# Team 1533: Triple Strange

Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2005. District FNC.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Qorvo, P&G, Gene Haas Corp, TE Connectivity, Tannenbaum Foundation, Honda Jet, Collins Aerospace - RTX-Raytheon, Intuitive Foundation, QualComm, Publix Charity, Cross Company, ECG Robotics, Inc., Harris Teeter, United Way
- Website: http://www.ecgrobotics.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team1533
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/team1533
- X: https://twitter.com/team1533
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team1533
- Periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/team1533
- GitHub: https://github.com/ecgrobotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **38.62**, rank 1762 of 3708 (52.5th percentile)
- Record: 30-28-0 over 58 matches (52% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 12.3, teleop 26.1, endgame 0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 23%, RP2 6%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FNC District UNC Asheville Event | 2026ncash | 2 | 4 | 8-4-0 | 34 | 1 | 104.8 | 60 |  |
| FNC District Elon University Event | 2026ncelo | 3 | 10 | 7-5-0 | 30 | 3 | 94.5 | 34 |  |
| FIRST North Carolina State Championship | 2026nccmp | 7 | 8 | 8-4-0 | 33 | 4 | 126.9 | 147 |  |
| Galileo Division | 2026gal | 8 | 74 | 1-9-0 | 7 |  | 38.6 |  |  |
| WVROX | 2026wvrox | 22 | 14 | 11-13-0 | 56 |  | 94.9 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Finalist (2026ncash)
- Industrial Design Award (2026ncelo)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026nccmp)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026ncash)

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2018, Swerve Module, STEP/IGES: https://grabcad.com/library/triple-strange-swerve-4-1-full-assembly-1

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 12
- Awards: 62, over 17 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2018)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 12 | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016 |
| Finalist | 10 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2022, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2007 |
| Leadership | 7 | 2025, 2023, 2019, 2016, 2014, 2013 |
| Creativity | 5 | 2026, 2024, 2016 |
| Industrial Design | 5 | 2026, 2022, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Innovation in Control | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2019, 2016, 2015 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2025, 2024, 2017 |
| Quality | 3 | 2022, 2019 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2020, 2018 |
| Judges' | 3 | 2009, 2007, 2006 |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2023, 2019 |
| Team Spirit | 2 | 2014, 2013 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2008 |
| Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2006 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FNC District Elon University Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 8 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | FNC District Catawba County Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Milstein Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | FNC District Mecklenburg County Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | FNC District Mecklenburg County Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2023 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Newton Division | Alliance 4 · 3rd pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | FNC District Guilford County Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2020 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Won the event |
| 2019 | Roebling Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | FNC District Guilford County Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | Einstein Field (Houston) | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | Turing Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | NC District Forsyth County Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | NC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | Newton Division | Alliance 4 · 3rd pick | Top four |
| 2017 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | NC District - Greensboro Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist |
| 2016 | Carson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NC FIRST Robotics State Championship | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2016 | NC District - Campbell University/Johnston Community College Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2016 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | NC District - Guilford County Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2015 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2014 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2014 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2013 | Queen City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | North Carolina Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2011 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | North Carolina Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Peachtree Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Peachtree Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | Peachtree Regional |  | Finalist |
| 2006 | Peachtree Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 38.6 | 1762 / 3708 | 52.5 | 30-28-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 65.0 | 323 / 3687 | 91.3 | 29-24-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 23.4 | 846 / 3475 | 75.7 | 29-29-2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 51.6 | 278 / 3284 | 91.6 | 31-30-0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 44.2 | 77 / 3053 | 97.5 | 46-17-0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 62.5 | 78 / 2024 | 96.2 | 15-5-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 19.3 | 1191 / 3763 | 68.4 | 43-26-0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 130.2 | 113 / 3617 | 96.9 | 55-22-0 | 7 |
| 2017 | 107.3 | 357 / 3331 | 89.3 | 45-19-0 | 6 |
| 2016 | 42.0 | 243 / 3114 | 92.2 | 51-27-0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 22.1 | 1217 / 2873 | 57.7 | 0-2-39 | 3 |
| 2014 | 47.3 | 423 / 2697 | 84.3 | 19-10-0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 28.3 | 574 / 2510 | 77.2 | 12-10-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4.8 | 1412 / 2332 | 39.5 | 11-13-0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 22.2 | 312 / 2053 | 84.8 | 10-13-1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0.3 | 1588 / 1801 | 11.8 | 3-6-0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 21.2 | 352 / 1675 | 79.0 | 5-4-0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 16.1 | 435 / 1498 | 71.0 | 10-7-0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 14.7 | 250 / 1295 | 80.8 | 5-4-1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 16.6 | 176 / 1125 | 84.4 | 10-6-0 | 1 |

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

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