Open

Welcome to the CREATE Robotics National Championship tournament. This is the CREATE OPEN event. (The CREATE Jr. can be found in their own event.) This year, CREATE's signature event will be held in the Iowa West Field House. This facility will be the perfect home for the 2026 National Robotic Championship. Teams from across the United States will be invited to this unique event.

For more information and schedules please visit the tournament page at:
https://www.create-found.org/2026CREATEWorldChampionship.php

You can find the rules for the OPEN Program at:
https://www.create-found.org/2026.php

It is important you review these rules as they require a different strategy from the VRC Over Under rules. We believe this change of rules will make for an enriched learning experience and engineering challenge for each of the teams!

To be considered for any of the judged awards you must participate in remote judging!

TEAMS can sign up for the Remote judging here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4BADA62CA3FE3-61064381-team#/

More spots will be opened if we get more judges to volunteer. JUDGES can volunteer here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4BADA62CA3FE3-60695451-2026#/

Submit your digital notebook here: https://forms.gle/ATXTH4PxDfHePi9C9
Digital notebooks are due by interview date.

Volunteer for the event: https://signup.com/go/aPPRxHu

You can download and fill out the CREATE waiver below. If you don't have them filled out before you arrive you will need to fill them out when you arrive at the event. You can download and fill out the CREATE waiver that can be found on the tournament page: https://www.create-found.org/documents/USORelease_WaiverForm_001.pdf

All requests for refunds must be made in writing via email. Full refunds will be granted to requests made prior to 1/1/2026. Refunds of $150 will be issued to teams requesting a refund after 12/31/25 and prior to 2/1/2026. $100 refunds will be issued to teams requesting a refund prior to 2/20/2026. No refunds will be issued after 2/20/2026. (In rare cases where the user registered for the wrong event, AND CREATE is notified within 48 hours of registration, a full refund might be granted after 12/31/25.)

Due to the nature of scheduling an event of this size, there is no viable way to have contingency dates due to weather and weather-related events.