# Team 151: Tough Techs

Nashua, New Hampshire, USA. Rookie year 1992. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Family/Community & Nashua High School-North & Nashua High School-South
- Sponsors: MakeIt Labs, GHO Ventures, BAE Systems, Parker Hannifin, Star Machines, Ritz Carlton Boston, The Godfrey Hotel, Corning Foundation
- Website: http://www.nashua151.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nashuatoughtechs151
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/toughtechs151
- X: https://twitter.com/frc151
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toughtechs151
- GitHub: https://github.com/toughtechs151

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **74.79**, rank 901 of 3732 (75.9th percentile)
- Record: 40-46-0 over 86 matches (47% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 31.8, teleop 42.7, endgame 0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 41%, RP2 12%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Week 0 | 2026week0 | 0 | 19 | 1-2-0 | 4 | 5 | 25.7 |  |  |
| NE District North Shore Event | 2026marea | 2 | 17 | 6-6-0 | 26 | 7 | 37.5 | 21 |  |
| NE District Greater Boston Event | 2026mabos | 4 | 13 | 6-6-0 | 31 | 2 | 64.7 | 34 |  |
| New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | 2026necmp1 | 7 | 42 | 4-8-0 | 23 |  | 59.2 | 24 |  |
| BattleCry at WPI (May) | 2026bc | 13 | 30 | 4-5-0 | 17 | 4 | 78.7 |  |  |
| Governor’s Cup | 2026nhgc | 30 | 16 | 2-2-0 | 9 | 1 | 89.7 |  |  |
| Mayhem in Merrimack | 2026nhmm | 32 |  |  |  |  | 99.8 |  |  |
| RiverRage 29 | 2026nhrr | 34 | 21 | 1-3-0 | 8 | 3 | 91.6 |  |  |
| Girls Behind the Glass | 2026nhalt1 | 36 | 5 | 4-1-0 | 16 | 3 | 74.8 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026mabos)

## 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: Tough Techs
- 2003 – 2004: Wild Cards

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 19, over 15 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 2 | 2026, 1996 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2016, 1999 |
| Leadership in Control (no longer given) | 2 | 2001, 1996 |
| #1 Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 1996, 1993 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2025 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2023 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2022 |
| Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2006 |
| Visualization (no longer given) | 1 | 2004 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2002 |
| Content Communication (HM) (no longer given) | 1 | 2001 |
| Creativity | 1 | 1998 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 1996 |
| Impact | 1 | 1995 |
| Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 1 | 1994 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Quality, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Week 0 | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District URI Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | NE District Greater Boston Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | NE District Granite State Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Week 0 | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | NE District Greater Boston Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District Granite State Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | Week 0 |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | NE District Granite State Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2020 | Week 0 | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | NE District Southern NH Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | NE District UNH Event |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | NE District Granite State Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | NE District - Southern NH Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | NE District - SE Mass Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - UNH Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | NE District - North Shore Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | NE District - UNH Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | NE District - Pioneer Valley Event |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Southington District Event |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | UNH District Event |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | BAE Systems/Granite State Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | BAE Granite State Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2008 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional |  |  |
| 2003 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional |  | Out before the top four |
| 2002 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 59.3 | 1151 / 3708 | 69.0 | 23-28-0 | 9 |
| 2025 | 36.8 | 1289 / 3687 | 65.1 | 18-21-0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 21.2 | 1007 / 3475 | 71.0 | 13-17-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 18.2 | 2377 / 3284 | 27.6 | 12-15-1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 10.8 | 1862 / 3053 | 39.0 | 18-16-0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 34.3 | 663 / 2024 | 67.3 | 10-13-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 20.2 | 1063 / 3763 | 71.8 | 12-16-0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 42.1 | 3510 / 3617 | 3.0 | 7-17-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 42.4 | 2988 / 3331 | 10.3 | 6-17-1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 25.0 | 1548 / 3114 | 50.3 | 11-14-1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 24.4 | 995 / 2873 | 65.4 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 22.9 | 1478 / 2697 | 45.2 | 5-18-1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 21.4 | 784 / 2510 | 68.8 | 10-10-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 5.0 | 1288 / 2332 | 44.8 | 12-7-0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 13.6 | 538 / 2053 | 73.8 | 11-9-0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1.9 | 374 / 1801 | 79.3 | 8-12-3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 28.1 | 80 / 1675 | 95.3 | 12-4-3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 12.9 | 638 / 1498 | 57.4 | 5-10-0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5.5 | 818 / 1295 | 36.9 | 8-7-0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 8.9 | 552 / 1125 | 51.0 | 13-6-0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 5.8 | 540 / 747 | 27.7 | 0-7-0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 28.7 | 314 / 932 | 66.4 | 3-10-2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 21.3 | 240 / 785 | 69.5 | 9-9-0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10.9 | 421 / 641 | 34.4 | 5-5-0 | 1 |

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