# Team 2028: Phantom Robotics Hampton, Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2007. District FCH. ## Who backs them - School: Phoebus High School - Sponsors: National Information Warfare Center - Atlantic, Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School, Hampton City Schools, DoDEA (Department of Defense Education Activity) - Website: http://www.phantommentalists.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team-2028-the-phantom-mentalist-622915891065103 - GitHub: https://github.com/first-frc-team-2028 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **89.96**, rank 729 of 3708 (80.4th percentile) - Record: 15-11-1 over 27 matches (56% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 8.8, teleop 81.5, endgame -0.3 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 79%, RP2 19% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FCH District Alexandria VA Event presented by Qualcomm | 2026vaale | 1 | 25 | 4-7-1 | 18 | | 31.4 | 16 | | | FCH District Chesapeake VA Event presented by Newport News Ship Yard / Hampton Roads Community Foundation (Norfolk Southern) | 2026vache | 3 | 3 | 10-2-0 | 42 | 3 | 90.0 | 39 | | | Rumble 11 | 2026vagle2 | 34 | | | | | 90.0 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026vache) - Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026vaale) ## 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. - 2022 – now: Phantom Robotics - 2010 – 2020: Phantom Mentalist - 2009: Team Deep Impact - 2007 – 2008: Phantom Robotics ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 1 - Awards: 12, over 9 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Innovation in Control | 2 | 2026, 2017 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2016, 2015 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2026 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2024 | | Quality | 1 | 2023 | | Finalist | 1 | 2022 | | Winner | 1 | 2018 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2017 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2015 | | Creativity | 1 | 2012 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FCH District Chesapeake VA Event presented by Newport News Ship Yard / Hampton Roads Community Foundation (Norfolk Southern) | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FCH District Alexandria VA Event presented by Qualcomm | | Not picked | | 2025 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Volvo | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event presented by Newport News Shipyard | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | CHS District Falls Church VA Event presented by Department of Energy | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | | Not picked | | 2023 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #2 Day 1 | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #1 Day 2 | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2020 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Haymarket VA Event sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | | Not picked | | 2018 | CHS District Hampton Roads Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2018 | CHS District Central Virginia Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | | Not picked | | 2017 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | CHS District - Hampton Roads Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2016 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2016 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | CHS District - Hampton Roads Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2012 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | NASA VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | NASA / VCU Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 90.0 | 729 / 3708 | 80.4 | 15-11-1 | 3 | | 2025 | 27.6 | 1881 / 3687 | 49.0 | 12-18-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 10.8 | 2237 / 3475 | 35.6 | 14-15-0 | 3 | | 2023 | 45.8 | 498 / 3284 | 84.9 | 24-19-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 14.9 | 1446 / 3053 | 52.7 | 8-20-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 41.5 | 451 / 2024 | 77.8 | 6-8-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 16.7 | 1726 / 3763 | 54.1 | 15-12-1 | 3 | | 2018 | 95.7 | 1110 / 3617 | 69.3 | 22-23-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 59.4 | 2376 / 3331 | 28.7 | 12-17-1 | 3 | | 2016 | 39.8 | 315 / 3114 | 89.9 | 22-25-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 17.3 | 1627 / 2873 | 43.4 | 0-0-21 | 2 | | 2014 | 27.9 | 1210 / 2697 | 55.2 | 8-12-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 16.2 | 1224 / 2510 | 51.3 | 7-9-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 3.3 | 1729 / 2332 | 25.9 | 8-14-1 | 2 | | 2011 | 4.5 | 1383 / 2053 | 32.7 | 4-5-0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0.6 | 1377 / 1801 | 23.6 | 3-4-2 | 1 | | 2009 | 17.3 | 720 / 1675 | 57.0 | 1-6-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 7.8 | 1151 / 1498 | 23.2 | 2-6-0 | 1 | | 2007 | 3.5 | 1002 / 1295 | 22.6 | 6-3-1 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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