General Info
General Info
Thank you for registering for the VEX IQ Robotics Competition™ Gold Coast Middle School League at Pine Crest School Boca Raton Campus. We are happy to have your team compete with and learn along with us! Here are a few important things to know about our League.
We will meet 4 times on the dates listed below, and each competition will run from 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM on the Pine Crest School Boca Raton Campus. Our League dates are:
- October 24, 2026
- December 5, 2026
- January 23, 2027
- February 20, 2027
- During each of our four League Events, teams will have the opportunity to participate in 3 driver control and 3 autonomous runs, as well as 2-3 teamwork challenge matches.
- Notebooks will be due digitally by midnight on 2/12/27. Notebooks must be submitted following the instructions on events.vex.com.
- Live team interviews will take place the during the third League Event on 2/20/2027.
- Teamwork finals and awards will take place during the last event. It will likely run a bit long and we will give you a heads-up about a change in pick-up times.
- Expect an email the week before each event with updates and reminders for you and your team.
- This league is for team members and coaches only. Our space is limited and doesn’t accommodate audience members. Parents can drop off students at 12:30 PM and pick them up at 3:30 PM.
- We have water fountians and bottle refill stations in the Pit area, but no concessions. Feel free to bring snacks.
Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions!
- Venue
- Pine Crest School
- Address
- 2700 Saint Andrews Boulevard, Boca Raton, Florida 33434, United States
- Dates
- October 24, 2026
- Grade Level
- Middle School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In-Person Team Interviews
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- League
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- N/A
- Capacity
- 24
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Florida - South
- Standard Registration Opens
- 21-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 9-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 10/14/26
- Price
- $60.00
Agenda
12:30 PM - Dropoff and Inspection Table Opens
1:00 PM - Drivers Meeting
1:10 PM - Teamwork Matches and Skill Fields open
3:30 PM - All Matches Complete, Pickup Line Opens
Stream
Webcast Our live feed will run during the competition at http://robotics.pinecrest.edu .
Judging Format
Judging Format Please review the following Judging Format options and keep the ones that apply to your event, and delete the others that do not apply. • 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.
Volunteer
Volunteer We need volunteers to serve as scorekeepers and queue managers as well as 18+ volunteers to help with judging at the end of the League. We are asking each school / organization to commit at least one adult volunteer to help with judging notebooks and conducting team interviews. Please contact Kris Swanson (kris.swanson@pinecrest.edu) if you are interested!
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy If bad weather is predicted before the event, coaches will be contacted and the event will be rescheduled. If bad weather occurs during the event, we will follow Pine Crest School's Security Guidelines to seek shelter, depending on the weather event.
- Excellence Award (IQ)
- Teamwork Champion Award (IQ)
- Design Award (IQ)
- Robot Skills Champion (IQ)
- Robot Skills 2nd Place (IQ)
- Robot Skills 3rd Place (IQ)
- Teamwork 2nd Place Award (IQ)
- Teamwork 3rd Place Award (IQ)
- Amaze Award (IQ)
- Build Award (IQ)
- Create Award (IQ)
- Energy Award (IQ)
- Innovate Award (IQ)
- Judges Award (IQ)
- Sportsmanship Award (IQ)
- Think Award (IQ)