Show Me Gateway VIQRC MS Robotics Competition Signature Event
VEX IQ Robotics Competition
- Date
- 19-Nov-2025 - 20-Nov-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VIQRC-25-0069
- Program
- VEX IQ Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- N/A
- Capacity
- 55
- Spots Open
- 55
- Event Region
- Missouri
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 6
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 30-Jul-2025 00:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 13-Aug-2025 00:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 31-Oct-2025 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 31-Oct-2025 12:00 EDT
- Price
- $260.00
A maximum of 50% of team registrations can be from any one event region
Region | Maximum % | # Spots Allowed | # Spots Remaining |
---|---|---|---|
Missouri | 50% | 28 | 28 |
- Registration opens at a future date.
General Info
Welcome to the Show Me Gateway VEX IQ Robotics Competition Signature Event 2025!
Join us for the Show Me Gateway VEX IQ Robotics Competition, Missouri’s first-ever VEX IQ Signature Event, held at the St. Charles Convention Center. This event is a collaborative effort powered by Gateway Science Academy of St. Louis, Reeds Spring Schools, and Frontier Schools, and is designed to offer a high-quality experience for teams, coaches, and families.
This event is designed to attract high-performing VEX IQ teams from across country and beyond. With a championship-style setup inspired by the VEX Robotics World Championship, the event will include elevated fields, pit area, a formal team procession, and a well-organized layout. The competition will be supported by a team of experienced and dedicated volunteers to ensure a smooth, fair, and engaging experience for all participants.
With the VEX Robotics World Championship coming to St. Louis next year, this event offers a great opportunity for teams to get familiar with the host city while also competing for a spot at the World Championship.
*This event will qualify teams for the 2026 VEX Robotics World Championship through the following awards:*
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Excellence Award (1 spot)
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Teamwork Champions (2 spots)
Additional details, including maps, schedules, parking, and food options, will be shared with registered teams as the event date approaches.
We look forward to welcoming you to St. Louis for this exciting and meaningful competition experience.
More Information
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Participation Certificates
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How to Submit Digital Engineering Notebooks
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St. Charles Convention Center
*Three spots will be given if at least 50 teams are registered.
*World Spot Eligibility:
Signature Events will be awarded World Championship qualification spots if they meet all established criteria set forth by the REC Foundation. Failure to fully comply with these criteria may result in the event being ineligible to receive World spots, regardless of prior expectations or historical precedent
Grade Level: Middle School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 19-Nov-2025 - 20-Nov-2025
Venue/Location:1 Convention Center Boulevard
Saint Charles, Missouri 63303
United States
Contact the Event Partner
You must login to contact this Event PartnerCode 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
Wednesday, November 19th
Tentative Agenda
3:00 PM | Doors Open |
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Registration / Inspections / Skills |
5:10 PM | Team Procession |
5:45 PM | Opening Ceremony & Event Meeting |
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Qualification Matches / Skills Open |
**Each team will get three matches on Wednesday evening.
** Please make sure that you leave the pit area promptly after the last match of the day**
Thursday, November 20th
Tentative Agenda
8:00 AM | Doors Open |
8:15 AM - 2:00 PM | Qualification Matches / Skills Open |
1:00 - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Final Matches |
2:10 PM | Awards Ceremony |
**All teams will experience an additional 7 matches on Day #2, for a total of 10 qualification matches each.
Volunteer
Be a part of the excitement by joining the team of volunteers who will help in a variety of ways to make this event a success for the students involved! You can register for an entire day, or just a portion of the day as your schedule permits for most positions.
Lunch is included for all full-day volunteers.
Want to find out more about volunteer roles and expectations? Visit the REC Foundation Knowledge Base at REC Foundation > Volunteers to check out position descriptions and find volunteer training materials.
Please use the following link to register if you would like to help volunteer in some capacity at the Show Me Gateway event this year.
SIGN UP LINK LINK WILL BE PROVIDED SOON.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
Teams will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the event if there is a weather concern for the event.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
Your registration fee will be refunded minus the fees robotevents.com charges.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Your registration to this event commits the Event Partners to set costs. Therefore, no refunds can be given.
Date: 19-Nov-2025 - 20-Nov-2025
St. Charles Convention Center1 Convention Center Boulevard
Saint Charles, Missouri 63303
United States
Travel Info
Visit the Explore St. Louis website to learn more and enjoy everything the city has to offer.
Webcast
The event will be streamed live on the GSA Robotics YouTube channel.
Judging Format
- Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions
- Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents.
- The notebook submission deadline is Monday, November 10, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST.
- In Person Team Interviews:
- Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event.
- All teams will have the opportunity to be interviewed at least once. Some teams may receive second interviews if the Judges need additional information.
Judges will be working in accordance with the Judge Guide, which states that "All teams being judged for an event should be judged in the same format to ensure consistency in the judging experience."
Please refer to the Guide to Judging for all judging and Engineering Notebook information, criteria, procedures, rubrics, etc.
Signature Event Early Bird Policy
- All Signature Events will have a specific Early Bird Registration that is independent of all local/regional Early Bird systems.
- Each team starts the season with three (3) opportunities to register during the Signature Event Early-Bird period.
- An opportunity is taken away each time the team registers for a Signature Event, whether during the Signature Event Early-Bird period or Standard period.
- A Signature Event Early-Bird opportunity is not taken away if a team registers for a tournament hosted by their school or organization (where the team’s coach is the Event Partner).
- Signature Event Early Bird Registration will open 16 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST.
- Note: Modifications to this may be made for events in August and September.
- Standard Registration will open 14 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST.
- An Event Partner may register their own teams to their Signature Event during Signature Event Early Bird Registration no matter how many other Signature Events they are already registered for.
- The Event Partner must be the Primary Coach for the teams they are registering.
- Each team starts the season with three (3) opportunities to register during the Signature Event Early-Bird period.
- Team Swapping is not allowed within 4 weeks of the event.
Hotel Information
The Convention Center is attached to an Embassy Suites by Hilton that makes going from hotel room to meeting room quick and easy. There are also many more quality hotels just a few minutes from the Center.
Hotel block booking info for the Embassy Suites by Hilton will be shared here soon.
Our Sponsors
Show Me Gateway Signature event is powered by the partnership of three schools - Gateway Science Academy of St. Louis, Reeds Spring Schools, and Frontier Schools.
Thank you to our sponsors!
The Josh Seidel Memorial Foundation: https://www.joshseidel.org/
Concept Schools: https://www.conceptschools.org/