# Team 236: Techno-Ticks

Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA. Rookie year 1999. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: East Lyme High School & Old Lyme High School
- Sponsors: Dominion Energy, Lyme-Old Lyme Education Foundation (LOLEF), Lyme-Old Lyme Public Schools
- Website: http://www.technoticks236.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/firstteam236
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/uceblvzyi4ruwwvgvg8pnqpa
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/236technoticks
- GitHub: https://github.com/dicarlo236

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **153.75**, rank 247 of 3708 (93.4th percentile)
- Record: 35-16-0 over 51 matches (69% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 31.4, teleop 121.6, endgame 0.8
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 96%, RP2 37%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District Western NE Event | 2026mawne | 2 | 5 | 9-2-0 | 37 | 3 | 119.9 | 46 |  |
| NE District Hartford Event | 2026cthar | 4 | 4 | 10-2-0 | 42 | 3 | 144.9 | 51 |  |
| New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | 2026necmp1 | 7 | 18 | 6-6-0 | 34 | 3 | 153.7 | 93 |  |
| CIAC CT State Championship 2026 | 2026ctgla | 11 | 13 | 2-4-0 | 12 | 4 | 154.1 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Quality Award (2026cthar)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 13
- Awards: 25, over 17 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2003)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact | 8 | 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 |
| Winner | 5 | 2017, 2015, 2003 |
| Finalist | 4 | 2019, 2015, 2014, 2001 |
| Quality | 3 | 2026, 2015, 2014 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2025 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2023 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2016 |
| Leadership in Control (no longer given) | 1 | 2003 |
| Best Offensive Round (no longer given) | 1 | 1999 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2026 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ganson Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2020 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Darwin Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2018 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Darwin Division | Alliance 5 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event |
| 2016 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | NE District - Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Carson Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | NE FIRST District Championship presented by United Technologies | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2015 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2015 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2014 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Hartford District Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2014 | Groton District Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist |
| 2013 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Connecticut Regional sponsored by UTC | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2012 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2011 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | WPI Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2010 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Connecticut Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2008 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Connecticut Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2008 | Suffield Shakedown |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | UTC Connecticut Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2006 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | Newton Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2004 | Galileo Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2004 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2003 | Einstein Field |  | Top four |
| 2003 | Galileo Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2003 | UTC New England Regional |  | Won the event |
| 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional |  | Won the event |
| 2002 | UTC New England Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 153.8 | 247 / 3708 | 93.4 | 35-16-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 58.4 | 482 / 3687 | 87.0 | 19-22-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 29.5 | 409 / 3475 | 88.3 | 25-19-1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 34.8 | 1035 / 3284 | 68.5 | 11-18-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 30.6 | 413 / 3053 | 86.5 | 18-14-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 42.9 | 413 / 2024 | 79.6 | 6-8-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 29.1 | 130 / 3763 | 96.6 | 23-20-0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 109.0 | 594 / 3617 | 83.6 | 22-22-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 102.2 | 490 / 3331 | 85.3 | 26-18-0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 33.4 | 706 / 3114 | 77.4 | 16-21-0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 55.2 | 148 / 2873 | 94.9 | 2-3-63 | 5 |
| 2014 | 56.0 | 229 / 2697 | 91.5 | 28-16-1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 48.3 | 124 / 2510 | 95.1 | 16-6-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 6.4 | 1097 / 2332 | 53.0 | 11-13-0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 23.6 | 257 / 2053 | 87.5 | 13-12-0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1.8 | 449 / 1801 | 75.1 | 8-11-1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 25.3 | 149 / 1675 | 91.2 | 9-7-1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 17.3 | 361 / 1498 | 76.0 | 7-14-0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6.7 | 720 / 1295 | 44.4 | 10-12-1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 17.9 | 144 / 1125 | 87.3 | 5-4-0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 21.3 | 9 / 747 | 98.9 | 16-9-0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 45.3 | 30 / 932 | 96.9 | 13-8-1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 18.4 | 452 / 785 | 42.5 | 29-13-1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 11.3 | 302 / 641 | 53.0 | 3-5-0 | 1 |

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

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