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

This event is closed to registration because:

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:*

Excellence Award (1 spot)
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

*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:

St. Charles Convention Center
1 Convention Center Boulevard
Saint Charles, Missouri 63303
United States

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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

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.

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 Center
1 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.
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.