# Team 2399: The Fighting Unicorns Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA. Rookie year 2008. ## Who backs them - School: Hathaway Brown School - Sponsors: Rockwell Automation, Gene Haas Foundation, Ball, Novelis, Unicorn Friends and Families - Website: http:///www.team2399.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefightingunicorns - X: https://twitter.com/frc2399 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc2399 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **129.45**, rank 388 of 3708 (89.6th percentile) - Record: 24-16-0 over 40 matches (60% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 22.6, teleop 107.1, endgame -0.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 86%, RP2 23% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Buckeye Regional | 2026ohcl | 3 | 6 | 8-3-0 | 33 | 4 | 120.7 | | 49 | | Miami Valley Regional | 2026ohmv | 5 | 19 | 5-4-0 | 25 | 8 | 139.1 | | 81 | | Daly Division | 2026dal | 8 | 28 | 5-5-0 | 25 | | 129.5 | | | | Ohio State Championship | 2026ohsc | 11 | 15 | 3-2-0 | 14 | 4 | 105.5 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Regional FIRST Impact Award (2026ohmv) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026ohcl) ## 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. - 2016 – now: The Fighting Unicorns - 2012 – 2015: Fighting Unicorns - 2011: TeamHB2399 - 2008 – 2010: TeamHB ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 2 - Awards: 24, over 11 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Leadership | 5 | 2025, 2020, 2016, 2012 | | Excellence in Engineering | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2017, 2016 | | Team Spirit | 3 | 2023, 2017, 2013 | | Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2023, 2015 | | Creativity | 2 | 2017, 2016 | | Impact | 1 | 2026 | | Judges' | 1 | 2025 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2025 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2023 | | Finalist | 1 | 2017 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 | | Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2009 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2009 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Quality, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Winner. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Daly Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | Arkansas Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Milstein Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2018 | Miami Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2017 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Queen City Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Tesla Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2015 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Midwest Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Pittsburgh Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Queen City Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2009 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 129.4 | 388 / 3708 | 89.6 | 24-16-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 64.5 | 334 / 3687 | 91.0 | 22-19-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 22.0 | 961 / 3475 | 72.4 | 10-11-1 | 5 | | 2023 | 54.7 | 196 / 3284 | 94.1 | 25-17-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 19.4 | 1052 / 3053 | 65.6 | 5-4-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 24.5 | 467 / 3763 | 87.6 | 8-3-0 | 2 | | 2018 | 92.4 | 1259 / 3617 | 65.2 | 9-15-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 89.3 | 986 / 3331 | 70.4 | 21-16-0 | 4 | | 2016 | 35.6 | 536 / 3114 | 82.8 | 11-10-1 | 2 | | 2015 | 23.0 | 1161 / 2873 | 59.6 | 0-0-33 | 3 | | 2014 | 25.6 | 1372 / 2697 | 49.1 | 9-14-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 25.3 | 685 / 2510 | 72.7 | 10-11-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 10.3 | 607 / 2332 | 74.0 | 10-10-0 | 2 | | 2011 | 5.6 | 1243 / 2053 | 39.5 | 5-3-1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0.8 | 1138 / 1801 | 36.8 | 3-9-0 | 1 | | 2009 | 13.8 | 1200 / 1675 | 28.4 | 11-12-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 7.4 | 1180 / 1498 | 21.2 | 2-7-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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