# Team 2421: RTR Team Robotics Burke, Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2008. District FCH. ## Who backs them - Sponsors: The Boeing Corporation, LEIDOS Corporation, Gene Haas Foundation, Lockheed Martin, LVSI Corporation, Vienna Wirelesss Society - Website: https://www.rtr2421.org - X: https://twitter.com/frc2421 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firstteam2421 - GitHub: https://github.com/team2421coders ## 2026 season - xP rating: **16.51**, rank 2831 of 3708 (23.7th percentile) - Record: 17-31-0 over 48 matches (35% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 6.4, teleop 9.9, endgame 0.3 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 14%, RP2 4% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FCH District Pasadena MD Event presented by Plummer Industries | 2026mdpas | 2 | 33 | 2-10-0 | 10 | 3 | 15.4 | 21 | | | FCH District Bethesda MD Event presented by Bechtel | 2026mdbet | 3 | 21 | 5-7-0 | 22 | 3 | 23.4 | 34 | | | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | 2026chcmp | 7 | 50 | 3-9-0 | 15 | | 16.5 | 18 | | | Chesapeake Robotics Icebreaker | 2026vaale1 | 30 | 17 | 3-3-0 | 14 | 1 | 64.4 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Finalist (2026mdbet) ## 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. - 2013 – now: RTR Team Robotics - 2008 – 2012: Rolling Thunder Robotics ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 6 - Awards: 13, over 11 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 5 | 2026, 2022, 2017, 2014 | | Winner | 5 | 2024, 2023, 2020, 2016 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2013 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2010 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2008 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | | Not picked | | 2026 | FCH District Bethesda MD Event presented by Bechtel | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2026 | FCH District Pasadena MD Event presented by Plummer Industries | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | CHS District Alexandria VA Event presented by US Department of Energy | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | CHS District Severn MD Event presented by Ball Corp | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | | Not picked | | 2024 | CHS District Falls Church VA Event presented by Department of Energy | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2024 | CHS District Ashland VA Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | | Not picked | | 2023 | CHS District Timonium MD Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | CHS District Alexandria VA Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2022 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | | Not picked | | 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #4 Day 2 | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #2 Day 2 | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2020 | CHS District Bethesda MD Event sponsored by Accenture | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2020 | CHS District Haymarket VA Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2019 | CHS District Oxon Hill MD Event | | Not picked | | 2019 | CHS District Haymarket VA Event sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | | Not picked | | 2018 | CHS District Central Maryland Event sponsored by Leidos | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | CHS District Greater DC Event co-sponsored by Micron | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | CHS District - Central Maryland Event sponsored by Leidos | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2017 | CHS District - Northern Virginia Event sponsored by Bechtel | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2016 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | | Not picked | | 2016 | CHS District - Central Maryland Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | CHS District - Northern Virginia Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Greater DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Chesapeake Regional | | Finalist | | 2014 | Greater DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | NASA / VCU Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 16.5 | 2831 / 3708 | 23.7 | 17-31-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 22.8 | 2283 / 3687 | 38.1 | 9-19-1 | 2 | | 2024 | 17.4 | 1411 / 3475 | 59.4 | 20-23-1 | 4 | | 2023 | 31.4 | 1241 / 3284 | 62.2 | 19-25-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 26.0 | 638 / 3053 | 79.1 | 16-22-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 47.1 | 298 / 2024 | 85.3 | 28-9-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 12.2 | 2848 / 3763 | 24.3 | 4-18-1 | 2 | | 2018 | 88.8 | 1408 / 3617 | 61.1 | 13-15-1 | 2 | | 2017 | 89.0 | 997 / 3331 | 70.1 | 27-33-4 | 4 | | 2016 | 25.6 | 1522 / 3114 | 51.1 | 21-26-1 | 3 | | 2015 | 3.8 | 2758 / 2873 | 4.0 | 0-0-11 | 1 | | 2014 | 14.0 | 2274 / 2697 | 15.7 | 7-15-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 15.3 | 1289 / 2510 | 48.7 | 7-9-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 1.1 | 2160 / 2332 | 7.4 | 4-13-1 | 2 | | 2011 | 2.9 | 1582 / 2053 | 23.0 | 4-6-0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0.7 | 1287 / 1801 | 28.6 | 6-1-2 | 1 | | 2009 | 14.3 | 1140 / 1675 | 32.0 | 2-5-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 14.7 | 529 / 1498 | 64.7 | 6-4-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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