# 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: **42.52**, rank 1623 of 3708 (56.2th percentile)
- Record: 14-13-0 over 27 matches (52% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 10.3, teleop 32.1, endgame 0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 34%, RP2 8%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Week 0 | 2026week0 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 42.5 |  |  |
| NE District North Shore Event | 2026marea | 2 | 19 | 6-6-0 | 25 | 4 | 16.6 | 29 |  |
| NE District Greater Boston Event | 2026mabos | 4 | 20 | 6-6-0 | 28 |  | 42.5 | 12 |  |

### 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 | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 42.5 | 1623 / 3708 | 56.2 | 14-13-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 38.4 | 1240 / 3687 | 66.4 | 27-23-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 19.0 | 1238 / 3475 | 64.4 | 20-23-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 38.0 | 862 / 3284 | 73.8 | 27-25-0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 10.4 | 2028 / 3053 | 33.6 | 13-17-0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 1986 / 2024 | 1.9 | 6-11-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 12.6 | 2742 / 3763 | 27.1 | 15-20-0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 101.4 | 897 / 3617 | 75.2 | 14-14-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 69.0 | 1961 / 3331 | 41.1 | 16-14-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 38.9 | 350 / 3114 | 88.8 | 28-30-0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 60.1 | 104 / 2873 | 96.4 | 2-3-75 | 5 |
| 2014 | 40.0 | 651 / 2697 | 75.9 | 24-17-0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 27.0 | 622 / 2510 | 75.2 | 6-6-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 8.2 | 851 / 2332 | 63.5 | 20-18-1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 23.3 | 267 / 2053 | 87.0 | 9-11-0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1.8 | 428 / 1801 | 76.3 | 4-5-0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 12.1 | 1422 / 1675 | 15.1 | 3-6-0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 15.7 | 460 / 1498 | 69.3 | 3-6-0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 14.0 | 277 / 1295 | 78.7 | 6-12-0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 11.1 | 433 / 1125 | 61.6 | 5-7-0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 15.4 | 823 / 932 | 11.7 | 1-6-1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 17.2 | 522 / 785 | 33.5 | 2-8-0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 11.2 | 320 / 641 | 50.2 | 2-5-1 | 1 |

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

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