# 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: **120.41**, rank 450 of 3708 (87.9th percentile) - Record: 21-29-0 over 50 matches (42% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 13.4, teleop 107.0, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 81%, RP2 20% ### 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 | 58.2 | 30 | | | CA District Central Valley Event | 2026caclv | 4 | 17 | 5-7-0 | 24 | 8 | 65.8 | 24 | | | FIRST California Northern State Championship | 2026cancmp | 7 | 30 | 5-7-0 | 33 | | 119.8 | 69 | | | Milstein Division | 2026mil | 8 | 37 | 5-5-0 | 22 | | 120.4 | | | | Capital City Classic | 2026cacc | 34 | 9 | 5-4-0 | 18 | 6 | 127.6 | | | | MadTown Throwdown | 2026mttd | 36 | 42 | 2-7-0 | 14 | | 110.1 | | | ### 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) - Innovation in Control (2026cacc) - 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 | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Impact | 10 | 2026, 2024, 2022, 2021, 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 | 120.4 | 450 / 3708 | 87.9 | 21-29-0 | 6 | | 2025 | 67.0 | 300 / 3687 | 91.9 | 39-23-0 | 7 | | 2024 | 26.1 | 618 / 3475 | 82.2 | 17-20-0 | 6 | | 2023 | 50.6 | 327 / 3284 | 90.1 | 21-12-0 | 5 | | 2022 | 29.7 | 427 / 3053 | 86.0 | 20-22-0 | 5 | | 2019 | 25.0 | 461 / 3763 | 87.8 | 25-19-1 | 6 | | 2018 | 118.0 | 361 / 3617 | 90.0 | 15-15-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 117.2 | 195 / 3331 | 94.2 | 22-15-0 | 6 | | 2016 | 41.9 | 259 / 3114 | 91.7 | 22-18-0 | 6 | | 2015 | 52.1 | 197 / 2873 | 93.2 | Not applicable (qual average) | 6 | | 2014 | 61.5 | 146 / 2697 | 94.6 | 33-16-0 | 6 | | 2013 | 29.0 | 500 / 2510 | 80.1 | 18-17-0 | 4 | | 2012 | 19.9 | 101 / 2332 | 95.7 | 23-16-0 | 5 | | 2011 | 15.3 | 465 / 2053 | 77.4 | 9-6-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 0.9 | 1028 / 1801 | 42.9 | 5-6-1 | 1 | | 2009 | 15.6 | 932 / 1675 | 44.4 | 8-12-1 | 2 | | 2008 | 4.2 | 1403 / 1498 | 6.3 | 7-7-0 | 1 | | 2007 | 7.0 | 645 / 1295 | 50.2 | 4-6-0 | 1 | | 2006 | 10.5 | 444 / 1125 | 60.6 | 3-7-0 | 1 | | 2005 | 5.4 | 571 / 747 | 23.6 | 2-5-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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