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For Participants

For the students competing — what to expect and how to prepare.

Your first tournament

What a VEX IQ tournament day is like, start to finish — for the students competing.

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Getting through robot inspection

Inspectors are there to help you pass — check these five things before you leave home.

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Being ready when you're called

Queue like a pro — the five-second checklist that keeps your team on schedule.

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Talking to the judges

The team interview is your time to shine — how it works and how to show off what you built.

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Your engineering notebook

Your notebook is the story of everything you tried — and judges care about the journey, not the polish.

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Skills challenges

Driver skills, autonomous coding skills, and why your team should get runs in at every event.

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