The Akron Roobotics team is excited to present the Rubber City Rumble VEX V5 Robotics Competition™ Tournament at the University of Akron! This event will showcase 7 fields, 3 fields for the competition, 2 skills fields, and 2 practice fields.

Lunch will be provided for the teams and a hospitality room will be provided for coaches, advisors, and volunteers.

No concessions will be available outside of the provided lunch, however the venue features resturants such as Chick-fil-A and Dunkin Donuts.

Venue: Jean Hower Taber Student Union
Address: 303 Carroll Street, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
Dates: January 9, 2027
Grade Level: High School
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: 75
Spots Open: 54
Event Region: Ohio
Max Registrations per Org: 12
Standard Registration Opens: 10-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline: 6-Jan-2027 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline: 2-Jan-2027
Price: $120.00

Agenda

7:00 a.m. Staff and volunteers arrive
7:30 a.m. Team arrival
7:45 a.m. Robot inspections begin
8:45 a.m. Opening ceremonies / Referee Meeting

9:15 a.m. Qualifying matches begin and interviews with Judges begin

3:30 p.m. Sklills Closes (or after the last qualification match is completed, whichever comes first)
4:00 p.m. Alliance Selection

5:00 p.m. Awards and closing remarks

Stream

Webcast This event will be streamed live on the Akron Roobotics YouTube channel. Links will be added closer to the day of the event. Live stream with commentary: Live stream without commentary:

Travel Info

Date: 9-Jan-2027 Jean Hower Taber Student Union 303 Carroll Street Akron, Ohio 44325 United States Travel Info Free parking is provided in Lot 34. This lot will be first come first serve. There are 318 total spaces. If you arrive and Lot 34 is full, unfortunately parking will be $11.00 and can be bought using this link: https://akron.thepermitstore.com/purchase.php Permits bought using this link will allow you to park in any other university lot (we suggest Lot 37 as it is the closest lot to the student union). Dropoff will be in the loop in front of the Jean Hower Taber Student Union. Buses will park for free in Lot 9 by InfoCision Stadium.

Judging Format

Judging Format All In-Person Judging - 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. *Important note* Please come prepared with your notebooks printed. We will not be printing any team's notebooks on the day of the event.

Volunteer

Volunteer All Volunteers are welcome! We are collecting volunteers for both tournament dates January 8th and January 9th. Please fill out this form if you are interested! Rubber City Rumble Tournaments Volunteering Form – Fill out form

Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy The event will be hosted as long as the university is open. Coaches will be notified if the university is closed due to inclement weather.