Rumble in the Rockies VEX V5RC Signature Event: High School

General Info

Venue

Utah State Fairpark

Address

155 North 1000 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116, United States

Dates

January 28 – 30, 2027

Grade Level

High School

Skills Challenge

Yes

Judging Format

All Remote Judging

Registration & Logistics

Event Type

Open Tournament

Event Format

In-Person

Field Control

Smart Field Control

Capacity

106

Spots Open

29

Event Region

Utah

Max Registrations per Org

35

Priority Registration Opens

8-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT

Standard Registration Opens

22-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT

Registration Deadline

14-Jan-2027 12:00 EST

Payment Deadline

2 weeks from date of registration

Price

$400.00

Agenda

Travel Info

Date: 28-Jan-2027 - 30-Jan-2027 Utah State Fairpark 155 North 1000 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 United States Travel Info Rumble in the Rockies will be held at the Utah State FairPark which is halfway between the Salt Lake International Airport and downtown Salt Lake City. The FairPark is a large, 65-acre complex. Entry is from the east side of the complex, at about 200 N 1000 W. All pits, competition fields, practice fields, and Skills fields will be in the Grand Building (located in the southeast corner of the park). The Grand Building can be noisy so we will have a parents lounge in the Bonneville building, just across the parking lot. The Bonneville building will have tables, chairs, and monitors. We'll also provide complimentary coffee, hot chocolate, and toast. You are welcome to stay anywhere you like when you come to Salt Lake City; we don't rquire Stay to Play. However, we will ask you for lodging information (hotel, # of rooms, and # of guests) so we can pass it along to one of our sponsors, Sports Salt Lake. Their donation is dependent on how many rooms we account for in the Salt Lake City/Salt Lake County area. We have contracted with three hotels in the area ro provide a Rumble in the Rockies rate. We don't make any money off of this rate. It is the best rate we can get from each of these hotels. In an effort to incentivize people to stay at these hotels, so we can negotiate for even better rates, we will be setting up a practice field in each hotel. We did this last year, and it was popular, unfortunately we did suffer some damage to our plastic field perimeters. This year we will revert to steel perimeters to avoid this problem. Our most eonomical lodging is the Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Airport. The Rumble in the Rockies rate for ths hotel is $79/night plus tax. The Radisson is located at 2177 W North Temple, is just 2.2 miles from the FairPark. It is conveniently located about halfway between the Salt Lake International Airport and downtown Salt Lake City. They offer free transportation to and from the airport with a shuttle. They are about 4 minutes from the airport, and 7 minutes from downtown. They are located less than 1 block from Utah Trax Station which gives ready access to the entire Salt Lake City area. There is a fridge and microwave in every room. They also offer a complimentary breakfast each morning beginning at 6:00 am. There is an onsite restaurant, Soni's Tuscan Bistro, and a full-service bar. For your convenience we have made arrangements to set up a practice field in the conference room at the Radisson. To access our discounted rate for the Radisson, go to: https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/BI37F4I You can also contact the desk directly at 801-364-5800…

Judging Format

Judging Format Judging will be Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / Initial remote eam interviews / In Person follow-up interviews as needed. Engineering notebooks must be submitted digitally by providing a link to your digital notebook. Notebooks are submitted through the team's events.vex.com logins by one of the team's registered contacts- Submitting a Digital Engineering Notebook – Global Robotics & Science Foundation .This link must be submitted by 4:00 pm Mountain Time, Friday, January 8th, 2027. A new requirement this year is to include up to three summaries in your notebook. These summaries are a Season Summary (1-page), a Code Summary (also 1-page, but this summary is only necessary if your team uses code for autonomous programs), and a Credit Summary. See Season, Code, and Credit Summaries for Judging – Global Robotics & Science Foundation for more information. Also different this year, it is no longer necessary to submit a separate form to be eligible for the Innovate Award. If you have something innovative that you want the judges to be aware of, you should mention it in your 1-page Season Summary. At this tournament it is NOT necessary to print out your summaries and turn them in. Your summaries just need to be in your notebook and easily found from your Table of Contents. To make it easy for the judges, we suggest your summary pages be hyperlinked from the Table of Contents with bidirectional page navigation, that is, a hyperlink from the ToC to the Summary Page, and a link on the Summary Page back to the ToC. If you want more information on how the judges will score your notebook, go here: Engineering Notebook Rubrics – Global Robotics & Science Foundation The first round of interviews will be held remotely in early January. The registration link will be posted when it is available.

Volunteer

Volunteer Thank you for being willing to help with Rumble. It takes a lot of people to help this run smoothly, we couldn't do it without you. If you are willing and able to help, please take a minute to fill out the below link. Also, please forward the link to any parent, family, or coaches that may be attending. https://forms.gle/kt6e68RgaKsMAmJd8 Thanks!

Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy In the case of bad weather please contact the Event Partner to discuss options. We are used to adverse weather in Utah. If weather is bad enough to not run this event we will figure out the best path forward for all involved.