# Team 1671: Buchanan Bird Brains

Clovis, California, USA. Rookie year 2005. District CA.

## Who backs them

- School: Buchanan High School
- Sponsors: Motorola Solutions Foundation, Valley Iron Inc., Keiser Corp., West Coast Products, Lockheed Martin, Foundation for Clovis Schools, Clovis Rotary Club, CSM Aviation, Leyland Farms, PG&E
- Website: http://www.team1671.com
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/frc1671
- X: https://twitter.com/frc1671
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc1671

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **128.51**, rank 395 of 3708 (89.4th percentile)
- Record: 21-29-0 over 50 matches (42% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 14.3, teleop 114.2, endgame 0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 85%, RP2 23%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA District Silicon Valley Event presented by Apple | 2026casnv | 2 | 22 | 6-6-0 | 26 | 8 | 70.3 | 30 |  |
| CA District Central Valley Event | 2026caclv | 4 | 17 | 5-7-0 | 24 | 8 | 84.7 | 24 |  |
| FIRST California Northern State Championship | 2026cancmp | 7 | 30 | 5-7-0 | 33 |  | 143.4 | 69 |  |
| Milstein Division | 2026mil | 8 | 37 | 5-5-0 | 22 |  | 128.5 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District FIRST Impact Award (2026casnv)
- District Championship FIRST Impact Award (2026cancmp)
- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026caclv)
- Judges' Award (2026caclv)
- Team Spirit Award (2026mil)

## CAD

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

- 2011, Comp Robot, STEP: https://grabcad.com/library/2011-1671-buchanan-bird-brains-1

## 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.

- 2011 – now: Buchanan Bird Brains
- 2010: Ursa Engineering
- 2005 – 2009: "DOC"

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 16
- Awards: 51, over 18 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2015)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact | 10 | 2026, 2024, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2014 |
| Leadership | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2017, 2014 |
| Finalist | 5 | 2025, 2023, 2016, 2014 |
| Team Spirit | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2009 |
| Woodie Flowers | 3 | 2023, 2018, 2015 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2019, 2018, 2010 |
| Winner | 3 | 2019, 2015 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2026, 2018 |
| Quality | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2016, 2013 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2015, 2011 |
| Excellence in Design (no longer given) | 2 | 2011, 2010 |
| Excellence in Design (Animation) (no longer given) | 2 | 2011, 2010 |
| Visualization (no longer given) | 2 | 2009, 2008 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2017 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2016 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2005 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2005 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Milstein Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIRST California Northern State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | CA District Central Valley Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | CA District Silicon Valley Event presented by Apple | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | Pinnacles Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | Turing Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Hopper Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event |
| 2019 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2018 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Carver Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2016 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Einstein Field | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2015 | Newton Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2015 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2015 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2014 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2014 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2013 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Galileo Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2011 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2010 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2008 | San Diego Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2007 | Davis Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Davis Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2005 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 128.5 | 395 / 3708 | 89.4 | 21-29-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 64.2 | 342 / 3687 | 90.7 | 39-23-0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 27.4 | 540 / 3475 | 84.5 | 17-20-0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 50.0 | 342 / 3284 | 89.6 | 21-12-0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 30.3 | 422 / 3053 | 86.2 | 20-22-0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 25.0 | 402 / 3763 | 89.3 | 25-19-1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 117.9 | 338 / 3617 | 90.7 | 15-15-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 116.7 | 179 / 3331 | 94.7 | 22-15-0 | 6 |
| 2016 | 42.7 | 228 / 3114 | 92.7 | 22-18-0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 48.7 | 247 / 2873 | 91.4 | 4-0-50 | 6 |
| 2014 | 63.4 | 117 / 2697 | 95.7 | 33-16-0 | 6 |
| 2013 | 29.4 | 533 / 2510 | 78.8 | 18-17-0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 18.2 | 118 / 2332 | 95.0 | 23-16-0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 18.2 | 418 / 2053 | 79.7 | 9-6-0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0.8 | 1212 / 1801 | 32.7 | 5-6-1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 16.4 | 827 / 1675 | 50.7 | 8-12-1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2.2 | 1453 / 1498 | 3.0 | 7-7-0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 5.2 | 856 / 1295 | 33.9 | 4-6-0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 10.3 | 475 / 1125 | 57.8 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 5.2 | 600 / 747 | 19.7 | 2-5-0 | 1 |

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

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