# Team 2240: Brute Force Denver, Colorado, USA. Rookie year 2007. ## Who backs them - School: Dsst-Stapleton Campus - Sponsors: Toddy LLC, DSST Public School, F5, Axiom Wealth Alliance, Comcast, BAE Systems, Siemens, Autostore, Nimble Gravity - Website: http://www.dsstrobotics.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dsstrobotics.bruteforce - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dsststapletonrobotic - X: https://twitter.com/frc2240 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brute_force_robotics ## 2026 season - xP rating: **173.84**, rank 169 of 3708 (95.5th percentile) - Record: 15-10-0 over 25 matches (60% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 39.8, teleop 134.0, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 95%, RP2 36% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Pikes Peak Regional | 2026cosp | 1 | 11 | 6-6-0 | 30 | 4 | 108.5 | | 33 | | Denver Regional | 2026code | 6 | 2 | 9-0-0 | 38 | 2 | 173.8 | | 36 | | Kendrick Castillo Memorial Tournament (KCMT) | 2026cokc | 32 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 41 | 2 | 175.4 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026cosp) ## 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. - 2008 – now: Brute Force - 2007: Denver School of Science and Technology ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 2 - Awards: 16, over 10 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Quality | 3 | 2025, 2023 | | Industrial Design | 3 | 2024, 2016 | | Autonomous | 2 | 2026, 2022 | | Winner | 2 | 2025, 2023 | | Creativity | 2 | 2019 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2021 | | Leadership | 1 | 2019 | | Imagery | 1 | 2018 | | Finalist | 1 | 2010 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Gracious Professionalism, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Denver Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | Pikes Peak Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Milstein Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2024 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Utah Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Milstein Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | Utah Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2022 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2020 | Del Mar Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2019 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Hub City Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2015 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2014 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Colorado Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2011 | Colorado Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2009 | Colorado Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Colorado Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 173.8 | 169 / 3708 | 95.5 | 15-10-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 50.5 | 717 / 3687 | 80.6 | 22-14-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 27.3 | 525 / 3475 | 84.9 | 17-10-0 | 3 | | 2023 | 52.4 | 261 / 3284 | 92.1 | 32-13-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 20.4 | 909 / 3053 | 70.2 | 18-17-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 42.7 | 389 / 2024 | 80.8 | 5-6-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 29.3 | 177 / 3763 | 95.3 | 18-9-0 | 2 | | 2018 | 87.5 | 1449 / 3617 | 60.0 | 9-17-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 86.6 | 1122 / 3331 | 66.3 | 12-10-1 | 2 | | 2016 | 30.1 | 969 / 3114 | 68.9 | 11-5-0 | 1 | | 2015 | 20.7 | 1220 / 2873 | 57.6 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 | | 2014 | 21.7 | 1581 / 2697 | 41.4 | 7-6-0 | 1 | | 2013 | 8.9 | 1804 / 2510 | 28.1 | 3-8-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 8.3 | 758 / 2332 | 67.5 | 10-6-0 | 1 | | 2011 | 5.1 | 1426 / 2053 | 30.6 | 4-6-0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0.9 | 1041 / 1801 | 42.2 | 8-5-3 | 1 | | 2009 | 15.9 | 878 / 1675 | 47.6 | 3-4-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 7.9 | 1129 / 1498 | 24.6 | 3-6-0 | 1 | | 2007 | 4.4 | 967 / 1295 | 25.3 | 4-9-1 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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