# Team 1296: Full Metal Jackets Rockwall, Texas, USA. Rookie year 2004. District TX. ## Who backs them - School: Rockwall High School - Sponsors: Rockwall Ford, Special Products Manufacturing (SPM), Rockwall ISD, SpiralX - Website: http://www.rockwallrobotics.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1296fullmetaljackets - X: https://twitter.com/frcteam1296 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc1296 - GitHub: https://github.com/frc1296 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **199.39**, rank 85 of 3708 (97.7th percentile) - Record: 40-21-0 over 61 matches (66% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 39.2, teleop 160.2, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 98%, RP2 49% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIT District Belton Event | 2026txbel | 1 | 5 | 8-4-0 | 33 | 4 | 98.7 | 56 | | | FIT District Farmersville Event | 2026txfar | 4 | 4 | 10-2-0 | 42 | 3 | 120.0 | 54 | | | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | 2026txcmp1 | 7 | 7 | 8-4-0 | 39 | 6 | 145.8 | 141 | | | Hopper Division | 2026hop | 8 | 15 | 6-4-0 | 33 | | 199.4 | | | | Texas Robotics Invitational | 2026txhou1 | 17 | 14 | 5-4-0 | 25 | 4 | 134.5 | | | | Texas Robotics Invitational Girls Drive Tournament | 2026txhou2 | 17 | | | | 2 | 166.8 | | | | STEM Gals | 2026txsg | 32 | 20 | 2-4-0 | 7 | 6 | 90.2 | | | | NTX | 2026txntx | 32 | 10 | 3-3-0 | 15 | 2 | 109.3 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Finalist (2026txbel) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026txfar) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026txfar) - Industrial Design Award (2026txcmp1) - Quality Award (2026txbel) ## 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. - 2005 – now: Full Metal Jackets - 2004: Yellowjackets ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 11 - Awards: 55, over 19 seasons - Einstein appearances: 1 (2018) | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Leadership | 6 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2018 | | Impact | 6 | 2024, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2016 | | Finalist | 5 | 2026, 2024, 2017, 2015 | | Industrial Design | 5 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2013 | | Engineering Inspiration | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2019 | | Imagery | 4 | 2022, 2014, 2012, 2011 | | Quality | 3 | 2026, 2017, 2013 | | Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2018, 2015 | | Winner | 3 | 2018, 2015, 2008 | | Team Sustainability | 2 | 2025, 2023 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2020, 2005 | | Safety (no longer given) | 2 | 2019, 2017 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2017, 2014 | | Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2017, 2015 | | Website (no longer given) | 2 | 2010, 2008 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 | | Excellence in Design (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 | | Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2004 | | Visualization (no longer given) | 1 | 2004 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Judges', Rising All-Star, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | FIT District Farmersville Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | FIT District Belton Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | Johnson Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIT District Plano Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Galileo Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | FIT District Dallas Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | FIT District Plano Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2023 | Johnson Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | FIRST In Texas District Championship presented by Phillips 66 - APOLLO Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIT District Dallas Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Carver Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2022 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIT District Fort Worth Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | FIT District Dripping Springs Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | FIT District Greenville Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2019 | Roebling Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIRST In Texas District Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIT District Dallas Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2019 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | Einstein Field (Houston) | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Turing Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2018 | Oklahoma Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Turing Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2017 | Brazos Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Newton Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2015 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | Oklahoma Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2015 | Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2015 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2014 | Oklahoma Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2013 | Hub City Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Dallas West Regional sponsored by jcpenney | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2012 | Bayou Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2011 | Dallas Regional sponsored by jcpenney | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2011 | Alamo Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2010 | Dallas Regional sponsored by JCPenney and the JCPenney Afterschool Fund | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Dallas Regional, Sponsored by JCPenney and the JCPenney Afterschool Fund | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2007 | Lone Star Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Lone Star Regional | | Not picked | | 2005 | Lone Star Regional | | Not picked | | 2004 | Lone Star Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2004 | Midwest Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 199.4 | 85 / 3708 | 97.7 | 40-21-0 | 8 | | 2025 | 65.3 | 336 / 3687 | 90.9 | 36-19-0 | 6 | | 2024 | 28.6 | 458 / 3475 | 86.8 | 40-24-0 | 6 | | 2023 | 50.1 | 346 / 3284 | 89.5 | 33-21-0 | 6 | | 2022 | 26.0 | 586 / 3053 | 80.8 | 26-29-0 | 5 | | 2020 | 23.0 | 1080 / 2024 | 46.7 | 7-10-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 22.3 | 772 / 3763 | 79.5 | 30-25-0 | 6 | | 2018 | 124.9 | 241 / 3617 | 93.4 | 26-20-0 | 9 | | 2017 | 142.3 | 31 / 3331 | 99.1 | 26-15-1 | 7 | | 2016 | 38.1 | 388 / 3114 | 87.6 | 25-13-0 | 5 | | 2015 | 54.1 | 169 / 2873 | 94.2 | Not applicable (qual average) | 7 | | 2014 | 37.3 | 674 / 2697 | 75.0 | 11-15-0 | 4 | | 2013 | 31.9 | 428 / 2510 | 83.0 | 18-10-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 19.3 | 113 / 2332 | 95.2 | 22-10-0 | 2 | | 2011 | 24.7 | 224 / 2053 | 89.1 | 14-10-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 1.0 | 907 / 1801 | 49.7 | 9-11-1 | 2 | | 2009 | 19.2 | 475 / 1675 | 71.7 | 6-4-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 14.9 | 485 / 1498 | 67.7 | 13-9-0 | 2 | | 2007 | 4.0 | 1021 / 1295 | 21.2 | 3-7-0 | 1 | | 2006 | 7.9 | 640 / 1125 | 43.1 | 5-4-0 | 1 | | 2005 | 2.4 | 726 / 747 | 2.8 | 4-6-0 | 1 | | 2004 | 23.4 | 488 / 932 | 47.7 | 6-12-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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