# Team 1259: Paradigm Shift

Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Rookie year 2004. District WIN.

## Who backs them

- School: Pewaukee High School
- Sponsors: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Power, mation, Pewaukee High School Booster Club, Gene Haas Foundation, Dedicated Computing, Jerry's Automotive
- Website: http://team1259.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team1259
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/paradigmshift1259
- X: https://twitter.com/team1259
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paradigm.shift_1259
- GitHub: https://github.com/paradigmshift1259

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **119.33**, rank 465 of 3708 (87.5th percentile)
- Record: 41-19-0 over 60 matches (68% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 15.1, teleop 104.3, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 81%, RP2 20%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sussex Scrimmage | 2026wiss | 0 |  |  |  |  | 119.3 |  |  |
| WIN District Appleton Event | 2026wiapp | 3 | 6 | 8-3-0 | 33 | 2 | 109.6 | 56 |  |
| WIN District Seven Rivers Event presented by Mathy Construction Company | 2026wilax | 5 | 1 | 11-1-0 | 45 | 1 | 136.9 | 73 |  |
| FIRST Wisconsin State Championship presented by GE HealthCare | 2026wicmp | 7 | 2 | 9-3-0 | 43 | 2 | 137.0 | 123 |  |
| Hopper Division | 2026hop | 8 | 63 | 4-6-0 | 16 |  | 119.3 |  |  |
| Mukwonago Robotics Offseason Competition | 2026wimc | 21 | 5 | 7-3-0 | 30 | 3 | 82.8 |  |  |
| SHOUT Robotics Competition | 2026wimil | 33 | 17 | 2-3-0 | 9 | 5 | 80.1 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District FIRST Impact Award (2026wiapp)
- District Event Winner (2026wilax)
- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026wiapp)
- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026wilax)
- Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026wicmp)

## 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.

- 2006 – now: Paradigm Shift
- 2004 – 2005: PHS

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 6
- Awards: 27, over 13 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gracious Professionalism | 6 | 2025, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2016 |
| Winner | 4 | 2026, 2019, 2018 |
| Finalist | 3 | 2019, 2014, 2013 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2026, 2023 |
| Team Spirit | 2 | 2023, 2004 |
| Innovation in Control | 2 | 2018 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2026 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2026 |
| Impact | 1 | 2026 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2021 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2013 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2006 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2005 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2004 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIRST Wisconsin State Championship presented by GE HealthCare | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | WIN District Seven Rivers Event presented by Mathy Construction Company | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2026 | WIN District Appleton Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | Sussex Scrimmage |  |  |
| 2025 | Wisconsin Regional presented by GE HealthCare | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Seven Rivers Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Wisconsin Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2020 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Tesla Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2017 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Buckeye Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Wisconsin Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2014 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2013 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2012 | Wisconsin Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Wisconsin Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | Wisconsin Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2007 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | Wisconsin Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2005 | Newton Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2005 | Midwest Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 119.3 | 465 / 3708 | 87.5 | 41-19-0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 60.6 | 432 / 3687 | 88.3 | 14-15-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 21.5 | 978 / 3475 | 71.9 | 9-12-1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 35.3 | 985 / 3284 | 70.0 | 10-15-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 26.3 | 573 / 3053 | 81.3 | 15-12-1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 48.4 | 272 / 2024 | 86.6 | 7-7-0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 26.1 | 367 / 3763 | 90.3 | 33-8-2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 130.8 | 152 / 3617 | 95.8 | 36-9-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 95.3 | 744 / 3331 | 77.7 | 14-14-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 38.6 | 365 / 3114 | 88.3 | 14-8-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 9.4 | 2413 / 2873 | 16.0 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 31.8 | 922 / 2697 | 65.8 | 17-12-1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 30.5 | 463 / 2510 | 81.6 | 20-12-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 10.8 | 510 / 2332 | 78.2 | 6-5-0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 12.2 | 607 / 2053 | 70.5 | 4-6-0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2.4 | 231 / 1801 | 87.2 | 10-12-1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 14.7 | 1084 / 1675 | 35.3 | 1-7-0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 13.1 | 622 / 1498 | 58.5 | 4-8-0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 7.7 | 589 / 1295 | 54.6 | 3-6-1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 12.7 | 314 / 1125 | 72.2 | 5-7-0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 11.6 | 199 / 747 | 73.5 | 14-7-0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 26.1 | 390 / 932 | 58.2 | 7-3-0 | 1 |

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

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