On behalf of the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation, welcome to the 2025-2026 VEX IQ Robotics Competition Mix & Match season. After an amazing competition season in 2024-25, we are very excited to offer our robotics community a fun and action-packed season.
The VEX IQ Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, provides primary and secondary school students with exciting, open-ended robotics challenges that enhance their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills through hands-on, student-centred learning.
The VEX IQ Robotics Competition fosters student development of the teamwork, critical thinking, project management, and communication skills required to prepare them to become the next generation of innovators and problem solvers.
VEX IQ Robotics Competition Mix & Match is played on a 6’ x 8’ rectangular field configured as seen above. Two robots compete in the Teamwork Challenge as an alliance in 60 second long teamwork matches, working collaboratively to score points.
The primary objectives of the game are to build Stacks out of Pins and Beams, and Place Stacks in Goals. Additional Pins are introduced to the Field by Drive Team Members at the Load Zone.
Teams also compete in the Robot Skills Challenge where one robot takes the field to score as many points as possible. These matches consist of Driving Skills Matches, which will be entirely driver controlled, and Autonomous Coding Skills Matches, which will be autonomous with limited human interaction.
Game Manual
The Game Manual is the rulebook that all teams must adhere to. Everything you need to know to allow you to build a legal robot and to understand the rules of the game is included in this document
Getting Started
New to Robotics? Want to know how to start a team in one of our programmes? Learn how to run a successful VEX IQ Robotics Competition Team with these articles.
VEX Forum
The official VEX forum is a place for teams, mentors and coaches from all over the world. It’s used to discuss robot design and strategy, to offer help and to support each other.
Which VEX Competition Do I Choose?
Not sure which competition is best for you and your team? Check out this RECF article to read overviews on each of the programmes to see what fits best for you and your team.
Purchasing Equipment
All VEX products are available directly from VEX Robotics, shipping from their warehouse located in Luxembourg, so there will be no customs fees or import charges to pay!
Please ensure you are on the European website (pricing will be in Euros). If you have any product questions or would like to get a quote, please contact eusales@vex.com or call a member of the VEX team on 00 44 1925 251038.