General Info
General Info
Welcome to the Western Pacific Robotics Academy (WPRA)
admin@orionwpra.ca
Thank You to our sponsor MotionGrey. You can visit their site to check out their office chairs, standing desks, and acessories at:
MotionGrey's showroom is right under WPRA and will offer discounts on chairs and desks to competition participants
Please joing us at our expanded facility we now have 2 fields.
Skills: This tournament will offer skills all day (except lunch).
Judging: This tournament will also offer judging. Team interviews will be in person at the event. Teams must submmited their engineering notebooks via the link on their vexevents team profile.
Travel: Search "Western Pacific Robotics Academy" in Google maps for exact location.
Lunch: You are welcome to bring your own lunch. There will be a concession of snacks and drinks.
- Venue
- Western Pacific Robotics Academy
- Address
- #227-7080 River Road, Richmond, British Columbia V6X 0R1, Canada
- Dates
- December 20, 2026
- Grade Level
- All
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- All In-Person Judging
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 26
- Event Region
- British Columbia (BC)
- Max Registrations per Org
- 10
- Standard Registration Opens
- 2-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 11-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- The day of competition
- Price
- CA$120.00
Agenda
Agenda
Sunday
9:00 am - Doors Open, Check-in, and Inspection
Skills Field: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Judging: 10:00 - 1:30 pm (pick time slot on white board)
Qualification matches: 10:30am - 4:00 pm
---12:00 - 12:45 - Lunch (all activites paused)---
4:00 - 4:15 - Alliance Selection
4:30 - 5:30 - Finals Matches
5:30 - 5:45 - Awards (Please allow for some buffer for pick up)
Judging Format
Judging Format In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews will be in-person the day of the event. Digital submission of Engineering notebooks. Engineering notebooks will be submitted online via the link in their VEX Events team profile account due by 11:00pm August 29th.
Volunteer
Volunteer If you are interested in volunteering, please contact info @orionwpra.ca We would appreciate help in the following: - Inspection 9am -10am - Skills Referee 9am-12 noon, 1pm-4pm - Field Resetting 10am-12 noon, 1pm-5pm
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy In the event of an emergency/bad weather, the tournament will be postponed/cancelled and teams will be notified via phone/email.