General Info
Welcome to the 4th annual Rumble in the Rockies Signature Event. This event will qualify to the VEX Robotics World Championships*. We would love your participation!
This event for is for Middle School teams. It will run for 2 days starting Wednesday, January 27th and end on Thursday, 28th. Please see the agenda for more details. Teams will participate in 8-10 qualifying matches. High school teams will compete in a separate event on Friday and Saturday.
We will update the travel section to provide information on discounted hotel rates as soon as we have it.
Food trucks will be available at the venue during lunch hours and there are many restaurant options nearby.
*World Spot Eligibility:
Signature Events will be awarded World Championship qualification spots if they meet all established criteria set forth by the Global Robotics & Science Foundation. Failure to fully comply with these criteria may result in the event being ineligible to receive World spots, regardless of prior expectations or historical precedent
- Venue
- Utah State Fairpark
- Address
- 155 South 1000 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84104, United States
- Dates
- January 27 – 28, 2027
- Grade Level
- Middle School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Remote Interviews & Notebooks
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 64
- Spots Open
- 64
- Event Region
- Utah
- Max Registrations per Org
- 20
- Priority Registration Opens
- 7-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 21-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 13-Jan-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 2 weeks from date of registration
- Price
- $375.00
Agenda
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM – 6:30 PM | Venue open | |
| 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Team check in and inspections | |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Skills is open | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Opening ceremony and drivers meeting | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM | Practice matches | |
| 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Skills is open | |
| 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Qualification matches | |
| 7:00 PM | Venu closed | |
| 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM | Venue open | |
| 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Qualification matches | |
| 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Skills is open | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Alliance selection | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Finals | |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Awards Ceremony | |
| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Clean up, vacate the venue, have a safe trip home |
Travel Info
Travel information will be updated as we get closer to the event.
Judging Format
The Initial Team Interviews will be conducted remotely, and Engineering Notebooks will be submitted to judges digitally via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact. The first round of interviews will be held remotely in early January. The registration link will be posted when it is available.
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. We will post a link to the volunteer registration site when we get closer to the event.
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.
- Excellence Award (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Tournament Champions (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Robot Skills Champion (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Amaze Award (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Build Award (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Create Award (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Design Award (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Innovate Award (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Judges Award (VRC/VEXU/VAIC/ADC/VAIRC)
- Sportsmanship Award (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Think Award (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)