# Team 190: Gompei and the HERD Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Rookie year 1992. District NE. ## Who backs them - School: Mass Academy-Math & Science - Sponsors: WPI, Jabil Healthcare - Website: http://users.wpi.edu/~first/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc190 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frc190 - X: https://twitter.com/team190 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc190 - GitHub: https://github.com/team-190 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **176.77**, rank 152 of 3708 (95.9th percentile) - Record: 81-29-0 over 110 matches (74% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 33.2, teleop 143.9, endgame -0.3 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 97%, RP2 41% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week 0 | 2026week0 | 0 | 9 | 2-1-0 | 8 | 3 | 76.8 | | | | NE District Pine Tree Event | 2026mefal | 1 | 3 | 9-3-0 | 40 | 2 | 203.4 | 62 | | | FMA District Seneca Event | 2026njtab | 2 | 1 | 12-0-0 | 48 | 1 | 213.3 | | | | NE District Greater Boston Event | 2026mabos | 4 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 41 | 2 | 195.5 | 74 | | | NE District WPI Event | 2026mawor | 5 | 2 | 10-2-0 | 49 | 2 | 211.3 | 56 (not counted) | | | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 12 | 9-3-0 | 38 | 8 | 161.0 | 111 | | | New England FIRST District Championship | 2026necmp | 7 | | | | | 176.8 | | | | Johnson Division | 2026joh | 8 | 6 | 8-2-0 | 36 | 5 | 176.8 | | | | BattleCry at WPI (May) | 2026bc | 13 | 18 | 4-5-0 | 22 | 6 | 163.6 | | | | BattleCry at WPI (June) | 2026bc2 | 14 | 20 | 5-4-0 | 24 | 3 | 170.4 | | | | RoboJAWN | 2026paphi1 | 19 | 7 | 4-4-0 | 23 | | 163.7 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026mabos) - District Event Winner (2026njtab) - District Event Winner (2026mabos) - District Event Finalist (2026mawor) - District Event Finalist (2026mefal) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026mawor) - FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026necmp) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026mefal) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026necmp2) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026njtab) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2026, Comp Robot – Two robots: Doomspiral & TURNOVER, Onshape: https://frc190.onshape.com/documents/b452dd5a31bf95c6384826fb/v/9a4c2c25c61eed3915122777/e/934f62b4a3bd58acfff00615?configuration=default&renderMode=0&uiState=6a18f20ed4512fd9e5239b0f - 2026, Comp Robot – Two robots: Doomspiral & TURNOVER, Onshape: https://frc190.onshape.com/documents/ba8a365713d40fc24cf0b54f/w/d6e4ee38f39fcc9a54144a27/e/f7562994bcc6d5175e8e4e30?configuration=default&renderMode=0&uiState=6a18f291fa835462eeaa4a52 - 2025, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://frc190.onshape.com/documents/b6c840749d995b1ac1b29215/v/c2f65e25658d56c674449d2f/e/271cc80064eb69c77815f945?aa=true ## 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. - 2025 – now: Gompei and the HERD - 2005 – 2024: Gompei and the H.E.R.D. - 2003 – 2004: Gompei and the H.E.R.D ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 18 - Awards: 83, over 26 seasons - Einstein appearances: 2 (2007, 2024) | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Winner | 14 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2014, 2012, 2009, 2007, 2001 | | Finalist | 12 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2017, 2016, 2015, 1999, 1992 | | Creativity | 8 | 2025, 2014, 2008, 2004, 1999, 1997, 1995 | | Excellence in Engineering | 6 | 2026, 2024, 2019, 2010 | | Industrial Design | 5 | 2025, 2019, 2017, 2009, 2006 | | Quality | 5 | 2025, 2024, 2014, 2007, 2001 | | Innovation in Control | 4 | 2020, 2012, 2011, 2008 | | Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2026, 2016, 2004 | | Impact | 3 | 2026, 2007, 2006 | | Leadership | 3 | 2026, 2016 | | Autonomous | 3 | 2025, 2019 | | Judges' | 3 | 2017, 2002 | | Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 3 | 2005, 2003 | | Leadership in Control (no longer given) | 3 | 2003, 2000 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2011, 2009 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2012 | | Coopertition (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2003 | | #1 Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 1997 | | Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 1 | 1995 | | Best Defensive Match (no longer given) | 1 | 1992 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Imagery, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Johnson Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship | | | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2026 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2026 | FMA District Seneca Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2026 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2026 | Week 0 | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Galileo Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ballard Division presented by Altair | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2025 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2025 | NE District URI Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2025 | NE District Southern Maine Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2025 | Week 0 | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2024 | Einstein Field | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Curie Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Richardson Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2024 | NE District URI Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | NE District Greater Boston Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | Arkansas Regional presented by Harding University and Searcy A & P | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District Central Mass Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | NE District SE Mass Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2020 | NE District Northern CT Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2019 | Darwin Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | NE District Central Mass Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2019 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four | | 2019 | Week 0 | | Not picked | | 2018 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | MAR District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | Tesla Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | ONT District - Western University, Engineering Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2017 | NE District - Rhode Island Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | NE District - Worcester Polytechnic Institute Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2017 | Week 0 | | Not picked | | 2016 | Carver Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | MAR District - Montgomery Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2016 | NE District - Rhode Island Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2016 | NE District - WPI Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | PNW District - Philomath Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2015 | NE District - Reading Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2015 | NE District - Granite State Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2014 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Rhode Island District Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | WPI District Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2014 | Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2013 | Newton Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Greater Toronto West Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | WPI Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | WPI Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2011 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | WPI Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2010 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2010 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2010 | WPI Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2009 | Curie Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2009 | Boston Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2008 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Einstein Field | | Won the event | | 2007 | Newton Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Won the event | | 2007 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Won the event | | 2007 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Galileo Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2006 | Florida Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2006 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2005 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | Curie Division | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2004 | Arizona Regional | | | | 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | | | 2003 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2003 | Pacific Northwest Regional | | Top four | | 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Top four | | 2002 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2002 | NASA Langley / VCU Regional | | | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 176.8 | 152 / 3708 | 95.9 | 81-29-0 | 11 | | 2025 | 85.2 | 35 / 3687 | 99.1 | 75-20-0 | 14 | | 2024 | 22.5 | 913 / 3475 | 73.7 | 45-33-1 | 12 | | 2023 | 34.4 | 1055 / 3284 | 67.9 | 12-26-0 | 5 | | 2022 | 16.4 | 1316 / 3053 | 56.9 | 16-24-0 | 6 | | 2020 | 43.1 | 402 / 2024 | 80.2 | 15-18-0 | 6 | | 2019 | 29.1 | 125 / 3763 | 96.7 | 47-28-0 | 9 | | 2018 | 95.2 | 1129 / 3617 | 68.8 | 25-27-0 | 6 | | 2017 | 103.9 | 442 / 3331 | 86.8 | 41-28-1 | 7 | | 2016 | 28.1 | 1211 / 3114 | 61.1 | 38-24-1 | 6 | | 2015 | 21.6 | 1253 / 2873 | 56.4 | 0-2-61 | 5 | | 2014 | 55.4 | 246 / 2697 | 90.9 | 35-24-0 | 6 | | 2013 | 43.9 | 192 / 2510 | 92.4 | 15-19-1 | 4 | | 2012 | 11.6 | 480 / 2332 | 79.5 | 23-20-0 | 4 | | 2011 | 31.1 | 110 / 2053 | 94.7 | 20-19-0 | 3 | | 2010 | 3.1 | 121 / 1801 | 93.3 | 22-16-5 | 3 | | 2009 | 24.9 | 165 / 1675 | 90.2 | 22-12-0 | 4 | | 2008 | 18.1 | 318 / 1498 | 78.8 | 11-15-1 | 4 | | 2007 | 10.6 | 430 / 1295 | 66.8 | 22-13-1 | 5 | | 2006 | 15.3 | 216 / 1125 | 80.9 | 18-16-0 | 4 | | 2005 | 5.9 | 544 / 747 | 27.2 | 1-6-0 | 2 | | 2004 | 40.5 | 77 / 932 | 91.8 | 14-11-2 | 4 | | 2003 | 23.4 | 134 / 785 | 83.0 | 14-19-0 | 3 | | 2002 | 11.9 | 149 / 641 | 76.9 | 9-9-1 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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