# Team 2036: Boulder Valley Black Knights

Boulder, Colorado, USA. Rookie year 2007.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Medtronic, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Solid State Depot, Gene Haas Foundation
- Website: https://blackknightsrobotics.com/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@blackknightsrobotics
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackknights2036
- GitHub: https://github.com/fairviewrobotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **54.98**, rank 1248 of 3708 (66.4th percentile)
- Record: 7-16-0 over 23 matches (30% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 8.4, teleop 46.6, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 36%, RP2 8%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arkansas Regional | 2026arli | 3 | 18 | 4-8-0 | 20 | 8 | 50.8 |  | 23 |
| Denver Regional | 2026code | 6 | 28 | 3-6-0 | 19 |  | 55.0 |  | 13 |
| Kendrick Castillo Memorial Tournament (KCMT) | 2026cokc | 32 | 29 | 2-10-0 | 12 | 6 | 39.4 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026arli)

## 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: Boulder Valley Black Knights
- 2009 – 2024: The Black Knights
- 2007 – 2008: The Knights

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 7, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Judges' | 2 | 2024, 2018 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2022, 2011 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2026 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2025 |
| Winner | 1 | 2010 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Denver Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Arkansas Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Bayou Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Arkansas Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Green Country Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 2 · backup robot | Finalist |
| 2019 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2010 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2009 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 55.0 | 1248 / 3708 | 66.4 | 7-16-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 68.3 | 272 / 3687 | 92.6 | 24-18-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 14.7 | 1691 / 3475 | 51.4 | 14-14-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 33.9 | 1062 / 3284 | 67.7 | 7-8-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 15.7 | 1292 / 3053 | 57.7 | 7-9-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 14.0 | 2438 / 3763 | 35.2 | 7-3-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 81.2 | 1733 / 3617 | 52.1 | 3-8-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 68.7 | 1905 / 3331 | 42.8 | 8-5-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 20.6 | 2123 / 3114 | 31.8 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 21.9 | 1140 / 2873 | 60.3 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 14.9 | 2221 / 2697 | 17.7 | 2-9-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 22.4 | 733 / 2510 | 70.8 | 8-5-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4.8 | 1342 / 2332 | 42.5 | 5-8-0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 11.0 | 679 / 2053 | 67.0 | 11-4-1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1.5 | 562 / 1801 | 68.8 | 15-9-2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 10.2 | 1598 / 1675 | 4.6 | 3-4-0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 9.1 | 1014 / 1498 | 32.3 | 4-7-0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 4.8 | 914 / 1295 | 29.4 | 4-8-1 | 1 |

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

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