General Info
General Info
What is Maker Faire?
Maker Faire is a convention where people and companies come to show off cool stuff they've made- like a science fair for all ages. it's a celebration of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness.
https://oc.makerfaire.com/
!!This is a ticketed event!!
Signed up teams will get a code for tickets for 4 students + 1 coach that can be claimed at the event. Signed up teams will also get a discount code for any additional tickets needed for the team/spectators.
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A completed consent form for all participants must be uploaded to events.vex.com.com before check-in.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email the event partner, Jess Zarchi, at [email protected]
Please check the other tabs for more information on other aspects of the tournament!
- Venue
- OC Fair & Event Center
- Address
- 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, California 92626, United States
- Dates
- September 12, 2026
- Grade Level
- All
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Remote Engineering Notebooks
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- VEXNet Field Control
- Capacity
- 36
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- California - Region 4
- Max Registrations per Org
- 5
- Priority Registration Opens
- 27-Jul-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 10-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 31-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 8/24/26
- Price
- $185.00
Agenda
7:30 am
doors open for volunteers
7:50 am
doors open for COMPETITORS + 1 adult / team
check-in opens for mentors to pick up tickets for themselves + their students
inspection begins (please have teams get to inspection ASAP)
8:45 am
drivers meeting
9:00 am
special early-access doors open for robotics spectators (you must have a ticket to enter the event)
morning qualification matches begin
9:45 am
special early-access doors close
10:00 am
spectators now enter through general admission (note- lines to enter may be longer here)
12:00 pm
lunch starts
skills closes
12:30 pm
afternoon qualification matches start
skills fields open
1:45 pm
qualification matches end
skills fields close
2:00 pm
alliance selection
2:30 pm
elimination matches begin
3:30 pm
finals and awards
4:00 pm
venue kicks us out now so we have no choice but to be done:)
Stream
Webcast The event will be live streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/@roboticsisez
Judging Format
Judging Format Digital engineering notebook submissions & in person team interviews Notebooks will be due on Wednesday, September 9th, at 5pm PST . We want an early start to notebooks to ensure we get all teams notebooks- but you're welcome to continue working on them after submitting! 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 on events.vex.com.
Volunteer
Volunteer We are always looking for volunteers! If you want to help, please fill out this form .
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy Our venue is indoors, so we will be able to host the event even if it is raining.
- Excellence Award - High School (V5)
- Excellence Award - Middle School (V5)
- Tournament Champions (V5)
- Robot Skills Champion (V5)
- Amaze Award (V5)
- Build Award (V5)
- Design Award (V5)
- Innovate Award (V5)
- Judges Award (V5)
- Think Award (V5)