General Info
General Info
NextGen Robotics Association is delighted to be hosting this V5RC Override qualifying tournament at Rice Middle School.
We will have two competition fields, one Skills field, and a practice field for our tournament.
All team members attending this event are required to submit the online consent form through Robot Events
Teams must pay before the event in order to participate in the event.
Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] if you have any questions.
This will be an all in-person judging contest.
- Venue
- Rice Middle School
- Address
- 8500 Gifford Drive, Plano, Texas 75025, United States
- Dates
- January 23, 2027
- Grade Level
- All
- 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
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Texas - Region 5
- Max Registrations per Org
- 6
- Priority Registration Opens
- 27-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 28-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 15-Jan-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 1/15/2027
- Price
- $120.00
Agenda
7:30 am - Doors Open
7:30 am - Inspection
8:30 am - Driver's Meeting
8:45 am - Skills Field Opens
9:00 am - Qualification Matches Begin
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch Break *The skills field will be open from 12:30-1 PM
1:00 pm - Qualification Matches resume
2:45 pm - Qualification Matches End & Skills Field Closes
3:00 pm - Alliance Selection
3:15 pm - Elimination Matches
4:45 pm - Finals
5:00 pm - Awards and closing ceremony
**Tournament times are estimates**
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. The submission deadline is EOD on Jan. 15.
Volunteer
Volunteer Interested in voluntering? Please contact Joyce Hu at joyce.hu@ngrobotics.org
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy In the event of bad weather, updates will be made by email. Please be sure the contact information for your team is accurate and up to date. In the event that nature or some unforeseen circumstance cancels our event, we will try to reschedule for the next weekend. There are still no circumstances where refunds will be given.