General Info
General Info
Thank you for registering for the The West Salem VEX V5 Robotics Competition Held on October 24, 2026. This event will be held at West Salem in the commons area. Please enter through the front of our school off of Orchard heights, the double doors by the flag poles will be unlocked for teams to enter the building. Pizza and and snacks will be availbe onsite for purchase.
After passing inspection teams will participate in Qualifying Rounds, Alliance Selection and Elimination Rounds. There will also be a field open for Skills Challenge runs. Teams will be limited to three Driving and three Programming Skills Challenge runs.
This tournament is a great opportunity for teams to get an early chance to see how well there robots are doing.
- Venue
- West Salem High School
- Address
- 1776 Titan Drive Northwest, Salem, Oregon 97304, United States
- Dates
- October 24, 2026
- 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
- 32
- Spots Open
- 23
- Event Region
- Oregon
- Priority Registration Opens
- 25-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 8-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 21-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- day of event
- Price
- $50.00
Agenda
8:00 am Venue Opens
8:30 - 9:30 am Inspections
9:30 am Opening Ceremonies
10:00 - 12:00 pm Qualifying Matches
12:00 - 12:30 pm Lunch Break
12:30 - 2:00 pm Qualifying Matches
2:30 - 3:00 pm Alliance Selection
3:20 - 4:30 pm Elimination Rounds
4:45 pm Awards Ceremony
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. Please make sure that Note books are summitted By October 15 at 5pm.
Volunteer
Volunteer Contact Zachary Link (Link_zachary@salkeiz.k12.or.us) if you are interested in helping volunteers. We can use referees, judges, field resetters, coordinators, and fields. If you are interested in refereeing please complete the VEX Referee Certification online. Teams that bring volunteers can have a portion or all of their registration fee waved. VEX U teams are welcome to complete VEX U robot skills runs if they are volunteering!