Great Planes Signature Event
High School VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Our Sponsors
Our Sponsors
- Date
- 26-Sep-2025 - 27-Sep-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-25-9933
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 80
- Spots Open
- 34
- Event Region
- Nebraska
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 6
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 6-Jun-2025 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 20-Jun-2025 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 12-Sep-2025 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 20-Jun-2025 12:00 EDT
- Price
- $400.00
| Region | Maximum % | # Spots Allowed | # Spots Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 50% | 40 | 19 |
General Info
Welcome to the Great Planes Signature Event 2025!
We are looking forward to hosting you all at the inagural Great Planes Signature Event!
Registration Fee: All teams must have the registration fee paid prior to attending the Great Planes Signature Event. Payment is due by June 20th for teams registering within the Early Bird period and due at the time of registration for teams registering within the standard registration period. Teams will be moved to the waitlist until payment is submitted unless otherwise agreed upon between the coach and EP.
Museum Admissions: Students and spectators will get into SAC Museum for free to attend the Great Planes Signature Event!
Museum Exhibits: SAC Museum has plenty of awe inspiring exhibits! Closer to the event information will be shared about simulator rides, planetarium shows, VR experiences and drone soccer!
Competition Preparation: Teams should come prepared to compete. Review the Push Back 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 Push Back 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'".
The Great Planes Signature Event will offer three spots to the 2026 VEX Robotics World Championships in St. Louis, Missouri:*
- Excellence Award (1)
- Tournament Champions (2)
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: High School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 26-Sep-2025 - 27-Sep-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
[THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE]
Friday, September 26, 2025
8:00 AM Doors Open, Inspection Opens, Practice Fields Open
8:30 AM Skills Fields Open
9:30 AM Open Ceremonies, Drivers Meeting, Skills/Practice Fields Closed
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Qualification Matches, Skills/Practice Fields Open
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Qualification Matches, Skills/Practice Fields Open
Saturday, September 27, 2025
8:00 AM Doors Open, Practice Fields Open
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Qualification Matches, Skills Open
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Alliance Selection
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Elimination Matches
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Awards and Closing Ceremony
Volunteer
All Robotics Events are made possible by the great volunteers that staff them! Please consider volunteering and sharing the interest form.
Volunteer roles include:
- Field Resetters
- Scorekeepers
- Judges
- Queuers
- Practice Field Attendants
- Setup/Teardown
- and more!
If you are interested in volunteering please fill out this interest form! If you have any questions about volunteering please reach out to [email protected].
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of any emergency or bad weather, we will post updates to Robot Events and email coaches.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event: A full refund will be given.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: No refunds will be given.
Payment is due by June 20th for teams registering within the Early Bird period and due at the time of registration for teams registering within the standard registration period. Teams will be moved to the waitlist until payment is submitted unless otherwise agreed upon between the coach and EP.
Date: 26-Sep-2025 - 27-Sep-2025
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum28210 West Park Highway
Ashland, Nebraska 68003
United States
Travel Info
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum is a 45 minute drive from the Omaha Eppely Airport (OMA) https://www.flyoma.com/
Omaha on Trip Advisor: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60885-Omaha_Nebraska-Vacations.html
Webcast
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Judging Format
All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in person during the event.
- All teams will receive at least one interview in the pit
- ALL notebooks must be turned on Friday morning (September 26) by the close of Check-In
- Only physical notebooks will be accepted - no digital links, thumb-drives, or QR codes will be accepted
Waitlist
7 teams are on the waitlist for this event.