# Team 1468: Hicksville J-Birds Hicksville, New York, USA. Rookie year 2004. ## Who backs them - School: Hicksville High School - Sponsors: DoD STEM, BAE SYSTEMS, Altice USA - Optimum, Festo, Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lockheed Martin, East Coast International Trading, Inc. - Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robotics1468 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hicksville_robotics ## 2026 season - xP rating: **55.09**, rank 1300 of 3708 (65.0th percentile) - Record: 12-13-0 over 25 matches (48% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 12.9, teleop 42.0, endgame 0.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 50%, RP2 11% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Regal Eagles Rampage | 2026nywz | 0 | | | | | 55.1 | | | | Finger Lakes Regional | 2026nyro | 2 | 48 | 2-7-0 | 9 | 1 | 36.5 | | 21 | | FIRST Long Island Regional | 2026nyli2 | 3 | 11 | 6-3-0 | 24 | 8 | 55.1 | | 33 | ## 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: Hicksville J-Birds - 2004: J - Birds ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 5 - Awards: 26, over 15 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 7 | 2025, 2024, 2022, 2018, 2014, 2006 | | Industrial Design | 3 | 2023, 2016, 2011 | | Winner | 2 | 2023, 2019 | | Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2014, 2013 | | VOTY | 1 | 2025 | | Quality | 1 | 2024 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2022 | | Impact | 1 | 2022 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 | | Judges' | 1 | 2012 | | Leadership | 1 | 2011 | | Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2009 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2008 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2004 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2004 | | Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2004 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST Long Island Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2026 | Regal Eagles Rampage | | | | 2025 | Milstein Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIRST Long Island Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2024 | FIRST Long Island Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | Regal Eagle Rampage | | | | 2023 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | FIRST Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIRST Long Island Regional #1 | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2022 | Roebling Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #1 | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2019 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | SBPL2 Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2019 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #1 | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2018 | Daly Division | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #1 | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | New York City Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2013 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2012 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2011 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2010 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2009 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2007 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2006 | Curie Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2006 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2004 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 55.1 | 1300 / 3708 | 65.0 | 12-13-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 70.0 | 224 / 3687 | 94.0 | 20-19-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 33.0 | 270 / 3475 | 92.3 | 23-15-0 | 5 | | 2023 | 51.4 | 294 / 3284 | 91.1 | 28-11-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 26.9 | 584 / 3053 | 80.9 | 28-17-1 | 4 | | 2019 | 26.5 | 284 / 3763 | 92.5 | 30-10-2 | 3 | | 2018 | 95.5 | 1119 / 3617 | 69.1 | 19-24-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 73.0 | 1766 / 3331 | 47.0 | 5-5-0 | 1 | | 2016 | 30.8 | 929 / 3114 | 70.2 | 7-6-0 | 2 | | 2015 | 26.4 | 946 / 2873 | 67.1 | 0-0-19 | 2 | | 2014 | 50.8 | 342 / 2697 | 87.4 | 10-8-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 34.3 | 398 / 2510 | 84.2 | 8-4-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 18.1 | 129 / 2332 | 94.5 | 10-5-0 | 2 | | 2011 | 27.6 | 168 / 2053 | 91.9 | 7-7-0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2.1 | 301 / 1801 | 83.3 | 10-5-1 | 1 | | 2009 | 17.8 | 645 / 1675 | 61.5 | 7-6-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 21.7 | 189 / 1498 | 87.4 | 10-5-0 | 2 | | 2007 | 18.2 | 155 / 1295 | 88.1 | 10-6-0 | 1 | | 2006 | 17.5 | 153 / 1125 | 86.5 | 16-12-0 | 2 | | 2004 | 21.1 | 600 / 932 | 35.7 | 4-6-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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