# Team 1418: Vae Victis Falls Church, Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2004. District FCH. ## Who backs them - School: Meridian High School - Sponsors: HITT Contracting, Next Steps Consulting, Clark Construction, City of Falls Church Public Schools, The Families of TEAM 1418, acg Architects, Gene Haas Foundation - Website: http://1418.team - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/robotics1418 - X: https://twitter.com/robotics1418 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1418roboticsmhs - GitHub: https://github.com/frc1418 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **50.72**, rank 1415 of 3708 (61.9th percentile) - Record: 13-15-0 over 28 matches (46% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 7.1, teleop 43.7, endgame -0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 41%, RP2 9% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FCH District Pasadena MD Event presented by Plummer Industries | 2026mdpas | 2 | 13 | 7-5-0 | 26 | 6 | 38.0 | 25 | | | FCH District Severn MD Event presented by Arcfield | 2026mdsev | 4 | 13 | 6-6-0 | 28 | 8 | 50.7 | 29 | | | Rumble 11 | 2026vagle2 | 34 | | | | | 50.7 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026mdsev) ## 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. - 2011 – now: Vae Victis - 2005 – 2010: Vae Victus - 2004: The Human Element ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 7 - Awards: 38, over 17 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Innovation in Control | 7 | 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | | Winner | 6 | 2019, 2016, 2010, 2008 | | Gracious Professionalism | 5 | 2023, 2012, 2010 | | Finalist | 5 | 2019, 2017, 2014, 2010 | | Creativity | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2017 | | Leadership | 2 | 2018 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2016, 2014 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2024 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2019 | | Judges' | 1 | 2018 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2014 | | VOTY | 1 | 2009 | | Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2007 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2004 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FCH District Severn MD Event presented by Arcfield | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FCH District Pasadena MD Event presented by Plummer Industries | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm | | Not picked | | 2025 | CHS District Alexandria VA Event presented by US Department of Energy | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | CHS District Pasadena MD Event presented by Plummer Industries | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | CHS District Falls Church VA Event presented by Department of Energy | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | CHS District Severn MD Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | CHS District Timonium MD Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | CHS District Alexandria VA Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #3 Day 1 | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #2 Day 1 | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2020 | CHS District Haymarket VA Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Daly Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Oxon Hill MD Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | CHS District Haymarket VA Event sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2018 | Darwin Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | CHS District Greater DC Event co-sponsored by Micron | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | CHS District Northern Virginia Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Darwin Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | CHS District - Northern Maryland Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2017 | CHS District - Northern Virginia Event sponsored by Bechtel | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Newton Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2016 | CHS District - Greater DC Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2016 | CHS District - Northern Virginia Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Greater DC Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2014 | Greater DC Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Finalist | | 2014 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2013 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2012 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2012 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2011 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2010 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2010 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2009 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2007 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2006 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2004 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 50.7 | 1415 / 3708 | 61.9 | 13-15-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 38.6 | 1228 / 3687 | 66.7 | 18-21-3 | 4 | | 2024 | 21.1 | 1028 / 3475 | 70.4 | 15-13-0 | 2 | | 2023 | 46.1 | 484 / 3284 | 85.3 | 22-22-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 18.7 | 1114 / 3053 | 63.5 | 14-12-0 | 2 | | 2020 | 44.9 | 348 / 2024 | 82.8 | 7-7-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 25.9 | 324 / 3763 | 91.4 | 40-24-1 | 6 | | 2018 | 113.2 | 473 / 3617 | 86.9 | 29-24-1 | 5 | | 2017 | 119.0 | 150 / 3331 | 95.5 | 31-28-0 | 5 | | 2016 | 40.2 | 297 / 3114 | 90.5 | 50-18-0 | 5 | | 2015 | 42.8 | 371 / 2873 | 87.1 | 0-0-16 | 1 | | 2014 | 64.9 | 97 / 2697 | 96.4 | 24-9-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 29.2 | 540 / 2510 | 78.5 | 8-11-1 | 2 | | 2012 | 13.9 | 313 / 2332 | 86.6 | 19-8-1 | 2 | | 2011 | 19.8 | 367 / 2053 | 82.2 | 12-10-1 | 2 | | 2010 | 0.8 | 1135 / 1801 | 37.0 | 23-13-5 | 3 | | 2009 | 19.9 | 440 / 1675 | 73.8 | 7-7-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 28.6 | 64 / 1498 | 95.8 | 17-4-0 | 2 | | 2007 | 21.1 | 94 / 1295 | 92.8 | 11-7-0 | 2 | | 2006 | 4.9 | 890 / 1125 | 20.9 | 3-5-0 | 1 | | 2004 | 21.3 | 591 / 932 | 36.6 | 2-4-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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