Best in SWFL - HS only
General information
YES! This event is on a FRIDAY! (A school day for most districts.)
Register today for your robot to be named the "Best in Southwest" Florida!
Community School of Naples is delighted to host RECF Achieve robot game: PINNACLE!
Registration will be at 8:15am when door open. Teams that have not checked in 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the qualifying matches will be dropped from the roster so that the match list may be run. Teams running late must contact the event partner prior to this cut off if they do not wish to be dropped.
Participation Legal Release form for all participants must be uploaded prior to the event. Get it here: ➡️digital release form.
Agenda
| 8:15 ____ | Doors OPEN Team Check-in & Inspections BEGIN |
| 8:45 ____ | Skills Matches BEGIN Check-in Desk CLOSES |
| 9:00 ____ | Inspection CLOSES |
| 9:15 ____ | Drivers Meeting |
| 9:45 ____ | Qualification MatchesBEGIN |
| Noon ____ | Qualificaitons Paused Lunch Break for Officials Skills continue on Main Fields |
| 1:00 ____ | Qualifying Matches Restarted Skills close at the end of Qualifying Matches |
4:30 | Alliance Selection & Elimination Rounds |
| 6:00 ____ | Awards & Closing Ceremony |
Judging format
Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact. All electronic notebooks must be received before 12 Noon, September 28th (9/28/2026, 12pm).
In Person Team Interviews: Team judged interviews will be conducted in-person at the Event. Every team gets an interview! Prepare your team by looking over these: Sample Questions. All teams will be asked the same (3-5) questions for the initial interview. Interviews will last no more than 12 minutes giving every team equal access to the judges.
Awards
Emergency information
September-October is hurricane season, therefore, in case of severe weather, we will attempt to rescheule to the following Friday October 10th. If that is not possible for our venue host, CSN, or if not possible for you team, your registrations will be refunded (less a $5 processing fee).
Weather notices or information about a possible cancellation will be posted here on events.vex.com! Please inform your team and parents to check here for official updates from the Community School of Naples.
Make sure your team contact information is up-to-date in recfevents.org in the event we need to contact your team.
Refund policy
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
Refunds will be issued in the case of an event cancellation.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
Due to the limited space for events, we will not issue refunds.
Payment Deadline is whichever comes first:
- within two weeks of registering your team(s) or
- by the payment deadline
Unpaid teams may be placed on the waitlist to make room for other teams.
Registered teams 11 of 25
- Dates Oct 2 – Oct 2, 2026 EDT
- Registration Aug 20 – Sep 25, 2026
- Entry fee $85.00
- Payment due Sep 25, 2026
- Capacity 11 / 25 teams
- Program Achieve (Middle/High School Robotics)
- Grade levels High School
- Event type Tournament
- Qualification Qualifying Event
- Region Florida
- Association Open to all
- Season 2026-2027 Season