Judge Registration to a Regional Competition

Updated 11/10/25

Step 1 for Team Judges: Gather All Information from the Team Coach:

  • School/Membership Name for the team you will represent.

  • Problem and Division that the represented team is solving.

  • Location of the Regional Tournament.

  • Head Coach's Name.

  • Also obtain this information for any other relatives of yours that are on other teams.

  • Judges must be over 18 years old and cannot be team coaches.

  • If you do not know this information please contact the team coach.

  • Skip to Step 2 below.

Step 1 for Community Judges: Determine which Competition

  • TX Central is the region covering Austin, San Antonio greater regions.

  • TX North is the region covering the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area & Tyler.

  • TX Houston Area competition is named "HARO".

  • If you do not know what region competition is closest to you geographically, please contact statejudge@txodyssey.org

Step 2: Register Online

WHO: The Judge, NOT the team coach, NOT the school coordinator.

Note that we use Google Meet for our virtual judge training (Houston make-up session on Feb 7th). If you also use Google Meet professionally, your account will interfere with our judge screening, please use a personal email to register.

OPENING NOW: Judge Registration for all Regionals until December 15th.

Judge Registration

Step 3: Judge Confirmation Email

  • After you successfully submit your form, there is a link on the confirmation page to Edit your Response. Save this link. You will need it to make any revisions and to advance to the State Competition.

  • The Body of the email confirmation also includes the link to Edit your Response in the future.

  • Save your Judge Confirmation email attachment with a “.pdf” extension. You can open it with any PDF viewer and print it.

  • Information to note in this confirmation:

    • Verify date, time, and location of judges training.

    • Be sure to follow all the steps needed to prepare for judges training, including General Training online (where applicable) prior to specific Problem Training.

    • Mark your calendar for the date, time, and location of the regional competition that you will be judging at.

    • Mark your calendar for the State competition as well. If your team advances, you will be required to judge the State competition.

  • No confirmation email? Check your spam folder!!! You will receive a JUDGE confirmation email within one hour, after you successfully register. If you do not receive a confirmation email, check with your local OM contact. Next, you can contact webmaster@txodyssey.org