Rumble In the Rockies VEX V5RC Signature Event: Middle School

General Info

Venue

Utah State Fairpark

Address

155 South 1000 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84104, United States

Dates

January 27 – 28, 2027

Grade Level

Middle School

Skills Challenge

Yes

Judging Format

Remote Interviews & Notebooks

Registration & Logistics

Event Type

Open Tournament

Event Format

In-Person

Field Control

Smart Field Control

Capacity

64

Spots Open

60

Event Region

Utah

Max Registrations per Org

20

Priority Registration Opens

7-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT

Standard Registration Opens

21-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT

Registration Deadline

13-Jan-2027 12:00 EST

Payment Deadline

2 weeks from date of registration

Price

$375.00

Agenda

Travel Info

Date: 27-Jan-2027 - 28-Jan-2027 Utah State Fairpark 155 South 1000 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84104 United States Travel Info Travel information will be updated as we get closer to the event.

Judging Format

Judging Format Judging will be Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / Initial remote eam interviews / In Person follow-up interviews as needed. Engineering notebooks must be submitted digitally by providing a link to your digital notebook. Notebooks are submitted through the team's events.vex.com logins by one of the team's registered contacts- Submitting a Digital Engineering Notebook – Global Robotics & Science Foundation .This link must be submitted by 4:00 pm Mountain Time, Friday, January 8th, 2027. A new requirement this year is to include up to three summaries in your notebook. These summaries are a Season Summary (1-page), a Code Summary (also 1-page, but this summary is only necessary if your team uses code for autonomous programs), and a Credit Summary. See Season, Code, and Credit Summaries for Judging – Global Robotics & Science Foundation for more information. Also different this year, it is no longer necessary to submit a separate form to be eligible for the Innovate Award. If you have something innovative that you want the judges to be aware of, you should mention it in your 1-page Season Summary. At this tournament it is NOT necessary to print out your summaries and turn them in. Your summaries just need to be in your notebook and easily found from your Table of Contents. To make it easy for the judges, we suggest your summary pages be hyperlinked from the Table of Contents with bidirectional page navigation, that is, a hyperlink from the ToC to the Summary Page, and a link on the Summary Page back to the ToC. If you want more information on how the judges will score your notebook, go here: Engineering Notebook Rubrics – Global Robotics & Science Foundation The first round of interviews will be held remotely in early January. The registration link will be posted when it is available.

Volunteer

Volunteer Thank you for being willing to help with Rumble. It takes a lot of people to help this run smoothly, we couldn't do it without you. We will post a link to the volunteer registration site when we get closer to the event.

Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy In the case of bad weather please contact the Event Partner to discuss options. We are used to adverse weather in Utah. If weather is bad enough to not run this event we will figure out the best path forward for all involved.