Code of Conduct

The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.

For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.

Agenda

All matches, skills and qualifications, will take place on raised platforms (Worlds standards).

Tentative schedule:

3/7/2025 - FRIDAY

4:15 p.m. Doors open (please do not try to arrive earlier as traffic is really bad on Corley Mill after school is dismissed at 3:50 p.m.)

4:30 p.m. Registration and Inspections 

5:00 p.m. Skills Challenge open

8:30 p.m. Skills Close 

6:00 - 8:00 p.m Judges Interview (scheduled via sign-up)

3/8/2025 - SATURDAY

8:00 a.m. Doors open

8:30 a.m. Skills Challenge open

9:30 a.m. Skills Challenge close 

9:40 a.m. Opening Ceremony, Recognition of Seniors, Drivers Meeting

10:10 a.m. Qualifying Matches 

12:30 p.m. Qualifyin Matches end

12:30 p.m. Lunch Break

1:15 p.m. Alliance selection

1:30 p.m. Elimination Matches start

3:30 p.m. Award Ceremony

4:00 p.m. Doors close

Sich freiwillig melden

Volunteering for the premier VEX VRC event in our beatiful state is a great opportunity to experience driven, passionate, and academic excelling robotics teams that compete for the ultimate prize of going to WORLDS VEX competition in Dallas. If you would like to volunteer, even for a few hours, please contact Horst Daichendt at [email protected] or Ana Daichendt at [email protected].

Richtlinie für not-/schlechtwettersituationen

We will follow the guidelines of all state and local officials concerning the weather.  If the tournament must be cancelled due to weather, it will be rescheduled at a later date.

Refund and Payment Policies

The intent is for the State Finals to take place. Barring an unforseen event (i.e. pandemic, state closure), State Finals will be postponed, but not cancelled by the organizers. If event will be cancelled, then all teams will be refunded the registrations price minus $5.

All registered teams must pay within three weeks of their registration. 

If the registered team cancels their participation, there will be no refund.  

Webcast

TBD

Judging Format

All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams must submit an electronic copy of their digital notebook by Tuesday, March 4 by 11:59 p.m. Upload the link on robotevents.com. Under "My Account" click on the Digital Engineering Notebook icon of your state finals participating team. Make sure the link is giving only "Viewing" rights of the file. Preferred format of the file: PDF. Digital notebook is the format used at Worlds, hence all teams must submit a electronic/digital copy of their engeneering notebook.

Physical copies of notebooks will not be considered or accepted.

•  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 on RobotEvents. Submission deadline: Tuesday, March 4 by 11:59 p.m.

Waitlist

0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.