[EricH]

Originally Posted by Aidan H.

I may just be missing a rule or Q&A, but it seems to be a grey area in the rules for auto placement.

It's not a grey area at all. The match doesn't start unless all the totes and containers are in their designated starting positions, per Match Logistics (Section 3.1.4).

Also, G13 prohibits preloading totes into the robot. The described situation is most definitely preloading, and thus the match won't start until the situation is corrected.