General Info
General Info
The 'Fimbulwinter Frenzy' VEX Tournament is hosted by North Salem Robotics club and it is an Oregon Region only event. The event is being held in the main commons at North Salem High School. Park in the big parking lot off D street. Additional parking is available at Early Learning Center, North Salem High School and if necessary Parrish Middle School.
After passing inspection teams will participate in Qualifying Rounds, Alliance Selection and Elimination Rounds. There will also be a field open for Skills Challenge runs. Teams will be limited to three Driving and three Programming Skills Challenge runs.
As an early tournament please do not be intimidated if your robot is still 'in development'. Many veteran teams will be at the event and they are great resources to help your team.
Notebooks will be due by midnight on December 5, 2026.
- Venue
- North Salem High School
- Address
- 765 14th Street Northeast, Salem, Oregon 97301, United States
- Dates
- December 12, 2026
- Grade Level
- All
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- All In-Person Judging
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 48
- Spots Open
- 41
- Event Region
- Oregon
- Max Registrations per Org
- 7
- Standard Registration Opens
- 27-Jul-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 4-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- December 12, 2026
- Price
- $50.00
Agenda
8:00 am Venue Opens
8:30 - 9:30 am Inspections
9:30 am Opening Ceremonies
10:00 - 12:00 pm Qualifying Matches
12:00 - 12:30 pm Lunch Break
12:30 - 2:00 pm Qualifying Matches
2:30 - 3:00 pm Alliance Selection
3:20 - 4:30 pm Elimination Rounds
4:45 pm Awards Ceremony
Judging Format
Judging Format Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact. Notebooks must be submitted by December 5, 2026. Here are instructions on how to submit a digital notebook on Robot Events.
Volunteer
Volunteer Contact Jason Hastings (hastings_jasonsmith_greg@salkeiz.k12.or.us) if you interested in helping volunteer. We can use referees and potentially judges. If you are interested in refereeing please complete the VEX Referee Certification once it is online. VEX U teams are welcome to complete VURC skills runs if they are volunteering!
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy If bad weather is to occur, use your own discretion on attending the event. If the event is cancelled and we are not able to reschedule the event we will refund your tournament fee.