Wagathon
- Date
- 21-Nov-2026 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- VE-V5-26-65636
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition™
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 60
- Spots Open
- 50%+
- Event Region
- Kentucky
- Standard Registration Opens
- 2-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 15-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 11-20-2026
- Price
- $85.00
General Info
Welcome to Wagathon Robotics VEX V5 Robotics Competition!
Hello Teams,
Thank you for signing up for our event. Please complete your payment before the event payment deadline, November 20th.
Notebooks:
If your team is submitting a notebook please have a digital version submitted on events.vex.com by November 15th, 11:59 PM.
Inspections:
Coaches, Please help speed up our inspection time in the morning of by checking your students robots prior to the day of the event and have the team members update the Firmware to the brain. Also, make sure students robots will only have one visible color for the license plate showing at a time. If anything is in question of legality, please be able to prove that it is.
Team Meeting:
Our Head Referees and scorekeepers will be well versed in the rules and highly passionate about the game. We encourage your teams to bring all your questions to the meeting and we will do our best to offer clarity.
Skills Field:
As soon as you have passed inspection, your team may enter the skills field line. We will have the GPS CODE wrapped around the perimeter. Skills field will close promptly at the start of Elimination matches. Those running skills will be brought over to the elimination matches to help referee.
Qualification Matches:
Our goal is start matches on time. Each team will have a minimum of 8 qualification matches.
Lunch:
We currently have a Lunch break scheduled for our awesome volunteers from 12:00-12:30 pm, but this is subject to change.
Food Pizza
Pizza order form need to be sumbitted by January 3rd. One pizza is included in the registration cost.
Alliance Selection:
Our Goal is start this process on Time.
Awards:
We will be awarding 7 Judged honors (Excellence, Design, Innovate, Think, Amaze, Build, and Judges) along with Tournament Champions, Tournament Finalists, and Skills Champion. If we have enough Middle school teams sign up we will do High School and Middle School Excellence Awards.
Thank you for attending and helping to support our robotic teams!
Any questions or comments: [email protected]
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 21-Nov-2026
Venue/Location:330 South Hubbards Lane
Louisville, Kentucky 40207
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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| 8:00 am | Doors Open |
| 8:00 am | Inspection Begins |
| 8:15 am | Skills Opens for Inspected Teams |
| 9:00 am | Opening Ceremony & Event Meeting |
| 9:30 am | Event Qualifying Matches Begins |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:30 pm | Qualifying Matches Resume |
| 4:00 pm | Qualifying Matches End/Robot Skills End |
| 4:15 pm | Alliance Selection |
| 4:30 pm | Eliminations begin |
| 5:30 pm | Awards |
| 5:45 pm | Event Ends |
Volunteer
Volunteer Coordinator: Tammy Moriarty
Sign-Up: ***Form Provided Later***
Experience Level: No previous experience is needed for most volunteer positions.
Time Commitment: You can register for an entire day, or just a portion of the day as your schedule permits for most positions.
Meals: Lunch and hospitality area provided for all volunteers.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
The event may be rescheduled in case of emergency/bad weather. Coaches will be contacted if issues arise.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
- All but 30.00 dollars will be returned to teams. This will only be canceled due to bad weather.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
- Refunds will not be given to teams cancelling less than two weeks before the competition. Refunds will be sent out from the event to teams who cancel in due time. If teams registered and paid through events.vex.com we must receive the funds from events.vex.com first, this sometimes takes 3-6 months.
Judging Format
Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions by November 15th, 11:59 PM
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 events.vex.com.
A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.
Waitlist
0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.