DC VEX IQ Tournament (ES/MS)
- Date
- 18-Jan-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VIQRC-24-8652
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- N/A
- Capacity
- 16
- Spots Open
- 6
- Event Region
- District of Columbia
- Standard Registration Opens
- 16-Oct-2024 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 15-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 15-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- $55.00
General Info
Welcome to the DC VEX IQ Tournament. This event is hosted by Capitol City Robotics.
This is a DC Qualifying event open to elementary and middle school teams. This event is open to the public. During the Tournament, teams will have at least three opportunities to participate in both Driving Skills and Programming Skills Challenges in addition to tournament matches.
In the Pit area there will be a minimum of two practice fields. Teams are expected to practice good sportsmanship in sharing the fields and ensuring scoring elements are replaced when a team finishes a practice round.
DETAILS
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This event will be held in-person
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Interview Judging will be held in-person
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Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. All notebooks should be submitted by midnight on 1/14/2025.
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We will hold 7 rounds of Teamwork Challenges along with Skills
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Food will NOT be served at the venue, please make arrangement with your team to bring or order food
LOCATION
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Our tournament will be held in the Rita Bright Family and Youth Center, 2500 14th Street Northwest
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There is street parking only so please plan accordingly
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: No
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 18-Jan-2025
Venue/Location:2500 14th Street Northwest
Washington, District of Columbia 20009
United States
Contact the Event Partner
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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
TIME ACTIVITY
8:00 a.m. Doors Open
8:15 a.m. Inspection / Check In Open
9:00 am Check In Deadline
9:30 am Opening Ceremony/ Drivers Meeting
10:00 – 1::00 pm Qualification Matches, Judging Interviews and Skills Challenges
1:00 – 1:45 pm Lunch Break
1:45 - 3:00 pm Qualification Matches
3:30 - 4:00 pm Finals Matches - finals - 5 alliances Top 10 teams in ranking*
*could change to 6 depending on event size
4:00 pm Awards Ceremony
Skills Challenge field will be open from 10:00 am - 1:45 pm
Teams are permitted up to three (3) tries for Robot Skills and three (3) tries for Programming Skills.
Volunteer
Please consider volunteering by Emailing [email protected] or by text messaging 614-746-3464
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
This event may be rescheduled in the case of bad weather.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event: Refunds will be issued
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: Please reach out [email protected]
Please note refunds will not include the $5 RobotEvents processing fee.
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 on RobotEvents. A submission deadline may be scheduled ahead of the event date.
The submission deadline is January 14 @ 11:59pm
Waitlist
0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.