# Team 1720: PhyXTGears Matthews, Indiana, USA. Rookie year 2006. District FIN. ## Who backs them - Sponsors: East Central Indiana Robotics, Avis Foundation, Boren Foundation, Don Wood Foundation, Community Foundation of Grant County, Caterpillar, Progress Rail, NearSpace Launch - Website: https://phyxtgears.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frcteam1720 - X: https://twitter.com/frcteam1720 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frcteam1720 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **121.40**, rank 444 of 3708 (88.0th percentile) - Record: 31-24-0 over 55 matches (56% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 27.4, teleop 94.0, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 82%, RP2 20% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIN District Columbus Event | 2026incol | 3 | 10 | 7-5-0 | 28 | 3 | 49.5 | 35 | | | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota IN & VU CARA | 2026inwas | 5 | 9 | 7-5-0 | 31 | 6 | 78.5 | 31 | | | FIRST Indiana State Championship | 2026incmp | 7 | 8 | 7-5-0 | 36 | 6 | 130.8 | 123 | | | Daly Division | 2026dal | 8 | 23 | 7-3-0 | 27 | | 121.4 | | | | RiverBOaT Rumble | 2026kylou | 19 | 1 | 9-1-0 | 36 | 1 | 111.5 | | | | Indiana Robotics Invitational | 2026iri | 20 | 8 | 7-2-0 | 34 | 7 | 142.7 | | | | Boiler Bot Battle | 2026inbbb | 34 | 1 | 6-0-0 | 24 | 1 | 147.1 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026incol) - Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026inwas) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 3 - Awards: 37, over 15 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 7 | 2024, 2019, 2018, 2017 | | Innovation in Control | 4 | 2026, 2017, 2016 | | Excellence in Engineering | 4 | 2025, 2020, 2017, 2015 | | Industrial Design | 3 | 2025, 2018 | | Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2022 | | Judges' | 3 | 2022, 2016 | | Creativity | 2 | 2026, 2015 | | Leadership | 2 | 2025, 2024 | | Winner | 2 | 2020, 2016 | | Visualization (no longer given) | 2 | 2009, 2007 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2024 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2019 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2019 | | Excellence in Design (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2006 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Daly Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota IN & VU CARA | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIN District Columbus Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota Indiana and Vincennes University | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIN District Kokomo Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | | Not picked | | 2024 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota Indiana and Vincennes University | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2024 | FIN District Columbus Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIN District Greenwood Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIN District Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIN District Princeton Event presented by Toyota | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIN District Columbus Event presented by Toyota | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | FIN District Kokomo Event presented by AndyMark | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | IN District Bloomington Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2019 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | IN District Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | IN District St. Joseph Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | Tesla Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2018 | IN District Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | IN District Plainfield Event sponsored by Toyota | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Curie Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist | | 2017 | IN District - Perry Meridian Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2017 | IN District - St. Joseph Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | IN District - Perry Meridian Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | IN District - Walker Warren Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Newton Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Indiana FIRST District Championship | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2015 | IN District - Kokomo City of Firsts Event sponsored by AndyMark | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | IN District - Indianapolis Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2014 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Crossroads Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2010 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Boilermaker Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 121.4 | 444 / 3708 | 88.0 | 31-24-0 | 7 | | 2025 | 39.1 | 1171 / 3687 | 68.3 | 9-20-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 17.2 | 1389 / 3475 | 60.0 | 18-27-0 | 5 | | 2023 | 33.5 | 1091 / 3284 | 66.8 | 18-25-1 | 4 | | 2022 | 27.1 | 527 / 3053 | 82.8 | 21-24-0 | 6 | | 2020 | 73.8 | 34 / 2024 | 98.4 | 15-3-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 30.4 | 142 / 3763 | 96.3 | 45-20-1 | 5 | | 2018 | 107.8 | 658 / 3617 | 81.8 | 29-30-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 117.4 | 190 / 3331 | 94.3 | 38-26-0 | 5 | | 2016 | 44.3 | 201 / 3114 | 93.6 | 26-22-1 | 4 | | 2015 | 54.9 | 158 / 2873 | 94.5 | Not applicable (qual average) | 6 | | 2014 | 34.4 | 800 / 2697 | 70.4 | 5-9-0 | 1 | | 2013 | 23.9 | 678 / 2510 | 73.0 | 5-5-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 4.2 | 1491 / 2332 | 36.1 | 4-11-0 | 1 | | 2011 | 13.7 | 532 / 2053 | 74.1 | 8-6-1 | 2 | | 2010 | 0.8 | 1132 / 1801 | 37.2 | 6-6-2 | 2 | | 2009 | 18.7 | 533 / 1675 | 68.2 | 10-4-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 5.1 | 1353 / 1498 | 9.7 | 2-7-0 | 2 | | 2007 | 9.6 | 437 / 1295 | 66.3 | 8-5-0 | 2 | | 2006 | 7.7 | 662 / 1125 | 41.2 | 6-7-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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