General Info
General Info
This is a MIDDLE SCHOOL only event hosted by Downey Unified School District. The proceeds from this event are used to sustain DUSD robotics programs and to host future tournaments for teams from around the Southern California area.
Engineering Notebooks will be submitted digitally on events.vex.com no later than Monday, January 11th by 5pm.
Payment in full is required by January 8th. All teams not paid in full by January 8th may be dropped at the event partner's discretion to allow teams in from the waitlist. If you are paying with a PO, please contact the event partner and let them know when you have submitted it to VEX.
On-site parking is free.
We will not be offering a meal plan for teams, but there will be a concession stand selling prepackaged items.
There are many food options in the Downey community surrounding the campus.
There will be two competition fields, a Skills Challenge field and a full practice field at this event.
Both Driving Skills and Programming Skills Challenges are open to all registered teams.
This event will have a six-team limit on the number of teams per school. If the event is full please place your team on the waiting list.
- Venue
- Doty Middle School
- Address
- 10301 Woodruff Avenue, Downey, California 90241, United States
- Dates
- January 16, 2027
- Grade Level
- Middle School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- All In-Person Judging
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- VEXNet Field Control
- Capacity
- 36
- Spots Open
- 31
- Event Region
- California - Region 4
- Max Registrations per Org
- 6
- Priority Registration Opens
- 20-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Standard Registration Opens
- 4-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 25-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- January 4, 2027
- Price
- $200.00
Agenda
7:15 am Doors Open/ Practice Field Opens
7:30 am Inspection Begins
8:45 am Driver's/Coaches Meeting
9:00 am Opening Ceremony
9:15 am Qualifying Matches Begin/ Robot Skills Fields Open
12:00 pm Lunch Break
12:45 pm Qualifying Matches Continue
2:30 pm Alliance Selection
3:00 pm Finals Begins
4:45 pm Awards Ceremony
5:00 pm Clean Up
5:15 pm Event Closes
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. All engineering notebooks must be submitted digitally for judging. The team’s primary contact can submit the notebook using the submission link located in the “My Account” panel on VEX Events. Submission Deadline for the engineering notebook: Monday, January 11 Teams are encouraged to submit their notebooks early to avoid any last-minute technical issues. Physical engineering notebooks will not be accepted at the event.
Volunteer
Volunteer If you would like to volunteer please contact the event promoters. We always need more judges. Ron Legaspi: rlegaspi@dusd.net
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy The tournament is indoors. Only under severe weather circumstances would the event be canceled. An email would be sent the day before if there is a chance of cancellation. Teams should make sure their contact information is up to date and includes both school and non-school phone numbers. In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on events.vex.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed. Event Partners will also make every effort to reach teams directly in case of an emergency. Make sure your team contact information is up to date in your robotevents.com account, as this is the information that will be used to contact your team.