# Team 2470: Team BJORG Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2008. ## Who backs them - School: Kennedy High School & Jefferson High School - Sponsors: The Toro Company, Boston Scientific, General Dynamics Mission Systems, The Balczewski Family, Gene Haas Foundation, Give to the Max, Yoshi Gindt and Family, Intuitive Foundation, Donaldson, Lockheed Martin, Seagate, Bloomington Kennedy Activities Foundation, Culver's, Bloomington Lion's Club, M.e. FIRST Ambassador with Space Cookie Team 1868, Banner Engineering, OSI Batteries - Website: https://www.team2470.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teambjorg - X: https://twitter.com/teambjorg - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teambjorg - GitHub: https://github.com/team2470 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **59.34**, rank 1210 of 3708 (67.4th percentile) - Record: 16-10-0 over 26 matches (62% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 10.8, teleop 48.6, endgame -0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 46%, RP2 10% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Blue Twilight Week Zero | 2026mnbt | 0 | | | | | 59.3 | | | | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | 2026mnmi | 4 | 29 | 4-5-0 | 17 | 5 | 49.7 | | 17 | | Minnesota Granite City Regional | 2026mnmi2 | 6 | 16 | 6-3-0 | 24 | 2 | 59.3 | | 52 | | Minnesota Robotics Invitational | 2026mnros | 31 | | | | | 59.3 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Regional Winners (2026mnmi2) - Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026mnmi2) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2025, Team 2470 The BJORG 2024 and 2025 Robots, and 2025 Summer Practice CAD Release (2025 CAD), Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/47d2b4ebc481f89c9e61fdfa/w/293590bee971311bf89b1dc6/e/791ceac67beba8a2959eeab8 - 2024, Team 2470 The BJORG 2024, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/bc491bb5a7ab56078eff7e02/w/5db5ce7463dff1e424a402d7/e/588bd86c77f974bd78c0d4de ## 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. - 2015 – now: Team BJORG - 2008 – 2014: Blitz Team ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 4 - Awards: 13, over 11 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Imagery | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2016, 2015 | | Winner | 2 | 2026, 2009 | | Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2020, 2013 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2025 | | Judges' | 1 | 2024 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2022 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Finalist, Gracious Professionalism, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Minnesota Granite City Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2026 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | Blue Twilight Week Zero | | | | 2025 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | Minnesota North Star Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Central Illinois Regional | | Not picked | | 2024 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Heartland Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by Medtronic | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Great Northern Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by Medtronic | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by the Medtronic Foundation | | Not picked | | 2019 | Northern Lights Regional | | Not picked | | 2018 | Medtronic Foundation Regional | | Not picked | | 2018 | Wisconsin Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 4 · backup robot | Top four | | 2016 | Iowa Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Wisconsin Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Lake Superior Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Lake Superior Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2009 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2008 | Minnesota Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 59.3 | 1210 / 3708 | 67.4 | 16-10-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 43.7 | 996 / 3687 | 73.0 | 17-18-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 31.2 | 341 / 3475 | 90.2 | 15-13-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 49.7 | 353 / 3284 | 89.3 | 13-11-1 | 4 | | 2022 | 22.2 | 858 / 3053 | 71.9 | 14-12-1 | 3 | | 2019 | 13.9 | 2392 / 3763 | 36.4 | 4-13-1 | 2 | | 2018 | 57.6 | 2996 / 3617 | 17.2 | 9-10-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 33.8 | 3175 / 3331 | 4.7 | 1-7-0 | 1 | | 2016 | 20.4 | 2198 / 3114 | 29.4 | 9-11-0 | 2 | | 2015 | 32.8 | 651 / 2873 | 77.4 | 0-0-20 | 2 | | 2014 | 30.9 | 1050 / 2697 | 61.1 | 12-10-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 5.9 | 2126 / 2510 | 15.3 | 3-5-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 3.7 | 1662 / 2332 | 28.7 | 8-10-0 | 2 | | 2011 | 0.5 | 1911 / 2053 | 6.9 | 5-13-2 | 2 | | 2010 | 1.1 | 895 / 1801 | 50.3 | 5-2-2 | 1 | | 2009 | 11.2 | 1500 / 1675 | 10.5 | 11-11-1 | 2 | | 2008 | 12.4 | 715 / 1498 | 52.3 | 3-6-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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