UCR Presents: Summer Slaughter 2025
Organizers
Corbin Reid — c.nash.reid@gmail.com
🔥 UCR Presents: Summer Slaughter 2025 🔥
Date: August 16th, 2025
Location: Make Salt Lake – 663 W 100 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84104
Get ready for Utah Combat Robotics' most intense event of the year — Summer Slaughter 2025! Builders and fans from across the region will clash in a day packed with sparks, slams, and screaming motors. Whether you’re here to compete or just watch the carnage, you won’t want to miss this.
🛠️ Weight Classes:
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150g Fairyweights
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1lb Plastic Antweights (must follow SPARC 16.3 Plastic Class Rules)
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1lb Full Combat Antweights
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3lb Beetleweights
💵 Registration:
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$25 per bot – Register and pay on RobotCombatEvents.com
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All bots must be pre-registered
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Plastic class bots must meet SPARC v1.5 Construction Specifications
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Unlike last event the likelyhood of opening up to more then 16 bots per class is slim. Please refrain from registering more then 1 bot per driver per class until closer to the event. We want as many different drivers as possible to compete.
📆 Event Schedule:
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Setup Begins: Somewhere between noon and 2 pm friday and 7:00 AM Saturday
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Matches Begin: Before 9:30 AM Saturday
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Finals Start: Around 7:00 PM Saturday
🧑🤝🧑 Spectators:
Free Admission! Bring your friends, family, and anyone curious about robot fighting. No ticket needed — just show up and enjoy the chaos!
🏟️ Arenas & Hazards:
We’ll be running three arenas to keep the fights moving all day:
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🔹 8' Beetleweight Arena (Wood Floor)
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Features a drop pit that activates in the final 60 seconds
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Only drops if no spinning weapons are active during that final minute
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🔹 4' Fairyweight Arena (Wood Floor)
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Equipped with the infamous Toblerones of Doom corner hazards
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In the final 60 seconds, the Toblerones act as pits – get stuck and fail to escape in 10 seconds, and it’s a KO
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🔹 Plastic & Full Combat Arenas
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Standard layouts with no corner hazards
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6 ft hex arena
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🏁 Tournament Format:
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Double-Elimination Bracket
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One-and-Done Final Round
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Strict 20-Minute Rebuild Timer – If your 20 minutes are up and you're not ready when called, you forfeit the match.
⚖️ Judging Criteria (Total of 11 Points):
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Damage (5 pts): Real, lasting impact (not cosmetic)
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Control (3 pts): Dominating movement, positioning, and use of the arena
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Aggression (3 pts): Who pushed the fight? Running = losing aggression
⚙️ UCR Special Rules:
🔩 Grip Additives & Entanglement:
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Any grip-enhancing materials (latex, rubber, silicone, etc.) are allowed
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But if they cause entanglement (e.g., wrap around drive or weapon systems), you will be disqualified
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Incidental part loss does not count as entanglement unless intentionally designed to do so
⛓️ Unsticks & Wall Slamming:
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Unsticks allowed only if both robots are stuck together
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If stuck on arena features (walls, floor, hazard), you have 10 seconds to move or it’s a KO
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In the Fairy arena, the Toblerones count as pits during the final minute
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In the Beetle arena, the drop pit only activates in the final minute and only if no spinners are active
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Slamming into the walls or arena to free yourself is not allowed – doing so counts as a tap-out and ends the match in a loss
📢 Contact:
For questions, registration issues, or sponsorship opportunities:
📧 utahcombatrobots@gmail.com
📞 801-372-3817
💥 Whether you're a seasoned driver or a newcomer ready for your first hit, Summer Slaughter 2025 is your battleground. Get registered, get building, and we’ll see you in the box!
Sponsors!!! https://www.oshcut.com/
https://www.itgresa.com/
Live stream provided by The Synshop @ twitch.tv/synshop and youtube.com/synshop
Event Details
Location: 633 W 100 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, USA
Website: https://linktr.ee/utahcombatrobotics
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
Start: 07:00 MDT
End: 20:00 MDT
Registration: June 12, 2025 – August 14, 2025