# Team 246: Lobstah Bots Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Rookie year 1999. District NE. ## Who backs them - School: Boston University Academy - Sponsors: Boston University - Website: http://www.bu.edu/bufirst/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lobstahbots - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lobstahbots - X: https://twitter.com/lobstahbots - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burobotics246 - GitHub: https://github.com/lobstahbots ## 2026 season - xP rating: **36.52**, rank 1815 of 3708 (51.1th percentile) - Record: 14-13-0 over 27 matches (52% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 8.9, teleop 27.6, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 25%, RP2 6% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week 0 | 2026week0 | 0 | | | | | 36.5 | | | | NE District North Shore Event | 2026marea | 2 | 19 | 6-6-0 | 25 | 4 | 22.0 | 29 | | | NE District Greater Boston Event | 2026mabos | 4 | 20 | 6-6-0 | 28 | | 36.5 | 12 | | | New England Robotics Derby | 2026matb | 32 | 28 | 1-4-0 | 5 | 2 | 36.2 | | | | RiverRage 29 | 2026nhrr | 34 | 18 | 2-2-0 | 10 | 6 | 47.3 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026marea) - Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026marea) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2025, FRC 246 2025 CAD — 0000 Full Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6f297a4c81cccf2981b82917/w/ec28989613c7e78e8b8eec99/e/8d68b9fdef82e001199b5471 - 2012, Comp Robot, STEP: https://grabcad.com/library/2012-246-overclocked-1 ## 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. - 2023 – now: Lobstah Bots - 2005 – 2022: Overclocked - 2004: T.O.M.B. ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 4 - Awards: 30, over 14 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Leadership | 3 | 2026, 2024, 2015 | | Quality | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2015 | | Creativity | 3 | 2016, 2015, 2014 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2025, 2015 | | Innovation in Control | 2 | 2024, 2016 | | Finalist | 2 | 2023, 2015 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2019 | | Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2016, 2007 | | Winner | 2 | 2015, 2012 | | Impact | 2 | 2012, 2011 | | Imagery | 1 | 2026 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2025 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2025 | | Judges' | 1 | 2024 | | Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 1 | 2006 | | Outstanding Defense (no longer given) | 1 | 2000 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 1999 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | NE District Greater Boston Event | | Not picked | | 2026 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2026 | Week 0 | | | | 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ballard Division presented by Altair | | Not picked | | 2025 | NE District URI Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 5 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Week 0 | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ganson Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | NE District BSU Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - WILSON Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2023 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Week 0 | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | NE District Pease ANG Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | NE District North Shore Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | Week 0 | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | NE District SE Mass Event | | Not picked | | 2020 | Week 0 | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | NE District SE Mass Event | | Not picked | | 2019 | Week 0 | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NE District - North Shore Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NE District - Worcester Polytechnic Institute Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2016 | NE District - Boston Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NE District - UMass-Dartmouth Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NE District - North Shore Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2015 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | NE FIRST District Championship presented by United Technologies | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | NE District - UMass - Dartmouth Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2015 | NE District - Reading Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Won the event | | 2015 | NE District - Granite State Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2014 | New England FRC Region Championship | | Not picked | | 2014 | Northeastern University District Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Rhode Island District Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Boston Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Boston Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2012 | WPI Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | Boston Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Boston Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Boston Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Boston Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | Boston Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Boston Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | | | 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | UTC New England Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 36.5 | 1815 / 3708 | 51.1 | 14-13-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 37.9 | 1245 / 3687 | 66.3 | 27-23-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 19.6 | 1147 / 3475 | 67.0 | 20-23-0 | 5 | | 2023 | 37.8 | 852 / 3284 | 74.1 | 27-25-0 | 6 | | 2022 | 9.3 | 2078 / 3053 | 31.9 | 13-17-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 3.7 | 1984 / 2024 | 2.0 | 6-11-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 11.5 | 3113 / 3763 | 17.3 | 15-20-0 | 4 | | 2018 | 98.1 | 1019 / 3617 | 71.8 | 14-14-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 66.5 | 2018 / 3331 | 39.4 | 16-14-0 | 2 | | 2016 | 38.8 | 355 / 3114 | 88.6 | 28-30-0 | 5 | | 2015 | 60.2 | 119 / 2873 | 95.9 | Not applicable (qual average) | 5 | | 2014 | 40.6 | 581 / 2697 | 78.5 | 24-17-0 | 4 | | 2013 | 27.0 | 567 / 2510 | 77.4 | 6-6-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 8.4 | 742 / 2332 | 68.2 | 20-18-1 | 3 | | 2011 | 17.8 | 374 / 2053 | 81.8 | 9-11-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 1.5 | 527 / 1801 | 70.8 | 4-5-0 | 1 | | 2009 | 12.7 | 1373 / 1675 | 18.0 | 3-6-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 15.1 | 474 / 1498 | 68.4 | 3-6-0 | 1 | | 2007 | 18.0 | 143 / 1295 | 89.0 | 6-12-0 | 3 | | 2006 | 11.0 | 402 / 1125 | 64.3 | 5-7-0 | 2 | | 2004 | 14.3 | 832 / 932 | 10.7 | 1-6-1 | 1 | | 2003 | 16.3 | 566 / 785 | 27.9 | 2-8-0 | 1 | | 2002 | 11.1 | 360 / 641 | 43.9 | 2-5-1 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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