# Team 20: The Rocketeers

Clifton Park, New York, USA. Rookie year 1992.

## Who backs them

- School: Shenendehowa High School
- Sponsors: GLOBALFOUNDRIES - Town of Malta Foundation, Wabtec Foundation, Bilinski Sausage Manufacturing Co., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Advanced Manufacturing Techniques Inc., Gene Haas Foundation, PVA, BAE ES
- Website: http://www.team20.com
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/frcteam20
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team20frc
- GitHub: https://github.com/team20

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **52.12**, rank 1377 of 3708 (62.9th percentile)
- Record: 8-12-0 over 20 matches (40% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 9.1, teleop 41.3, endgame 1.7
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 35%, RP2 8%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finger Lakes Regional | 2026nyro | 2 | 40 | 4-5-0 | 15 |  | 53.3 |  | 10 |
| New York Tech Valley Regional | 2026nytr | 7 | 43 | 3-5-0 | 15 | 4 | 52.1 |  | 14 |

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2019, Comp Robot, STEP: https://grabcad.com/library/2019-first-team-20-robot-1
- 2018, Comp Robot, Inventor: https://grabcad.com/library/team-20-2018-frc-robot-zenith-1
- 2016, Comp Robot, Inventor: https://grabcad.com/library/team-20-2016-frc-robot-scorpio-2

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 15
- Awards: 65, over 22 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2015)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 11 | 2019, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008 |
| Finalist | 9 | 2024, 2022, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2005 |
| Quality | 6 | 2023, 2022, 2013, 2009, 2008 |
| Leadership | 5 | 2025, 2023, 2018, 2015, 2014 |
| Woodie Flowers | 4 | 2025, 2017, 2013, 2006 |
| Industrial Design | 4 | 2019, 2014, 2005 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2023, 2018, 2017 |
| VOTY | 3 | 2023, 2022, 2015 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2017, 2016 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 3 | 2013, 2012 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2024, 2009 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2022, 2010 |
| Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 2 | 2007, 2006 |
| Best Play of the Day (no longer given) | 2 | 1996 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2014 |
| Coopertition (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 |
| Inventor (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 1997 |
| Most Photogenic (no longer given) | 1 | 1993 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Finger Lakes Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Finalist |
| 2023 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | New York City Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | Curie Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2019 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | Curie Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | Central New York Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Carson Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | Carver Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Finger Lakes Regional  | Alliance 5 · captain | Won the event |
| 2016 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2015 | Einstein Field | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Carson Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2015 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Finalist |
| 2014 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Finger Lakes Regional  | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2014 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2013 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Connecticut Regional sponsored by UTC | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2013 | WPI Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2012 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2012 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | BAE Systems/Granite State Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2010 | Newton Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2010 | WPI Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2010 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Connecticut Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2009 | BAE Granite State Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2008 | Newton Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2008 | Boston Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2008 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2007 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | UTC Connecticut Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2006 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2005 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2005 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2004 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | UTC New England Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 52.1 | 1377 / 3708 | 62.9 | 8-12-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 74.0 | 158 / 3687 | 95.7 | 17-8-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 23.1 | 868 / 3475 | 75.0 | 16-7-2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 51.3 | 302 / 3284 | 90.8 | 22-13-1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 34.6 | 269 / 3053 | 91.2 | 22-8-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 29.9 | 96 / 3763 | 97.5 | 39-7-0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 122.0 | 249 / 3617 | 93.1 | 30-16-0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 113.3 | 222 / 3331 | 93.4 | 24-18-1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 45.7 | 164 / 3114 | 94.8 | 32-15-0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 43.0 | 362 / 2873 | 87.4 | 0-2-44 | 6 |
| 2014 | 64.4 | 104 / 2697 | 96.2 | 32-19-0 | 6 |
| 2013 | 68.8 | 13 / 2510 | 99.5 | 36-8-0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7.2 | 986 / 2332 | 57.7 | 15-21-1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 22.6 | 298 / 2053 | 85.5 | 18-22-0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3.6 | 71 / 1801 | 96.1 | 27-16-2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 30.3 | 43 / 1675 | 97.5 | 23-9-1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 33.5 | 24 / 1498 | 98.5 | 36-8-1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 9.8 | 477 / 1295 | 63.2 | 8-12-1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 24.5 | 38 / 1125 | 96.7 | 8-6-0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 15.2 | 83 / 747 | 89.0 | 19-10-0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 35.3 | 184 / 932 | 80.3 | 8-8-0 | 2 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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