:15 PM
Pits Close	Jan 16	7:15 PM

Pits Open	Jan 17	9:00 AM
Elimination Matches Begin	Jan 17	9:30 AM	12:00 PM
Awards Ceremony	Jan 17	12:00 PM	12:30PM

Volunteer

Volunteers are vital to making events successful. We greatly appeciate anyone who is able to attend the event to help it run smoothly. Any volunteer queries can be sent to Matt Buckley at [email protected].

Volunteers can sign up at this link https://signup.com/go/xrRgJbv

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will prevent this event from occurring.

Refund and Payment Policies

Team payment is due by Nov. 30, 2025. Any team unpaid by payment due date will be removed from the registered team list without notification and their spot will be offered to a team on the waitlist. This is necessary due to the need for teams to make travel plans.

If the Event Partner cancels the event:

We are unable to offer refunds to teams that have completed payment. In the event the EP Needs to cancel this event after payment has been made, that money can be applied to a future SCORE event.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

We are unable to offer refunds for this event. Because of this, teams should wait to make payment until they are certain they can and want to attend while being mindful of the payment due date. Any team unpaid by payment due date will be removed from the registered team list without notification.

If a team has to withdraw from competition after payment is made, SCORE can consider transferring the registration fee to another SCORE hosted event.

Date: 15-Jan-2026 - 17-Jan-2026

Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum
650 Biggio Drive
Auburn, Alabama 36849
United States

Travel Info

SCORE SHOWDOWN AT AU | JANUARY 14-18, 2026

TRU BY HILTON

RATE: $129/night

DEADLINE: Book by February 12, 2026 to receive rate

DETAILS: Click to Book

PHONE: (334) 521-0400

LA QUINTA INN & SUITES OPELIKA/AUBURN

RATE: $119/night

DEADLINE: Book by December 31, 2025 to receive rate

DETAILS: Click to Book

PHONE: (334) 748-9000

COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT AUBURN

RATE: $139/night

DEADLINE: Book by January 01, 2026 to

receive rate

DETAILS: Click to Book

PHONE: (334) 502-0111

ELEMENT OPELIKA

RATE: $124/night

DEADLINE: Book by December 30, 2025 to receive rate

DETAILS: Click to Book

PHONE: (334) 787-9923

STAYBRIDGE SUITES AUBURN

RATE: $139/night

DEADLINE: Book by December 15, 2025 to receive rate

DETAILS: Click to Book

PHONE: (334) 591-8300

Webcast

This event will be livestreamed at https://scoreau.org/live

Judging Format

All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person at the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.

Judges will be conducting interviews on Friday. There is time for judging on Friday, Jan 16, from 12:30 - 2:00 PM for any teams that want to be interviewed while there are no other events occurring. Judging will continue throughout Friday as qualifications and skills resume.

Signature Event Early Bird Policy

All Signature Events will have a specific Early Bird Registration that is independent of all local/regional Early Bird systems.
Each team starts the season with three (3) opportunities to register during the Signature Event Early-Bird period.
- A Signature Event Early-Bird opportunity is not taken away if a team registers for a tournament hosted by their school or organization (where the team’s coach is the Event Partner).
- If a team registers during the Standard Registration period, a token is not taken away.
- The official Signature Event Early Bird policy can be found in the RECF Library.
- To find out how many Signature Event Early Bird tokens your team(s) have remaining, select the "My Teams" option in RobotEvents.