FIRST® Robotics Competition District Events in Texas bring high school teams together for a high-energy weekend of innovation, teamwork, and competition. In REBUILT™ presented by Haas, teams apply engineering skills to reimagine the past while designing, building, and programming industrial-sized robots. Teams compete in alliance-based matches and earn district ranking points toward qualification for the FIRST in Texas District Championship, all while developing real-world skills in engineering, leadership, and collaboration. 

This event is free and open to the public. We also invite you to join us as a volunteer!

Information for Teams

FIRST in Texas Contact:

• Juan Salinas - [email protected]
• Lucia Sevcik - [email protected] 

Team List  Live Stream - Day 1  Live Stream - Day 2

Bring to Event

ALL participating Students and Coaches must complete FIRST in Texas Waivers. New this year is a FIRST in Texas Event Roster, which indicates who has a signed FIRST Inspires and FIRST in Texas Waiver. 

1. Sign waivers on FIRSTInspires.org. 
2. Sign waivers in FIRST in Texas Team Dashboard.
3. Print and bring FIRST in Texas Event Roster. Click here for more details.  

Video: How to Print Team Rosters   PDF: How to Access FIT Roster  

 New for 2026 Season:

• Team Match Manager - Each team is asked to designate a student as a Team Match Manager for their team.  The student will meet with the Volunteer Coordinator on Thursday, March 12th at 8:00 p.m.  The goal of this position is for the team to get to their qualification match by the assigned time on the match schedule.  This is to help keep the event on schedule.
• Alumni Network Gathering - will take place on Friday, March 13th at 2:00 p.m. in the volunteer room.  The purpose of this event is for FIRST in Texas to connect with FIRST Alumni that have an interest in volunteering.  As FIRST in Texas grows FIRST programs more volunteers are needed to support events and teams.
• New for 2026 at McAllen District Event - There will be a mentor lounge at the McAllen District event.  Please see the location of the mentor's lounge on the drawing.  It will be located in the team pit area.

Important Event Details

1. Impact Award Information:  If you have entered to compete in the Impact Award the Judge Advisor will assign interview time slots.  The Impact Award interviews will take place in a designated room at the venue. There will be signage directing you to the room.  If you are a Rookie Team you will not be giving an oral presentation to the Judges.
2. Food Information: Teams MAY NOT bring in outside food and drinks.  If you purchase from the concessions, you may eat in the designated areas at the venue. A refillable water container is allowed.
3. Food Concessions:  Food Concessions will be open at the venue on Friday and Saturday.  Please check the agenda for times.
4. Judges and Pit Interviews:  Friday and Saturday will be very busy days for everyone and some teams may have back-to-back matches scheduled.  It is highly recommended that you leave someone in your pit at all times during matches to make sure you don't miss a judge interview.
5. NON-WORKING ROBOTS:  If you haven't completely finished your robot or have a problem, please get with another team at the event to assist you. There are other teams that will help you.  It will ensure everyone's success on the field.
6. Parking - See Parking Map attached. Teams may park their trailers, box trucks, etc. in the parking lot. Please make sure you bring a lock for your trailers for the overnight parking.  Any trailers etc. parked iand left overnight is at your own risk.
7. Safety Meeting:  A safety meeting will be held on Friday. The team Safety Captains will be paged to meet at Pit Administration and proceed to the designated area.  Safety Captains will meet with the Safety Manager and Safety Attendants.
8. Team Load In - Please review the Load-In information that is attached. 
9. Safety Glasses for Teams - Each team MUST provide their own safety glasses.  FIRST in Texas will not have safety glasses to hand out to teams.
10. Things to bring:  Safety glasses, robot cart, team roster, cameras.