General Info
General Info
India Community Center (ICC) - Milpitas invites you to the ROOKIES ONLY NorCal Silicon Valley VEX V5 Robotics Competition™ Override™ Tournament at Milpitas, California.
If students in your team have participated in VEX V5 tournaments in prior years, please DO NOT SIGN UP for this event. This event is only open to first-time teams! If your teams (students) are in their first season and would like to take part, please add them to the Waiting List. Once your team has been added to the waitlist, one of the Event Partners will contact you to confirm your eligibility and then move your team to the registered list.
Reminder: Students that have participated in VEX V5 tournaments in prior seasons are not eligible to register for this event.
However, if a team of students is new this season and has already participated in other VEX V5 competitions during the current season, they are still considered eligible and are welcome to compete in the Rookie event.
Please take a moment to read through the event details.
Note: The submission deadline for Digital Engineering Notebooks is TBD.
We will publish important instructions a few days before the event and share them with you on your registered email ids, as well as publish the document here in this space. Please ensure all attendees (students, coaches, mentors and parents) read and internalize these instructions. You will be unable to participate in the event without following the instructions fully.
VEX AI / VEX U Teams:
If you're interested in VEX AI/ VEX U, please contact [email protected].
Hope you are having a terrific VEX Robotics season!
Look forward to hosting you all at ICC Milpitas!!
PS: If you need to register more than 5 teams per organization, please send a note to the Event Partner and we will review the request.
- Venue
- India Community Center
- Address
- 525 Los Coches Street, Milpitas, California 95035, United States
- Dates
- October 31, 2026
- Grade Level
- All
- 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
- 60
- Spots Open
- 48
- Event Region
- California - Region 2
- Priority Registration Opens
- 18-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 5-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 30-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- October-30-2026 12:00 EST
- Price
- $220.00
Agenda
This schedule is tentative.
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Time
Event
8:00 AM
Doors, pits, and practice fields open. Check-In and inspection begin
8:45 AM
Inspection closes. Driver Meeting begins
9:15 AM
Qualification and Skills matches begin
12:15 PM
Lunch break begins
12:45 PM
Qualification matches resume
4:30 PM
Qualification matches and skills conclude
4:45 PM
Alliance selection begins
5:00 PM
Elimination Matches Begin
6:00 PM
Finals matches begin
6:15 PM
Tournament & Skills Champions and Judged Awards announced
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. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date. Notebook submission deadline will be published soon.
Volunteer
Volunteer We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers who can bring their energy and willingness to help run the tournaments and support us! Sign up today and be part of the action -- Tournament Volunteering Sign Up Form: Please reach out to Nisha Malani at robotics@indiacc.org for other volunteering opportunities at ICC Milpitas!
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy This event is conducted in a fully indoor facility. Bad weather is not expected to affect this event. Teams should make sure their contact information on events.vex.com is up to date and accurate. Please include in your contact information phone numbers that are also available on weekends (especially for schools), to enable us to reach you in an emergency. In case of a cancellation, the event partners will contact you as early as possible.