General Info
General Info
discoveries are ez
discoveries are ez is a VEX V5 high school tournament run by robotics is ez, and this year we're taking over Discovery Cube Orange County! Your teams compete right on the museum floor, next to the exhibits.
Your registration gets your team into Discovery Cube
Registration includes museum admission for every student competing, so your team gets a full day at Discovery Cube on top of a tournament:)
- Every student competing gets in free, so bring everyone on your roster
- Each team also gets 1 free coach ticket
- Between matches, go check out the exhibits
Students and coaches get a wristband for the competitor only areas, so keep it on all day.
Parents and families
Parents, families, chaperones and friends are all welcome and get $10 off Discovery Cube general admission. That covers the whole museum for the day, tournament included.
- Tickets are sold at the VEX Competition ticket window at Discovery Cube on the day of the event
- They're only sold at the window that day, not online
- Extra adults with your team beyond your 1 coach buy their tickets there too
Open to the public
Anyone visiting Discovery Cube that day can come watch, so expect a crowd checking out the cool stuff your teams have built!
Before you arrive
A completed consent form for every participant must be uploaded to events.vex.com before check-in.
Questions?
robotics is ez runs this event, so send everything our way and not to Discovery Cube. That includes tickets, museum access and the tournament. Email Jess Zarchi at [email protected].
Check the other tabs for the agenda, judging, and payment info!
- Venue
- Discovery Cube Orange County
- Address
- 2500 North Main Street, Santa Ana, California 92705, United States
- Dates
- January 24, 2027
- Grade Level
- High School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In-Person Team Interviews
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- VEXNet Field Control
- Capacity
- 48
- Spots Open
- 42
- Event Region
- California - Region 4
- Max Registrations per Org
- 6
- Priority Registration Opens
- 5-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Standard Registration Opens
- 29-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 19-Jan-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 1/19/27
- Price
- $350.00
Agenda
(schedule subject to change)
1/22/27 - Setup
Setup will be 12:00pm to 5:00pm.
Teams who help set up on Friday can do official skills runs that day!
Inspection will also be open on Friday for anyone who comes.
1/24/27 - Day of Event
6:30 am
Doors open for volunteers
7:00 am
Doors open for teams
Inspection begins (please have teams get to inspection ASAP)
8:00 am
Inspection closes
8:15 am
Drivers meeting
8:30 am
Morning qualification matches begin
Skills opens
11:45 am
Lunch starts
Skills fields close
12:30 pm
Lunch ends
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
End:)
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, January 20th, 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 contact Jess Zarchi at jess@roboticsisez.com with your experience and availability:)
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.