2025 Nebraska State Middle School V5RC Championship
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Date
- 21-Feb-2025 - 22-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-24-6523
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 48
- Spots Open
- 45
- Event Region
- Nebraska
- Standard Registration Opens
- 1-Aug-2024 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 10-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 10-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- $150.00
General Info
Welcome to the 2025 Nebraska State V5RC Championship - Middle School!
This is Nebraska's State Championship for V5RC Middle School teams.
Qualification: Teams will be sent an invite through RobotEvents as they qualify at events throughout the season. A team must have posted a skills score -OR- have competed in a qualifying event in the current season to be eligible for an Event Region Championship invitation.
As the Championship nears, coaches please watch for additional information via email. All the most up-to-date information regarding food, reminders, etc. will be published here on RobotEvents for teams and families.
Registration Fee: All teams must have the registration fee paid prior to attending the State Championship.
Museum Admissions: Students and spectators will get into SAC Museum for free to attend the State Championship!
Competition Preparation: Teams should come prepared to compete. Review the High Stakes Game Manual, run through the Robot Inspection Checklist, and ensure your team is running the latest programming and firmware version and your Robot Brain has your team number. We will be using the Smart Field Control.
Please note: We will be following an all in-person judging format. Only physical copies of engineering notebooks will be collected during team check-in. Teams who have digital notebooks will need to print off the most recent version for judges to review. Judge interviews will take place in-person at the team's booth in the pit area.
Participation and Consent Form: All team members, coaches and adult mentors should fill out the online consent form which is good all season and for all RECF run events. A link to the instructions for online consent form can be found here.
Lunch & Concessions: Lunch and Concessions information will be available soon.
Elimination Matches: There will be 16 Elimination Alliances (32 Teams). For elimination matches, per the Over Under Game Manual, "Elimination Matches are 'Best of 1' from the Round of 16 up through the Semifinals Matches. The Finals Matches are played as 'Best of 3'".
Livestream: This event will be livesteamed!
Grade Level: Middle School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 21-Feb-2025 - 22-Feb-2025
Venue/Location:28210 West Park Highway
Ashland, Nebraska 68003
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
Friday, February 21, 2025
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Team Registration & Inspection (Friday night only)
4:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Skills Challenge
Saturday, February 22, 2025
7:00 a.m. - Pits Open
7:30 a.m. - Skills
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Opening Ceremonies/Drivers Meeting
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Judging
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Qualifying Rounds
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Lunch
12:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Qualifying Rounds/Skills
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Alliance Selection
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Finals
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Awards and Closing Ceremony
Volunteer
If you would like to volunteer for this event please contact NRAI at [email protected].
Volunteers will recieve an event shirt and complimentary breakfast, lunch and snacks!
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In case of inclement weather, check the Event on Robot Events for further updates the night before the event date. In the event of cancellation we will try to reschedule.
Refund and Payment Policies
Payment is due in full within 4 weeks after registration. If payment is not completed without proper communication, teams will be moved to the waitlist until payment is recieved.
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
In case of inclement weather and the event is cancelled, registration fees received will be returned minus the $5.00 processing fee.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
If something happens and you are unable to attend the competition, please notify the primary contact through email or phone. Refunds for non-attendance will only be given if your cancellation notice is received no later than 1 week prior to the event date.
Judging Format
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. Notebooks should be submitted at the registration table as teams check in.
Waitlist
0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.