General Info
General Info
Event Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/169_nBugceot63x21DRo7Pnj9I59eMD02jPYOptY-Sl8/edit?usp=sharing
Portland West Middle School is proud to welcome team to the Mechanoid Clash Competition.
Mechanoid Clash is a great event for starter teams. With in person judging, teams can receive recognition beyond the Teamwork reward, bringing the value of engieering and innovation to light.
Event partners and judges are working hard to bring a low stress, well organized event to help teams experience a fun, rewarding experience with the opening event of the season.
Teams will experience the judges interview process, learn basic competition etiquette/schedules/procedures, and put their new bots to work in both teamwork and skills challenges.
Additional information regarding directions, campus maps, times, and concessions information will be emailed to registered teams and posted on events.vex.com by 10/1/2026. If you have questions, please email the event partner at [email protected].
Participants are required to submit the Vex liability release through events.vex.com
If the event is full, please add your team to the wait list
- Venue
- Portland West Middle School
- Address
- 619 College Street, Portland, Tennessee 37148, United States
- Dates
- October 24, 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
- N/A
- Capacity
- 45
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Tennessee
- Standard Registration Opens
- 21-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 16-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 10/20/2026
- Price
- $65.00
Agenda
Tentative Agenda
7:00 am - Door Open (No early entry)
7:00 am - Check in/Inspection opens. All fields open for practice.
7:45 am - Team Judge interviews begin
8:00 am - Skills challenges open
9:00 am - Judge Interviews end
9:05 am - Opening Meeting
9:25 am - 11:45 am - Qualifying Matches/Skills challenges continue
12:00 pm- 1:00 pm - Lunch (Please return promptly by 1:00 pm to avoid a disqualified match) SKILLS CLOSED
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - 2nd Judge Interviews
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Qualifying Matches/Skills Challenges Continue
3:00 PM - Skills Fields Close
3:15 PM - Finals Matches Begin
Awards Ceremony
Judging Format
Judging Format All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.
Volunteer
Volunteer Volunteers are esssential to a successful tournament. Please consider volunteering. No prior experience is necessary. Please email the event partner Vickie Covington at victoria.covington@sumnerschools.org for more information. Volunteers will receive any necessary training.
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy In the event of incliment weather, all event updates will be communicated through email with registered teams.
Division Finals
Division 1
| # | Red Team | Score | Blue Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 96.0 | ||
| 2 | 82.0 | ||
| 3 | 42655A Hendersonville, Tennessee | 62.0 | |
| 4 | 62.0 | ||
| 5 | 60.0 | ||
| 6 | 54.0 | ||
| 7 | 44.0 | ||
| 8 | 40.0 | ||
| 9 | 30.0 | ||
| 10 | 15.0 |
- Excellence Award - Middle School (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)
- Innovate Award (IQ)
- Judges Award (IQ)
- Sportsmanship Award (IQ)
- Think Award (IQ)