VIQRC Mix & Match Game Manual Updates

VEX IQ Robotics Competition Discussion VIQRC Mix & Match (2025-2026 Game)
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This thread will be used to publish updates to the VIQRC Mix & Match Game Manual.

Please start a separate thread in this forum for unofficial discussion of any of these changes. For any official questions, please post in the official VIQRC Mix & Match Q&A.

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On June 5th, 2025, Version 0.2 of the VIQRC Mix & Match Game Manual was released, and the following changes were made:

  1. Added a link to the obsoleted game manual version in the “Updates” section. This link serves as a way to reference the previous manual during the 7-day grace period following each manual update. The link will be only be active during these timeframes and will be disabled once each grace period ends.

  2. Clarified that the most current version of the English language PDF of the manual (this document) takes precedence over any other supplemental or translated material

  3. Revised <SC1> to clarify intent regarding driving after the Match timer ends

  4. Updated <GG1a> to clarify that devices are allowed in the Driver Station, but may not be used for any reason during a Match. Using devices for translation purposes post-Match is allowed

  5. Expanded <GG12> to include starting the Match before the timer begins

<GG12> Don’t Start Before the Timer, and Stop Moving at the end of the Match. Driver inputs and Robot motion may not begin before the Match timer starts, and must cease at the end of the Match, when the timer reaches 0:00.

a. A pre-programmed routine which causes Robot motion to start before the Match or continue after the end of the Match would violate this rule.
b. Any scoring which takes place after the Match due to Robots continuing to move will not count toward the score and is a Violation of this rule."

  1. Clarified that vertical expansion is unlimited in <SG3>

Once the Match begins, Robots may expand vertically beyond the 15” starting size limit with no limits.

  1. Updated <SG6a> to clarify intent for where Scoring Objects may be introduced

a. Red and blue Pins may only be Loaded into the Load Zone that matches the color of that Pin. Beams and/or orange Pins that leave the Field during a Match may be reintroduced at either Load Zone as described in rule <SG4>.
b. The Scoring Object must be placed in contact with the VEX IQ beam attached to the Floor."

  1. Added <RSC4d> to clarify intent

Drive Team Members must remain in the red Driver Station during Driving Skills Matches, except when legally interacting with their Robot per rule <GG10>.

  1. Other minor typo & formatting fixes
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On June 26th, 2025, Version 1.0 of the VIQRC Mix & Match Game Manual was released, and the following changes were made:

  1. Revised the definition of Major Violation to differentiate between intentional actions and intentional Violations

If noted in the rule, egregious or strategic Violations or intentional actions that result in Violations may also be Major Violations

  1. Added a note to <SC3> to clarify the definition of “fully nested”

A pair of Scoring Objects is considered fully nested if there’s no perceptable gap between the two objects, and neither object is being pushed away from the other by an external force or surface.

  1. Revised <SC6> to clarify cases where Stacks are Connected to Beams

A Stack earns a Matching Goal bonus when one or more of the following criteria is met:

a. The Stack is Placed in a Goal with a color that matches the bottom Pin in that Stack.
b. The Stack is Connected to a Beam.

Each Stack can earn a maximum of one (1) Matching Goal bonus."

  1. Updated <SG1d> to clarify intent
  1. Updated <SG4c> to clarify intent
  1. Revised <RSC3> to clarify how Scoring Objects can be Loaded in Robot Skills Matches

The blue Load Zone is not used in Robot Skills Matches. Scoring Objects of any color may be introduced into the red Load Zone only. This includes any Scoring Object that is reintroduced after leaving the Field during the Match.

  1. Updated <T1e> to clarify that Head Referees must follow the rules in the game manual

Head Referees must follow the rules in this game manual and the Q&A, and must make rulings consistent with the intent of the game manual and Q&A.

  1. Added significant Q&A boxes throughout the manual

The next manual update, Version 1.1 will occur on August 7, 2025.

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