July 31-Aug 1, 2026

Fairmont State University Falcon Center, Fairmont, WV

WVROX is the world's first and only FIRST Robotics Competition endurance event, run on a biennial basis for 26 hours and 14 minutes, held biennially on even years. In 2026, WVROX will returns to Fairmont State University’s Falcon Center, located just 20 miles south of Morgantown, hosted by MARS Team 2614 and Fairmont State University. Teams typically get about 30 matches and the registration fee (waiting to calculate costs) will be $400-$500. Food is available for purchase on-site and there are resting areas for napping.


WVRoX Program Here

Watch the stream here on TwitchTV

Match Schedule Example from 2024

Schedule:

8:00AM - 10:30AM       Team Check-in and Setup

10:00AM                        Field Calibration & Referees’ Meeting

10:15AM                         Drivers Meeting

10:35AM - 11:15AM PRACTICE MATCHES

11:15AM - 11:45AM Break

11:45AM                         Opening Ceremony

12:00PM - 3:52PM         Qualification Matches

3:52PM - 4:30PM          Break

4:30PM - 7:10PM          Qualification Matches

7:10PM - 8:00PM          Break

8:00PM - 12:16AM       Qualification Matches

10:00PM                       Surprise Social EVENT

10:00PM - 6:00AM       Building Locked. Exit and reentry not permitted.

12:00AM - 1:00AM        Break

1:00AM - 3:50AM           Qualification Matches

Specialty Match: Lights Out Match

3:50AM - 4:30AM           Break

4:30AM - 7:46AM           Qualification Matches

Specialty Match: Silent Match with a Twist

7:46AM - 8:40AM           Break

8:40AM - 9:27AM          Qualification Matches

9:30AM - 10:00AM Alliance Selection

10:10AM - 11:14AM        Eliminations

11:15AM - 12:10PM        Break

12:10PM - 12:42PM       Eliminations

12:42PM - 12:55PM      Awards – Phil Tucker Mentor Award

12:55PM - 1:27PM       Eliminations

1:27PM - 1:37PM         Awards – Endurance Award

1:37PM - 1:45PM        Eliminations

1:45PM - 1:55PM         Awards – Technical Creativity

1:55PM - 2:03PM    Finals 1

2:03PM - 2:13PM         Awards – Spreading the Word

2:14PM     Finals 2

Registration and Forms

Team registration shifts to a lottery system in 2026. Registration will open on May 11 at 7:00 AM and close at midnight on May 11 EDT. There is no advantage to being the first to register. Teams will then be selected through a lottery and notified the next day if they made it into the event, at which point they will be given a payment link for the registration fee. Teams will have 48 hours to pay the registration fee before we move on to the next team in lottery list. Click on the registration link below, and you can fill out the registration form. A team list will be posted below once all slots fill up. After slots are filled, a waitlist registration will open. In the event of a cancelation, teams will be invited off of the waitlist in order of registration. There is no cost to register on the waitlist.

Team Registration (opens May 11)

Team Member Registration*

Volunteer Registration**

*required for ALL youth and adults attending with registered teams

**required for all adult volunteers

WVROX Team List

2614 MARS | Morgantown, West Virginia

For information about dining and lodging options in the area, check out the Marion County Convention & Visitors Bureau. You’ll also find lots of great side excursion destinations for your trip here or back home, such as the Cooper’s Rock State Forest overlook and Prickett’s Fort State Park.

Special Matches

A tradition at WVROX is to do a series of “special matches” where rules are altered slightly to make for more interesting gameplay. Let us know what you’d like to see below!

MARS welcomes all people without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, ancestry, abilities, economic or family status, life situation, veteran status, or philosophy. We strive to be an inclusive environment for all individuals by advocating for and providing equal treatment to all.

Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

MARS, and the presence of the buildings it uses, resides on land that is the ancestral territory of the Massawomeck peoples. With the statewide STEM outreach MARS provides, this includes the ancestral territories of the Shawnee, Lenape (or Delaware), Cherokee, and Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois--the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Tuscarora), and other Indigenous peoples.

We recognize and appreciate all those Indigenous nations whose territories we are living on and working in. Indigenous peoples have been in the land currently known as West Virginia since time immemorial. It is important that we understand both the context that has brought our community to reside on this land and our place within this long history. We also recognize that colonialism is a current, ongoing process, and as scholars seeking truth and understanding, we need to be mindful of our present participation in this process.

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