# Team 2487: Mechanical Animals

West Sayville, New York, USA. Rookie year 2008.

## Who backs them

- School: Sayville High School
- Sponsors: Jo-Art Photographers
- Website: http://www.team2487.com

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **7.86**, rank 3484 of 3708 (6.0th percentile)
- Record: 2-7-0 over 9 matches (22% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 1.9, teleop 5.9, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 14%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIRST Long Island Regional | 2026nyli2 | 3 | 45 | 2-7-0 | 8 |  | 7.9 |  | 6 |

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 5, over 2 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Quality | 1 | 2022 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2008 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2008 |
| Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2008 |
| Winner | 1 | 2008 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Finalist, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIRST Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIRST Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIRST Long Island Regional #2 |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #1 |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | SBPL2 Long Island Regional #2 |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 3 · backup robot | Top four |
| 2017 | SBPLI Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | SBPLI Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2013 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2012 | SBPLI Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | SBPLI Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | SBPLI Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2008 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 7.9 | 3484 / 3708 | 6.0 | 2-7-0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9.9 | 3486 / 3687 | 5.5 | 2-8-0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8.8 | 2533 / 3475 | 27.1 | 2-8-0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 20.7 | 2113 / 3284 | 35.7 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 8.8 | 2150 / 3053 | 29.6 | 3-9-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 15.0 | 2165 / 3763 | 42.5 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 90.3 | 1312 / 3617 | 63.7 | 7-6-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 85.1 | 1185 / 3331 | 64.4 | 6-4-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 31.1 | 880 / 3114 | 71.8 | 4-9-0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 11.7 | 2141 / 2873 | 25.5 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 23.8 | 1417 / 2697 | 47.5 | 6-8-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 21.0 | 810 / 2510 | 67.8 | 7-9-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 8.8 | 697 / 2332 | 70.1 | 5-5-1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 6.8 | 1133 / 2053 | 44.8 | 5-5-0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1.4 | 640 / 1801 | 64.5 | 4-5-2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 14.0 | 1185 / 1675 | 29.3 | 5-9-1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 21.9 | 180 / 1498 | 88.0 | 17-7-1 | 2 |

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

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