# Team 1148: Harvard Westlake Robotics

Studio City, California, USA. Rookie year 2003. District CA.

## Who backs them

- School: Harvard-Westlake Upper School
- Sponsors: Gene Haas Foundation, Jet Zero
- Website: http://team1148.com/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@harvard-westlakerobotics2600
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hw1148robotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **75.48**, rank 897 of 3708 (75.8th percentile)
- Record: 23-23-0 over 46 matches (50% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 11.9, teleop 63.4, endgame 0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 51%, RP2 11%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA District Hueneme Port Event | 2026capoh | 1 | 13 | 6-5-0 | 24 | 3 | 62.6 | 49 |  |
| CA District Glendale Event | 2026cagle | 4 | 19 | 7-5-0 | 29 | 5 | 53.1 | 36 |  |
| FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm | 2026cascmp | 7 | 48 | 4-8-0 | 21 |  | 75.5 | 42 |  |
| SoCal Showdown | 2026cass | 32 | 24 | 4-6-0 | 16 | 8 | 76.3 |  |  |
| Tidal Tumble | 2026catt | 33 | 12 | 5-5-0 | 24 | 7 | 112.6 |  |  |
| Beach Blitz presented by the Gene Haas Foundation | 2026cabl | 35 | 24 | 4-6-0 | 24 | 5 | 126.3 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Finalist (2026capoh)
- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026cagle)
- Judges' Award (2026cascmp)
- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026cagle)
- Strategy Award (2026cass)

## 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.

- 2023 – now: Harvard Westlake Robotics
- 2013 – 2016: Wafflebots
- 2009 – 2012: H-W
- 2003 – 2006: The Saracens

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 10, over 3 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2026 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2026 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2025 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2025 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2024 |
| Quality | 1 | 2024 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | CA District Glendale Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | CA District Hueneme Port Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Idaho Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Aerospace Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | San Diego Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Inland Empire Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Central Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Los Angeles Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Southern California Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Southern California Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2003 | Southern California Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 75.5 | 897 / 3708 | 75.8 | 23-23-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 54.4 | 590 / 3687 | 84.0 | 20-16-0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 38.9 | 127 / 3475 | 96.4 | 27-18-1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 44.3 | 545 / 3284 | 83.4 | 16-10-0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 24.6 | 1613 / 3114 | 48.2 | 10-9-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 7.3 | 2610 / 2873 | 9.2 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 11.8 | 2477 / 2697 | 8.2 | 7-14-0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 13.3 | 1366 / 2510 | 45.6 | 2-6-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4.9 | 1317 / 2332 | 43.5 | 5-3-1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 6.9 | 1119 / 2053 | 45.5 | 2-7-1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1.1 | 869 / 1801 | 51.8 | 3-5-2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 17.9 | 611 / 1675 | 63.6 | 4-3-0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 10.5 | 439 / 1125 | 61.0 | 3-6-0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 11.4 | 900 / 932 | 3.4 | 2-5-0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 14.3 | 679 / 785 | 13.5 | 1-6-0 | 1 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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