# Team 166: Chop Shop Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA. Rookie year 1995. District NE. ## Who backs them - School: Merrimack High School - Sponsors: Merrimack School District, New Hampshire Department of Education, Triton Systems, Elbit Systems of America, HAAS, RTX, Fully Promoted, Sal's Pizza - Website: http://www.chopshop166.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chopshop166 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/chopshop166 - X: https://twitter.com/chopshop166 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chopshop166 - GitHub: https://github.com/chopshop-166 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **141.38**, rank 306 of 3708 (91.8th percentile) - Record: 38-25-0 over 63 matches (60% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 34.7, teleop 107.1, endgame -0.4 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 90%, RP2 27% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week 0 | 2026week0 | 0 | | | | | 141.4 | | | | NE District Granite State Event | 2026nhbed | 2 | 4 | 9-3-0 | 38 | 3 | 142.1 | 54 | | | NE District UVM Event | 2026vtbur | 5 | 6 | 8-4-0 | 39 | 4 | 144.6 | 49 | | | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 10 | 8-4-0 | 41 | 4 | 184.2 | 90 | | | Curie Division | 2026cur | 8 | 39 | 4-6-0 | 21 | 1 | 141.4 | | | | BattleCry at WPI (May) | 2026bc | 13 | 11 | 5-4-0 | 24 | 5 | 147.0 | | | | Governor’s Cup | 2026nhgc | 30 | 1 | 4-0-0 | 16 | 1 | 135.0 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Championship Division Finalist (2026cur) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026nhbed) - Team Spirit Award (2026vtbur) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2024, Alpha Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/2a2f6e0cbaf3ffd67ff008e4/w/92d0d682d2990ffc7d685f46/e/6ea9083941dd626223a13748?renderMode=0&uiState=66ff188f279f024185585ebd - 2024, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/c540e7d9f9b1f82fd5b04821/w/92ead97fab207fbe3d6fc32b/e/26f18ecd869007dce002e2e2?renderMode=0&uiState=66ff1b79279f024185586268 - 2022, Comp Robot, STEP/IGES: https://grabcad.com/library/team-166-2022-robot-valkyrie-1 - 2021, Offseason Robot, STEP/IGES: https://grabcad.com/library/team-166-2021-offseason-robot-off-axis-1 - 2020, Comp Robot, STEP/IGES: https://grabcad.com/library/team-166-2020-robot-1 - 2016, Comp Robot, STEP/IGES: https://grabcad.com/library/frc-166-2016-robot-hyperion-1 ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 9 - Awards: 47, over 20 seasons - Einstein appearances: 1 (2025) | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Impact | 7 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2016, 2011 | | Engineering Inspiration | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2022, 2018, 2017, 2003 | | Finalist | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2016 | | Leadership | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2022, 2011 | | Imagery | 4 | 2019, 2018, 2016 | | Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2025, 2015, 2008 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2022, 2015, 2014 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2026, 2014 | | Winner | 2 | 2025, 2020 | | Quality | 2 | 2016, 2011 | | Judges' | 2 | 2007, 2006 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2025 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2019 | | Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 | | Leadership in Control (no longer given) | 1 | 2009 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2006 | | Content Communication (HM) (no longer given) | 1 | 2002 | | Incredible Play (no longer given) | 1 | 2002 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Curie Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | NE District UVM Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | NE District Granite State Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | Week 0 | | | | 2025 | Einstein Field | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2025 | Curie Division | Alliance 5 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ballard Division presented by Altair | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District UVM Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District Southern Maine Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | Week 0 | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ganson Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2024 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Week 0 | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | Johnson Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - WILSON Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Week 0 | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Newton Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Titanium Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District Pease ANG Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2020 | NE District Northern CT Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Won the event | | 2019 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | NE District Southern NH Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | PCH District Gainesville Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NE District UNH Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | NE District SE Mass Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | NE District - Pine Tree Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NE District - Worcester Polytechnic Institute Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | Curie Division | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | New England District Championship | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NE District - Pine Tree Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2016 | NE District - UNH Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Week 0 | | | | 2015 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | NE FIRST District Championship presented by United Technologies | | Not picked | | 2015 | NE District - Northeastern University Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | NE District - Pioneer Valley Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | New England FRC Region Championship | | Not picked | | 2014 | Pine Tree District Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | UNH District Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2013 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2011 | BAE Systems/Granite State Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2010 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2009 | BAE Granite State Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2008 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2007 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2006 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2005 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2004 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | | | 2003 | UTC New England Regional | | Out before the top four | | 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Out before the top four | | 2002 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2002 | UTC New England Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 141.4 | 306 / 3708 | 91.8 | 38-25-0 | 7 | | 2025 | 69.8 | 233 / 3687 | 93.7 | 48-37-1 | 13 | | 2024 | 34.0 | 238 / 3475 | 93.2 | 32-24-1 | 9 | | 2023 | 46.5 | 463 / 3284 | 85.9 | 33-29-0 | 9 | | 2022 | 32.8 | 331 / 3053 | 89.2 | 26-30-0 | 8 | | 2020 | 48.1 | 277 / 2024 | 86.4 | 14-5-0 | 4 | | 2019 | 23.5 | 577 / 3763 | 84.7 | 27-27-0 | 8 | | 2018 | 68.6 | 2413 / 3617 | 33.3 | 7-17-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 62.2 | 2251 / 3331 | 32.4 | 11-15-0 | 4 | | 2016 | 55.2 | 59 / 3114 | 98.1 | 40-24-0 | 9 | | 2015 | 41.6 | 398 / 2873 | 86.2 | 0-0-50 | 5 | | 2014 | 41.1 | 621 / 2697 | 77.0 | 23-20-0 | 4 | | 2013 | 21.6 | 868 / 2510 | 65.4 | 7-13-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 10.4 | 605 / 2332 | 74.1 | 11-11-0 | 3 | | 2011 | 18.4 | 413 / 2053 | 79.9 | 16-22-0 | 3 | | 2010 | 1.3 | 788 / 1801 | 56.3 | 4-15-1 | 2 | | 2009 | 21.9 | 308 / 1675 | 81.7 | 8-10-0 | 3 | | 2008 | 19.1 | 272 / 1498 | 81.9 | 12-10-0 | 3 | | 2007 | 15.6 | 225 / 1295 | 82.7 | 11-12-1 | 3 | | 2006 | 13.8 | 274 / 1125 | 75.7 | 8-8-0 | 3 | | 2005 | 8.1 | 418 / 747 | 44.1 | 5-7-0 | 2 | | 2004 | 30.0 | 315 / 932 | 66.3 | 7-7-1 | 3 | | 2003 | 27.5 | 31 / 785 | 96.2 | 12-11-0 | 2 | | 2002 | 13.0 | 22 / 641 | 96.7 | 7-6-2 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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