# Team 1100: Inverse Polarity

Northborough/Southborough, Massachusetts, USA. Rookie year 2003. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Algonquin Regional High School
- Sponsors: Intel, Bayer, Gene Haas Foundation, The Hecker Family, Bolt Depot, Autodesk, Solidworks
- Website: http://www.team1100.org
- X: https://twitter.com/firstteam1100
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc1100

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **97.14**, rank 647 of 3708 (82.6th percentile)
- Record: 22-21-0 over 43 matches (51% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 18.7, teleop 78.3, endgame 0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 75%, RP2 17%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District Western NE Event | 2026mawne | 2 | 22 | 5-7-0 | 24 | 6 | 68.7 | 35 |  |
| NE District WPI Event | 2026mawor | 5 | 7 | 9-3-0 | 41 | 4 | 111.6 | 36 |  |
| New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 30 | 5-7-0 | 25 |  | 97.1 | 33 |  |
| New England FIRST District Championship | 2026necmp | 7 |  |  |  |  | 97.1 |  |  |
| MA State Championship | 2026manor | 13 | 23 | 1-5-0 | 9 | 7 | 100.0 |  |  |
| BattleCry at WPI (June) | 2026bc2 | 14 | 34 | 4-5-0 | 17 | 12 | 60.4 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026mawne)
- Volunteer of the Year (2026necmp)
- Judges' Award (2026mawor)
- Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026mawne)

## Name history

Every name FIRST recorded for this team, newest first. A span states the first and last season the name was on the team.

- 2022 – now: Inverse Polarity
- 2006 – 2020: The T-Hawks
- 2004 – 2005: The Tomahawks

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 5
- Awards: 48, over 20 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Creativity | 7 | 2023, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2007 |
| Finalist | 7 | 2019, 2018, 2015, 2011, 2009, 2004 |
| Leadership | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2014 |
| Impact | 4 | 2020, 2014, 2013 |
| Team Spirit | 3 | 2025, 2012, 2006 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2022, 2019, 2015 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2026, 2014 |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2024, 2019 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2022, 2016 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2020, 2011 |
| Innovation in Control | 2 | 2019, 2013 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2026 |
| VOTY | 1 | 2026 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 |
| Winner | 1 | 2015 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2013 |
| Quality | 1 | 2012 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2008 |
| Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 1 | 2006 |
| Leadership in Control (no longer given) | 1 | 2005 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship |  |  |
| 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Richardson Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - MEIR Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Calcium Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | NE District Central Mass Event |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | NE District Northern CT Event |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | NE District Central Mass Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2019 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | NE District SE Mass Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Carson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | New England District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | NE District Worcester Polytechnic Institute Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four |
| 2017 | NE District - Rhode Island Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2017 | NE District - Granite State Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | New England District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - Boston Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | NE District - WPI Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2015 | NE FIRST District Championship presented by United Technologies | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2015 | NE District - Rhode Island Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2015 | NE District - Reading Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | New England FRC Region Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Rhode Island District Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2014 | WPI District Event |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Boston Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2013 | WPI Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2012 | Boston Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2012 | WPI Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Boston Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2011 | WPI Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2010 | Boston Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Connecticut Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2009 | Boston Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2008 | Boston Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2008 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | Boston Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | Boston Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2005 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2004 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2003 | UTC New England Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 97.1 | 647 / 3708 | 82.6 | 22-21-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 65.0 | 325 / 3687 | 91.2 | 29-14-1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 25.4 | 682 / 3475 | 80.4 | 21-23-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 55.6 | 172 / 3284 | 94.8 | 33-20-1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 30.5 | 418 / 3053 | 86.3 | 18-21-1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 17.0 | 1377 / 2024 | 32.0 | 2-10-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 27.9 | 189 / 3763 | 95.0 | 24-24-0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 123.5 | 223 / 3617 | 93.9 | 31-24-1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 86.1 | 1143 / 3331 | 65.7 | 10-19-1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 30.5 | 958 / 3114 | 69.3 | 22-20-2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 46.5 | 284 / 2873 | 90.1 | 2-3-48 | 4 |
| 2014 | 53.7 | 276 / 2697 | 89.8 | 23-19-0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 34.5 | 392 / 2510 | 84.4 | 29-11-0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 17.8 | 139 / 2332 | 94.1 | 19-10-0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 27.3 | 177 / 2053 | 91.4 | 25-19-0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0.8 | 1198 / 1801 | 33.5 | 6-9-4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 28.0 | 80 / 1675 | 95.3 | 21-6-0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 15.9 | 445 / 1498 | 70.3 | 11-10-2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 27.4 | 29 / 1295 | 97.8 | 9-9-0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 18.3 | 138 / 1125 | 87.8 | 12-11-1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 15.0 | 87 / 747 | 88.5 | 10-12-0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 31.6 | 265 / 932 | 71.6 | 7-9-0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 17.1 | 529 / 785 | 32.7 | 5-5-0 | 1 |

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