General Info
General Info
The Firestone Robotics Club is proud to present the Seventh Annual Dan Spak Memorial Robotics Competition.
Dan Spak founded our club in 2011 as an after school opportunity for students to explore engineering concepts beyond the classroom. The first robot our club ever built was powered by pulling a string. Since then, our teams have won awards at many regional competitions, States and Worlds. Dan Spak was named Ohio's VEX Robotics Coach of the Year in 2019. On April 11, 2020, Mr. Spak passed away unexpectedly. We will continue to honor his vision for our club and the VEX Robotic community throughout Ohio and beyond. Thank you Mr. Spak. We miss you.
This competition will be a single division due to a lower registration of teams
This competition will take place at: Firestone CLC located at 470 Castle Blvd, Akron, OH 44313.
There will be concessions avalible. Lunch will be provided to teams, coaches and registered volunteers. Information about lunch will be emailed out to coaches closer to the time of the event.
This event will also be live-streamed.
- Venue
- Firestone CLC
- Address
- 470 Castle Boulevard, Akron, Ohio 44313, United States
- Dates
- November 7, 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
- 100
- Spots Open
- 96
- Event Region
- Ohio
- Max Registrations per Org
- 13
- Standard Registration Opens
- 28-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 7-Nov-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- Nov 14th 2026
- Price
- $105.00
Agenda
7:00 am - Staff and volunteers arrive for competition
8:00 am - Doors open/teams arrive/robot inspection begins
9:00 am - Drivers meetings
9:15 am - Qualification matches begin/skills fields open
12:00 pm - Lunch served, matches will NOT break
3:30 pm - Qualification matches end/skills close
3:45 pm - Alliance selection
4:00 pm - Elimination matches
5:15 pm - Finals and Awards
Stream
Webcast A link to the livestream will be posted here on the morning of the event
Judging Format
Judging Format • All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.
Volunteer
Volunteer A link to sign up to volunteer will be posted here shortly. If you would like to volunteer now please reach out to Alex Stallsmith at 7316aerospacerobotics@gmail.com
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy In the event of bad weather conditions or an emergency causing delay or cancellation, all coaches will be contected by email to be informed of the situation.