General Info
General Info
Welcome to the 2026 Vexmen V5RC Showdown Qualifier! This will be the Vexmen's first V5RC event of the season, and it will be held at the Marsh Creek 6th Grade Center in Downingtown, PA.
Field Information
The fields will be on the floor. We will be utilizing the new plastic field perimeters.
Other Information
More information will be made available closer to the event date!
- Venue
- Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center
- Address
- 489 Dorlan Mill Road, Downingtown, Pennsylvania 19335, United States
- Dates
- December 12, 2026
- Grade Level
- High School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In-Person Team Interviews
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 48
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Pennsylvania - East
- Max Registrations per Org
- 12
- Priority Registration Opens
- 12-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 26-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 23-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 28-Nov-2026 16:00 EST
- Price
- $100.00
Agenda
Please note that this is a preliminary schedule and is subject to change closer to the event!
7:30 Doors open for Teams
7:30 - 9:00 Check In & Inspection
9:15 - Event Meeting
9:30 - 12:00 Matches Part 1 & Skills Open
12:00 Lunch (all fields closed)
12:45 - 3:00 Matches Part 2 & Skills Open
3:00 Skills Closes
3:10 Alliance Selection
4:30 Awards & clean up
Stream
Webcast At this time, we do NOT plan to live stream the event.
Travel Info
Date: 12-Dec-2026 Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center 489 Dorlan Mill Road Downingtown, Pennsylvania 19335 United States Travel Info The Downingtown Area School District, Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center (DASD MC6GC) has plenty of parking for cars and buses. We recommend that all vehicles enter through the buses only entrance for the event. Location Our event will be held at the Downingtown Area School District Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center . For the easiest access to the building, all attendees and teams should enter the parking area through the “Bus Only” entrance located at: 395 Dorlan Mill Rd. Downingtown, PA 19335 (Bus only is only enforced during the school day) Note that Marsh Creek is behind the DASD Shamona Creek Elementary School as shown in the photo below. When entering the building, use the door farthest to your right on the front of the building.
Judging Format
Judging Format Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks must be submitted digitally for evaluation via the link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact. To submit your digital notebook, ensure your team profile has been updated with a link to your notebook by 11:59PM on December 4th.
Volunteer
Volunteer We are looking for volunteers to help our event run. Link: Please check back closer to the event for our volunteer link! If you are interested in helping as a "Key Volunteer" (head referee, judge advisor, assistant judge advisor, skills referee, etc), please reach out to us at events@vexmen.com.
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy This event has no available makeup date. A weather-related event cancelation will be made in accordance with the Downingtown Area School District's policies. In the event of a weather-related cancellation, teams will be contacted as early as possible and event registration fees will be returned.