# 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: **146.09**, rank 279 of 3708 (92.5th percentile) - Record: 38-25-0 over 63 matches (60% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 35.7, teleop 110.4, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 91%, RP2 28% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week 0 | 2026week0 | 0 | | | | | 146.1 | | | | NE District Granite State Event | 2026nhbed | 2 | 4 | 9-3-0 | 38 | 3 | 106.6 | 54 | | | NE District UVM Event | 2026vtbur | 5 | 6 | 8-4-0 | 39 | 4 | 122.4 | 49 | | | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 10 | 8-4-0 | 41 | 4 | 176.4 | 90 | | | Curie Division | 2026cur | 8 | 39 | 4-6-0 | 21 | 1 | 146.1 | | | | BattleCry at WPI (May) | 2026bc | 13 | 11 | 5-4-0 | 24 | 5 | 138.4 | | | | Governor’s Cup | 2026nhgc | 30 | 1 | 4-0-0 | 16 | 1 | 127.7 | | | | Mayhem in Merrimack | 2026nhmm | 32 | 16 | 1-5-0 | 7 | 5 | 122.6 | | | | RiverRage 29 | 2026nhrr | 34 | 11 | 2-2-0 | 12 | 7 | 156.0 | | | | Battle Of the Bay | 2026nhalt | 36 | 8 | 3-2-0 | 17 | 6 | 159.3 | | | | Girls Behind the Glass | 2026nhalt1 | 36 | 6 | 3-2-0 | 15 | 4 | 156.1 | | | ### 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 | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 146.1 | 279 / 3708 | 92.5 | 38-25-0 | 11 | | 2025 | 72.0 | 211 / 3687 | 94.3 | 48-37-1 | 13 | | 2024 | 34.4 | 230 / 3475 | 93.4 | 32-24-1 | 9 | | 2023 | 47.9 | 420 / 3284 | 87.2 | 33-29-0 | 9 | | 2022 | 34.0 | 284 / 3053 | 90.7 | 26-30-0 | 8 | | 2020 | 46.4 | 303 / 2024 | 85.1 | 14-5-0 | 4 | | 2019 | 22.9 | 695 / 3763 | 81.6 | 27-27-0 | 8 | | 2018 | 73.6 | 2140 / 3617 | 40.8 | 7-17-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 61.1 | 2251 / 3331 | 32.4 | 11-15-0 | 4 | | 2016 | 56.5 | 55 / 3114 | 98.3 | 40-24-0 | 9 | | 2015 | 42.5 | 361 / 2873 | 87.5 | Not applicable (qual average) | 5 | | 2014 | 41.1 | 571 / 2697 | 78.9 | 23-20-0 | 4 | | 2013 | 18.7 | 960 / 2510 | 61.8 | 7-13-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 9.8 | 611 / 2332 | 73.8 | 11-11-0 | 3 | | 2011 | 17.2 | 390 / 2053 | 81.0 | 16-22-0 | 3 | | 2010 | 1.0 | 917 / 1801 | 49.1 | 4-15-1 | 2 | | 2009 | 21.1 | 346 / 1675 | 79.4 | 8-10-0 | 3 | | 2008 | 17.9 | 311 / 1498 | 79.3 | 12-10-0 | 3 | | 2007 | 10.7 | 367 / 1295 | 71.7 | 11-12-1 | 3 | | 2006 | 11.9 | 350 / 1125 | 69.0 | 8-8-0 | 3 | | 2005 | 7.3 | 435 / 747 | 41.8 | 5-7-0 | 2 | | 2004 | 29.1 | 302 / 932 | 67.7 | 7-7-1 | 3 | | 2003 | 27.1 | 34 / 785 | 95.8 | 12-11-0 | 2 | | 2002 | 12.9 | 27 / 641 | 95.9 | 7-6-2 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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