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Vex V5 Robotics Competition
- Date
- 19-Dec-2026 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- VE-V5-26-65974
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition™
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Florida - South
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 3
- Standard Registration Opens
- 6-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 14-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- December 7th, 2026
- Price
- $120.00
- This event currently has no spaces available.
General Info
VEX V5 Robotics Competition™ High School "Override" tournament qualifying for South Florida Regional. Saturday, DEC 19th, 2026 at South Dade Senior High School
All participants are expected to complete the participant release form . Once per season covers all events (see this video to send link to parents/guardians)
PLEASE arrive with Robots that are COMPETITION READY. Ideally, you should do a preliminary inspection of your own prior to arrival, using either the official V5RC Override inspection sheet or guidelines in the APPLICABLE version of the Override Game Manual (probably Version 2.1)
Please take a look at the deadline for the Notebook. It is a week before the event (December 11th.) Submission of the notebook at events.vex.com is the only way to submit them. You might find this video helpful!
Each team should bring a 15ft (or longer) extension cord--power will be within 15 ft of each pit table for charging.
Volunteers Needed--ideally, each registered team brings along at least one adult to help run the event--click VOLUNTEER if you are interested!
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In-Person Team Interviews
Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 19-Dec-2026
Venue/Location:28401 SW 167th Avenue
Homestead, Florida 33030
United States
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Tentative Agenda:
Doors open 7:00AM (Check in and inspections open ASAP)
Check-in until 8:30 (FIRM--if you hit traffic, you MUST call to be included in match list)
Skills field opens at immediately after opening ceremonies
Inspections COMPLETE at 9 (Again, this is FIRM--bring robots ready to compete)
First 3 matches queued to fields by 9:15
Driver's meeting 9:15
Opening ceremonies 9:30
Qualifying matches begin 9:45
Lunch break 12:30-1:15
Qualifying matches resume 1:30
Qualifying matches end 3:30
Skills field closes at the end of final Qualifying match
Alliance selection 3:30-4
Eliminations 4-5
Closing ceremonies 5-5:30
Volunteer
VOLUNTEERS
YES! We do need volunteers!
WE LOVE VOLUNTEERS!
Volunteers will be trained at the event (no previous experience or expertise required!!) Some jobs are for adults only, but MANY can be done by kids as young as 10.
VOLUNTEERING IS A GREAT WAY TO GET SERVICE HOURS (for Bright Futures, Scholarship applications, etc or simply to do a nice thing for others). Volunteering at a VEX V5 Robotics Competition™ event is fun!
Click here to Volunteer for the Saturday December 19th VEX Robotics Competition at South Dade Senior High School
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of a cancellation notification will be made through the contacts provided with your registration through events.vex.com. Please make certain all your contact information is correct and current to stay informed!!
Refund and Payment Policies
Refunds will ONLY be issued if the event is cancelled. Refunds will never include any non-refundable fees required by Global Robotics and Science Foundation.
If you register a team, and later find you cannot attend, PLEASE contact [email protected] as there may be waitlisted teams that will buy your spot from you.
The payment deadline for this event is December 11th. If you have not paid by this date, your team can be moved to the waitlist.
- If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses not to attend: No Refund will be issued
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. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.
Judging for this event
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NOTEBOOKS will be judged ONLINE. Notebooks must be submitted to the team's events.vex.com account by December 11th, 2026 by 11:59pm.
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HOW TO LINK notebooks can be seen near the end of this short video.
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INTERVIEWS will be conducted in-person the day of the event.
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Please take a look at the deadline for the Notebook. It is a week before the event, December 11th. Submission of the notebook on events.vex.com is the only way to submit them.
Waitlist
5 teams are on the waitlist for this event.