General Info
General Info
Welcome to the Western Pacific Robotics Academy (WPRA)
Thank You to our sponsor MotionGrey. You can visit their site to check out their office chairs, standing desks, and acessories at:
MotionGrey's showroom is right under WPRA and will offer discounts on chairs and desks to competition participants
Skills: This tournament will offer skills all day (except lunch).
Judging: This tournament will also offer judging. Team interviews will be in person at the event. Teams must submmited their engineering notebooks via the link on their vexevents team profile.
Travel: Search "Western Pacific Robotics Academy" in Google maps for exact location.
Lunch: You are welcome to bring your own lunch. There will be a concession of snacks and drinks.
- Venue
- Western Pacific Robotics Academy
- Address
- #227-7080 River Road, Richmond, British Columbia V6X 0R1, Canada
- Dates
- October 12, 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
- 32
- Spots Open
- 19
- Event Region
- British Columbia (BC)
- Max Registrations per Org
- 10
- Standard Registration Opens
- 1-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 2-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- The day of competition
- Price
- CA$120.00
Agenda
Agenda
Sunday
9:00 am - Doors Open, Check-in, and Inspection
Skills Field: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Judging: 10:00 - 1:30 pm (pick time slot on white board)
Qualification matches: 10:30am - 4:00 pm
---12:00 - 12:45 - Lunch (all activites paused)---
4:00 - 4:15 - Alliance Selection
4:30 - 5:30 - Finals Matches
5:30 - 5:45 - Awards (Please allow for some buffer for pick up)
Judging Format
Judging Format In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews will be in-person the day of the event. Digital submission of Engineering notebooks. Engineering notebooks will be submitted online via the link in their vexevents team profile account due by 11:00pm August 29th.
Volunteer
Volunteer If you are interested in volunteering, please contact info @orionwpra.ca We would appreciate help in the following: - Inspection 9am -10am - Skills Referee 9am-12 noon, 1pm-4pm - Field Resetting 10am-12 noon, 1pm-5pm
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy In the event of an emergency/bad weather, the tournament will be postponed/cancelled and teams will be notified via phone/email.