Finding Your Team's Virtual Skills Key

Each VEX Robotics Competition registered team is provided a Virtual Skills Key for accessing Virtual Skills. This article explains how to access both Virtual Coding Skills, and Virtual Driving Skills.

To find your team’s Virtual Skills Key, go to VEX Robotics Events.

A close up of the upper right corner of the events.vex.com homepage, with the login option highlighted, directly below the VEX logo.

1. Select Login in the upper right corner.

A close up of the login prompt on events.vex with text boxes to enter an email address and password, and a login button beneath.

2. Enter the email address and password associated with your VEX Robotics Events account. Then select the Login button.

Don't have an account? Go here to create a VEX Robotics Events account.

The RobotEvents main page, showing all registered teams under an account, with the My Teams button in the left navigation menu being highlighted.

3. Once you have logged into your account, select My Teams from the account navigation.

A close up of the team informational listing with the first column team number and the third column virtual skills key highlighted.

4. Here you will see a list of your registered teams with their Virtual Skills Keys.

No key listed? Make sure that your team’s registration has been renewed for the current season.

Note: The Virtual Skills Key is specific for each team. If you have multiple teams, make sure to record which Key goes with each team.

Accessing Virtual Coding Skills

To practice coding with Virtual Coding Skills, you must first enter your team's Virtual Skills Key at vr.vex.com using a Chrome browser.

Note: The Virtual Skills Key can be used by multiple members of the same team.

VEXcode VR welcome screen highlighting the Login Here option for entering a class code

When VEXcode VR is launched, you may see this window. Select 'Login Here' to launch the login window.

File menu option for logging in with a code to access the team’s Virtual Skills key

If you do not see the window above, select File then Login Code in order to launch the login window.

Enter a Class Code or Team Number to access Virtual Skills

Enter your team number into the login window.

Virtual Skills Key entry field displayed after entering the team number

Once the team number is entered, a space will appear to enter the Virtual Skills Key.

Note: The Virtual Skills Key is not case-sensitive.

Entered team number and Virtual Skills Key, ready to submit

After entering both a Team Number and Virtual Skills Key, select Submit to complete the login process.

VEXcode VR logo indicating the Virtual Skills platform

Once logged in, the icon in the top left corner will turn white and blue for VEX IQ Robotics Competition teams and white and red for VEX V5 Robotics Competition teams.

Then you can begin coding your robot!

Accessing Virtual Driving Skills

The Virtual Driving Skills Practice home screen featuring connection and drive mode options on the top and a Login screen over the game field on the bottom.

Launch Virtual Driving Skills Practice by navigating to vrskills.vex.com on a Chrome browser and selecting your competition's Virtual Driving Skills Practice.

VIQRC is shown here as an example.

A close up of the login window with the text boxes to enter a Team Number and Virtual Skills Key in the center highlighted.

Enter your team number and your team's Virtual Skills Key.

The same image as the one previous, with the login button below the virtual skills key entry highlighted.

Once your Team Number and Virtual Skills Key are entered, select Login.

VIQRC Virtual Skills practice field for team driving practice

You are now logged in and ready to connect your IQ or V5 Controller!