General Info
General Info
Come join us for this year's VEX competition "Override™ at the Coliseum" at Franklin High School.
More information can be found on our website at: https://franklinrobotics.my.canva.site/
Date : Saturday February 06 2027
Time: 7:30 AM
The event will have in-person judging. However, please submit digital engineering notebooks one week before the event day.
Concessions will be available.
- Venue
- Franklin High School
- Address
- 500 Elizabeth Avenue, Somerset, New Jersey 08873, United States
- Dates
- February 6, 2027
- Grade Level
- High School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Remote Engineering Notebooks
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 64
- Spots Open
- 57
- Event Region
- New Jersey
- Max Registrations per Org
- 8
- Priority Registration Opens
- 7-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 12-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 1-Feb-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 01-Feb-2027 12:00 EST
- Price
- $130.00
Agenda
7:30 AM
Doors Open
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Check-In/Inspection
8:45 AM
Opening Ceremony [Gymnasium]
9:00 AM
Event Meeting [Gymnasium]
9:15 - 12:00 PM
Qualification Rounds [Gymnasium] / Skills Challenges [Gymnasium]
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Judging [Cafeteria]
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch. Pizza at concessions. Speak with volunteers at concessions for dining and delivery options nearby
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Continue Qualification Rounds [Gymnasium] / Skills Challenges [Gymnasium]
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Alliance Selection [Gymnasium]
3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Alliance Elimination matches [Gymnasium]
immediately after
matches end.
Awards and Closing Ceremony [Gymnasium]
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 on events.vex.com/admin. The submission deadline for engineering notebooks will be 12:00 PM on Monday February 01 2027 -- a little less than one week before the event.
Volunteer
Volunteer If you are interested in volunteering, thank you! Please contact David Bitko (dbitko@franklinboe.org) and/or Paul Katzer (pkatzer@franklinboe.org).
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy We will let teams know as soon as possible about closures or modifications to the schedule in the event of inclement weather.