Bots @ Bristol VEX V5 Robotics Competition Signature Event
High School
- Date
- 7-Feb-2025 - 8-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-24-5666
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- VEXNet Field Control
- Capacity
- 84
- Spots Open
- 84
- Event Region
- Tennessee
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 6
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 18-Oct-2024 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 1-Nov-2024 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 24-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 2-Feb-2024 18:00 EST
- Price
- $355.00
A maximum of 50% of team registrations can be from any one event region
Region | Maximum % | # Spots Allowed | # Spots Remaining |
---|---|---|---|
Tennessee | 50% | 42 | 42 |
- Registration opens at a future date.
General Info
Bots at Bristol will be held at the Bristol Motor Speedway home of the Fastest Half Mile. Eighty four teams will compete at the last great colosseum for a spot at the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, TX. Will your team be one of the final gladiators standing?
151 Speedway Blvd, Bristol, TN 37620
We will contact you closer to the event with more details including directions, facility maps, times, and food ordering information. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please email [email protected]. Participants will be required to submit the Participant Release Form through RobotEvents.com.
Fields:
All competition fields will be raised.
Judging:
In person physical journals will be required at this event.
All interviews will be in person.
Event Shirts:
Event shirts will be available for PRE- ORDER ONLY!! Orders must be received by 01-22-2024. We prefer bulk orders with one payment if at all possible. Please use this link to preorder shirts.
Lunch:
Lunch options will be available the day of the event.
We're looking forward to a great tournament!
Event flier:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11CJf3OBrBXFtpTLyTvFo23nwgJbyWlmL/view?usp=drive_link
Live Stream:
Day One:
Day Two:
Grade Level: High School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 7-Feb-2025 - 8-Feb-2025
Venue/Location:151 Speedway Boulevard
Bristol, Tennessee 37620
United States
Contact Information
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
High School 84 teams
Friday 02-07-2025
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Doors open at 8:00AM
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Inspection 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Lunch 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Switch skills to high school during lunch
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Skills 12:00 PM - End of quals day two
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Judging
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Notebooks begin being scored once final deliberations are done for middle school
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Initial interviews begin finals and awards for middle school
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Opening Ceremony 3:30PM - 3:45PM
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Drivers Meeting 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
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Quals 4:30 PM - 6:30PM
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Skills line closes at 6:00PM
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Saturday 02-08-2025
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Doors open 7:30AM
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Quals 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Rotate skills refs for lunch starting at 11:30 - 1:30 ~ run two refs instead of 4 during this time
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Judging will begin @ 8:30 AM and continue throughout the day
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Skills open 8:00 AM until last match played
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Rotate skills refs for lunch starting at 11:30 - 1:30 ~ run two refs instead of 4 during this time
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Judging will begin @ 8:30 AM and continue throughout the day
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Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Judges eat from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Quals 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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Alliance Selection 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
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Finals 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Awards 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Volunteer
Volunteers are needed to host this signature event. If you are interested in filling a role please sign up using this link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C44A4A628A3F94-49611106-bots
Order Volunteer Shirts using this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDs9EbHyFI44gAGRQBZ6B06IFYTJpEzztmM59G4-HKI27-yA/viewform
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of bad weather, updates will be made by email.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
Refunds will only be made if the event is cancelled by the Event Partner (Margaret Trent). Refunds will not include the $5 processing fee assessed by Robot Events for processing.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Registrations will not be refunded for teams that register but choose not to come. Registrations will not be refunded once the event closes on Robot Events.
Webcast
Day One:
https://youtube.com/live/8gw-j7DtzBs?feature=share
Day Two:
Judging Format
All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.
Payment
Teams who have not paid by the payment deadline of February 2, 2025 will be moved to the waitlist.
No refunds will be provided to payments already processed.
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)
- 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 Contact for the teams they are registering
- Each team starts the season with three (3) opportunities to register during the Signature Event Early-Bird period