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 High School teams. It will run for 3 days starting Thursday, January 28th and end on Saturday,January 30th. Please see the agenda for more details. We plan to have each team participate in 8-10 qualifying matches, depending on the number of teams that register. Middle school teams will compete in a separate event on Wednesday and Thursday.
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.
- 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
- Remote Interviews & Notebooks
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 106
- Spots Open
- 106
- 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
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Venue is open | |
| 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Team check in and inspections | |
| 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Skills is open | |
| 7:30 AM – 6:30 PM | Venue is open | |
| 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Team check in and inspections | |
| 9:00 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 | |
| 12:30 PM – 1:25 PM | Practice matches | |
| 1:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Qualification matches | |
| 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Skills open | |
| 6:30 PM | Venue closed | |
| 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Venue open | |
| 8:00 AM – 10:30 PM | Qualification matches | |
| 8:00 AM – 10:30 PM | Skills is open | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Alliance selection | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Division finals | |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Event finals | |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Awards ceremony | |
| 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Clean up, vacate the venue, have a safe trip home |
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. Deadlines and interview registration information will be posted closer to the event.
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. The volunteer registration link will be posted 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)
- Robot Skills 2nd Place (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Tournament Finalists (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Amaze Award (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Build Award (VRC/VEXU/VAIRC)
- Create 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)