# Team 2234: Alternating Current Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA. Rookie year 2007. District FMA. ## Who backs them - School: Episcopal Academy - Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/ ## 2026 season - xP rating: **22.30**, rank 2518 of 3708 (32.1th percentile) - Record: 9-11-0 over 20 matches (45% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 5.5, teleop 15.9, endgame 0.9 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 21%, RP2 6% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | 2026pahat | 1 | 22 | 5-7-0 | 17 | | 4.3 | 11 | | | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | 2026paca | 3 | 22 | 4-4-0 | 18 | | 22.3 | | | ## 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. - 2015 – now: Alternating Current - 2014: Karmic Boomerang - 2013: British Thermal Units - 2012: Surf & Turf - 2011: Antibot - 2010: The Antibots - 2009: EA Robotics - 2008: The Reverend - 2007: EA ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 1 - Awards: 8, over 5 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 3 | 2025, 2016, 2014 | | Creativity | 1 | 2025 | | Winner | 1 | 2018 | | Judges' | 1 | 2016 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2007 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2007 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | | Not picked | | 2026 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | | Not picked | | 2025 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | | Not picked | | 2025 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2025 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | | Not picked | | 2024 | New York Tech Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2024 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Event | | Not picked | | 2024 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | | Not picked | | 2023 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2023 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | | Not picked | | 2023 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2020 | Festival de Robotique a Sherbrooke Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2019 | Festival de Robotique a Quebec City Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | | Not picked | | 2019 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #1 | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2018 | MAR District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | MAR District - Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | MAR District - Hatboro-Horsham Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | Windsor Essex Great Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | MAR District - Springside Chestnut Hill Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2016 | MAR District - Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | MAR District - North Brunswick Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | MAR District - Springside Chestnut Hill Event | | Not picked | | 2015 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Lone Star Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | MAR FIRST Robotics Springside Chestnut Hill District Competition | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | MAR FIRST Robotics Hatboro-Horsham District Competition | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2013 | Springside - Chestnut Hill FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2013 | Hatboro-Horsham FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC Region Championship | | Not picked | | 2012 | New York City Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Chestnut Hill FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Hatboro-Horsham FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Philadelphia Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | New Jersey Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2009 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2007 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 22.3 | 2518 / 3708 | 32.1 | 9-11-0 | 2 | | 2025 | 14.7 | 3020 / 3687 | 18.1 | 12-27-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 8.2 | 2625 / 3475 | 24.5 | 11-22-0 | 3 | | 2023 | 17.5 | 2464 / 3284 | 25.0 | 13-21-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 18.0 | 1166 / 3053 | 61.8 | 25-17-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 45.7 | 325 / 2024 | 84.0 | 12-20-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 18.2 | 1410 / 3763 | 62.5 | 11-22-2 | 3 | | 2018 | 69.8 | 2344 / 3617 | 35.2 | 16-24-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 28.9 | 3237 / 3331 | 2.8 | 4-18-0 | 2 | | 2016 | 29.3 | 1080 / 3114 | 65.3 | 22-19-1 | 3 | | 2015 | 35.1 | 564 / 2873 | 80.4 | 0-0-38 | 3 | | 2014 | 45.8 | 463 / 2697 | 82.9 | 23-23-0 | 3 | | 2013 | 7.9 | 1930 / 2510 | 23.1 | 9-17-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 12.5 | 429 / 2332 | 81.6 | 17-32-2 | 4 | | 2011 | 13.6 | 604 / 2053 | 70.6 | 10-8-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 0.9 | 1066 / 1801 | 40.8 | 5-5-1 | 1 | | 2009 | 20.6 | 385 / 1675 | 77.1 | 4-10-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 18.2 | 317 / 1498 | 78.9 | 8-5-0 | 1 | | 2007 | 25.6 | 40 / 1295 | 97.0 | 10-8-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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