# Team 1885: Comet Robotics Haymarket, Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2006. District FCH. ## Who backs them - School: Battlefield High School - Sponsors: Prince William County Public Schools, Battlefield Robotics Booster Club, TechStellar, Lockheed Martin, SAIC - Website: https://comet1885.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cometrobotics1885 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comet.1885 - GitHub: https://github.com/comet-frc ## 2026 season - xP rating: **45.56**, rank 1491 of 3708 (59.8th percentile) - Record: 9-18-1 over 28 matches (32% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 6.5, teleop 39.1, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 30%, RP2 7% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FCH District Alexandria VA Event presented by Qualcomm | 2026vaale | 1 | 35 | 3-8-1 | 14 | | 24.4 | 12 | | | FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | 2026vabla | 4 | 24 | 4-8-0 | 21 | 6 | 45.6 | 27 | | | Battle o' Baltimore | 2026mdbob | 33 | 19 | 2-3-0 | 9 | 1 | 48.4 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Judges' Award (2026vaale) - Team Spirit Award (2026vabla) ## 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. - 2023 – now: Comet Robotics - 2009 – 2022: ILITE Robotics - 2006 – 2008: Robocats ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 24 - Awards: 66, over 19 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Impact | 13 | 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | | Finalist | 7 | 2022, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2011 | | Engineering Inspiration | 6 | 2024, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008 | | Winner | 6 | 2024, 2019, 2018, 2017 | | Imagery | 5 | 2025, 2019, 2015, 2009 | | Woodie Flowers | 5 | 2021, 2018, 2016, 2011 | | Team Spirit | 3 | 2026, 2024, 2023 | | Leadership | 3 | 2025, 2015, 2014 | | Innovation in Control | 3 | 2022, 2014 | | Industrial Design | 3 | 2017, 2016 | | Rookie All Star | 3 | 2006 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2022, 2018 | | Website (no longer given) | 2 | 2012, 2007 | | Judges' | 1 | 2026 | | Rising All-Star | 1 | 2025 | | Impact Finalist | 1 | 2017 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 | | Creativity | 1 | 2014 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Gracious Professionalism, Quality, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2026 | FCH District Alexandria VA Event presented by Qualcomm | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | CHS District Alexandria VA Event presented by US Department of Energy | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | CHS District Severn MD Event presented by Ball Corp | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | CHS District Falls Church VA Event presented by Department of Energy | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2023 | CHS District Alexandria VA Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Carver Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #3 Day 1 | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #1 Day 2 | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2020 | CHS District Bethesda MD Event sponsored by Accenture | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Daly Division | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Oxon Hill MD Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four | | 2019 | CHS District Bethesda MD Event sponsored by Bechtel | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event | | 2018 | Carson Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2018 | CHS District Southern Maryland Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | CHS District Greater DC Event co-sponsored by Micron | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2017 | Darwin Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist | | 2017 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2017 | CHS District - Greater DC Event sponsored by Accenture | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2016 | Curie Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | | Not picked | | 2016 | CHS District - Hampton Roads Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2016 | CHS District - Greater DC Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2015 | Carson Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Greater DC Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2015 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Greater DC Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2013 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Curie Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2012 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2011 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2009 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2009 | Florida Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | Philadelphia Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | NASA / VCU Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | NASA / VCU Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2006 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 45.6 | 1491 / 3708 | 59.8 | 9-18-1 | 3 | | 2025 | 64.9 | 351 / 3687 | 90.5 | 21-24-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 11.3 | 2130 / 3475 | 38.7 | 11-19-1 | 4 | | 2023 | 22.0 | 1964 / 3284 | 40.2 | 11-19-0 | 2 | | 2022 | 35.2 | 245 / 3053 | 92.0 | 36-17-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 39.7 | 480 / 2024 | 76.3 | 10-4-1 | 1 | | 2019 | 30.9 | 118 / 3763 | 96.9 | 42-20-2 | 7 | | 2018 | 121.8 | 300 / 3617 | 91.7 | 44-21-1 | 5 | | 2017 | 152.9 | 18 / 3331 | 99.5 | 52-18-2 | 7 | | 2016 | 42.1 | 252 / 3114 | 91.9 | 34-18-3 | 7 | | 2015 | 36.7 | 484 / 2873 | 83.2 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 | | 2014 | 50.1 | 333 / 2697 | 87.7 | 23-17-0 | 3 | | 2013 | 37.4 | 302 / 2510 | 88.0 | 13-15-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 15.4 | 234 / 2332 | 90.0 | 20-16-0 | 3 | | 2011 | 29.8 | 151 / 2053 | 92.7 | 25-11-0 | 3 | | 2010 | 1.1 | 822 / 1801 | 54.4 | 8-4-1 | 1 | | 2009 | 12.6 | 1381 / 1675 | 17.6 | 6-18-2 | 3 | | 2008 | 17.4 | 329 / 1498 | 78.1 | 11-18-0 | 3 | | 2007 | 30.4 | 25 / 1295 | 98.1 | 17-12-0 | 3 | | 2006 | 4.8 | 935 / 1125 | 16.9 | 11-13-0 | 3 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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