# Team 178: The 2nd Law Enforcers Farmington, Connecticut, USA. Rookie year 1997. District NE. ## Who backs them - School: Farmington High School - Sponsors: The Gene Haas Foundation, RTX Corporation, Parker-Hannafin Fluid Control Division, CT Manufacturing Innovation Fund, Farmington Friends of Robotics - Website: http://www.farmingtonrobotics.org - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/team178enforcers - X: https://twitter.com/team178 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team178 - GitHub: https://github.com/team178 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **87.14**, rank 774 of 3708 (79.1th percentile) - Record: 22-21-0 over 43 matches (51% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 17.9, teleop 69.3, endgame -0.1 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 67%, RP2 15% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | NE District Western NE Event | 2026mawne | 2 | 13 | 7-5-0 | 29 | 8 | 40.4 | 29 | | | NE District Hartford Event | 2026cthar | 4 | 8 | 7-5-0 | 31 | 5 | 68.8 | 44 | | | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 28 | 5-7-0 | 26 | | 87.1 | 36 | | | New England FIRST District Championship | 2026necmp | 7 | | | | | 87.1 | 24 | | | CIAC CT State Championship 2026 | 2026ctgla | 11 | 11 | 4-2-0 | 16 | 8 | 79.4 | | | | Where is Wolcott Invitational | 2026wiwi | 15 | 16 | 2-4-0 | 7 | 4 | 61.7 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026cthar) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026cthar) - District Championship Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026necmp) - Quality Award (2026mawne) ## 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: The 2nd Law Enforcers - 2006 – 2010: 2nd Law Enforcers - 2004 – 2005: Enforcers - 2003: The 2nd Law Enforcers ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 4 - Awards: 34, over 17 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Engineering Inspiration | 11 | 2026, 2023, 2020, 2014, 2013, 2009, 2007, 2006 | | Leadership | 3 | 2026, 2024, 2022 | | Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2025, 2024, 2014 | | Woodie Flowers | 3 | 2022, 2019, 2013 | | Team Sustainability | 2 | 2025, 2024 | | Finalist | 2 | 2019, 2017 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2017 | | Quality | 1 | 2026 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2023 | | Judges' | 1 | 2023 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2019 | | Impact | 1 | 2015 | | Coopertition (no longer given) | 1 | 2012 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2008 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 1997 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Winner. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship | | | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | | Not picked | | 2026 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District Hartford Event | | Not picked | | 2025 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | NE District Western NE Event | | Not picked | | 2024 | NE District Waterbury Event | | Not picked | | 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - WILSON Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District Western NE Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | NE District Waterbury Event | | Not picked | | 2020 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NE District Southern CT Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | NE District SE Mass Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Daly Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NE District - Greater Boston Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2016 | NE District - UMass-Dartmouth Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NE District - Waterbury Event | | Not picked | | 2015 | NE FIRST District Championship presented by United Technologies | | Not picked | | 2015 | NE District - Hartford Event | | Not picked | | 2015 | NE District - Pioneer Valley Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | New England FRC Region Championship | | Not picked | | 2014 | Hartford District Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Southington District Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2014 | Groton District Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2013 | Connecticut Regional sponsored by UTC | | Not picked | | 2013 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2010 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Boston Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2008 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Suffield Shakedown | | Not picked | | 2007 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | UTC Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Winter War Zone | | Won the event | | 2006 | Greater Toronto Regional | | | | 2005 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2005 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2004 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2003 | Lone Star Regional | | Out before the top four | | 2003 | UTC New England Regional | | Top four | | 2002 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2002 | UTC New England Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 87.1 | 774 / 3708 | 79.1 | 22-21-0 | 6 | | 2025 | 19.6 | 2553 / 3687 | 30.8 | 10-18-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 14.7 | 1726 / 3475 | 50.3 | 8-16-0 | 2 | | 2023 | 27.6 | 1519 / 3284 | 53.8 | 19-22-0 | 5 | | 2022 | 11.4 | 1892 / 3053 | 38.0 | 7-16-1 | 2 | | 2020 | 23.0 | 1090 / 2024 | 46.2 | 3-11-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 21.3 | 849 / 3763 | 77.5 | 27-18-1 | 5 | | 2018 | 103.5 | 805 / 3617 | 77.8 | 14-17-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 94.8 | 764 / 3331 | 77.1 | 24-32-0 | 6 | | 2016 | 24.0 | 1731 / 3114 | 44.4 | 10-16-0 | 3 | | 2015 | 29.8 | 777 / 2873 | 73.0 | 0-0-38 | 3 | | 2014 | 35.8 | 808 / 2697 | 70.1 | 29-32-0 | 4 | | 2013 | 21.0 | 912 / 2510 | 63.7 | 6-10-1 | 3 | | 2012 | 1.3 | 2137 / 2332 | 8.4 | 5-14-0 | 2 | | 2011 | 7.8 | 1006 / 2053 | 51.0 | 7-12-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 2.1 | 338 / 1801 | 81.3 | 8-12-3 | 2 | | 2009 | 23.1 | 240 / 1675 | 85.7 | 12-7-1 | 2 | | 2008 | 18.5 | 300 / 1498 | 80.0 | 9-10-0 | 3 | | 2007 | 2.3 | 1107 / 1295 | 14.5 | 4-12-1 | 4 | | 2006 | 13.6 | 283 / 1125 | 74.9 | 2-6-0 | 1 | | 2005 | 12.0 | 200 / 747 | 73.3 | 14-8-1 | 2 | | 2004 | 40.2 | 86 / 932 | 90.9 | 9-11-0 | 2 | | 2003 | 18.1 | 468 / 785 | 40.4 | 7-17-1 | 2 | | 2002 | 10.7 | 497 / 641 | 22.5 | 4-11-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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