In all of the diagrams in the game manual, scored rings are down past the flexible top of the stakes. Does the flexible top count as part of the stake that the ring can encircle (SC3) or does it need to go past that portion of the stake to count? Thanks.
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Official Q&A: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2024-2025: High Stakes
2166: Threshold for Scored Rings (SC3)
Answered by committee
Per rule <SC3>, a Ring is considered Scored on a Stake if it is "encircling" any part of the Stake, which by the game manual's definition of "Stake" includes both the pipe and flexible top. The additional guidance from <SC3>'s red box also applies:
In the vast majority of common scenarios, a Scored Ring will be fully supported by the Stake, other Scored Rings, and/or the Stake’s associated base (i.e., Mobile Goal, field wall, or Ladder). Although this support can be used as a visualization tool when judging edge-case Rings, it is not explicitly required. Another visualization tool is that if a gentle “shake test” would result in the Ring falling anywhere other than further onto its Stake, then it is most likely not Scored (this test does not apply to tipped Mobile Goals).