# 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: **78.93**, rank 854 of 3708 (77.0th percentile) - Record: 15-11-1 over 27 matches (56% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 7.7, teleop 71.3, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 55%, RP2 11% ### 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 | | 23.1 | 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 | 78.9 | 39 | | | Rumble 11 | 2026vagle2 | 34 | 25 | 2-3-0 | 8 | 2 | 63.4 | | | ### 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 | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 78.9 | 854 / 3708 | 77.0 | 15-11-1 | 3 | | 2025 | 26.3 | 1930 / 3687 | 47.7 | 12-18-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 10.9 | 2193 / 3475 | 36.9 | 14-15-0 | 3 | | 2023 | 45.8 | 496 / 3284 | 84.9 | 24-19-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 12.3 | 1682 / 3053 | 44.9 | 8-20-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 40.3 | 460 / 2024 | 77.3 | 6-8-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 17.0 | 1668 / 3763 | 55.7 | 15-12-1 | 3 | | 2018 | 98.6 | 997 / 3617 | 72.5 | 22-23-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 61.2 | 2242 / 3331 | 32.7 | 12-17-1 | 3 | | 2016 | 39.5 | 329 / 3114 | 89.5 | 22-25-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 13.8 | 1892 / 2873 | 34.2 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 | | 2014 | 25.8 | 1250 / 2697 | 53.7 | 8-12-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 15.4 | 1186 / 2510 | 52.8 | 7-9-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 2.6 | 1912 / 2332 | 18.0 | 8-14-1 | 2 | | 2011 | 5.8 | 1326 / 2053 | 35.4 | 4-5-0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0.5 | 1512 / 1801 | 16.1 | 3-4-2 | 1 | | 2009 | 17.0 | 732 / 1675 | 56.3 | 1-6-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 7.3 | 1179 / 1498 | 21.3 | 2-6-0 | 1 | | 2007 | 2.5 | 1169 / 1295 | 9.7 | 6-3-1 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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