# Team 2582: PantherBots

Lufkin, Texas, USA. Rookie year 2008. District TX.

## Who backs them

- School: Lufkin High School
- Sponsors: Lufkin ISD CTE, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Optimum, Last Anvil Innovations, Mastercam
- Website: http://www.lufkinpantherbots.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2582pantherbots
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lhspantherbots2582

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **129.83**, rank 362 of 3708 (90.3th percentile)
- Record: 37-20-0 over 57 matches (65% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 21.4, teleop 108.4, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 85%, RP2 23%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIT District San Antonio Event | 2026txsan | 2 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 43 | 1 | 123.1 | 72 |  |
| FIT District Farmersville Event | 2026txfar | 4 | 6 | 7-5-0 | 36 | 3 | 165.3 | 49 |  |
| FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | 2026txcmp1 | 7 | 12 | 7-5-0 | 34 | 3 | 143.6 | 90 |  |
| Galileo Division | 2026gal | 8 | 44 | 5-5-0 | 21 |  | 129.8 |  |  |
| Texas Robotics Invitational | 2026txhou1 | 17 | 7 | 7-2-0 | 31 | 4 | 136.5 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026txsan)
- Quality Award (2026txfar)
- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026txsan)
- Team Spirit Award (2026gal)

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2026, PantherBots 2026 CAD — 0. 2026 Robot Share, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9d845fe269f836aa01500bbb/w/ab7dfc5ee10651f65a159121/e/0ce5bbf5e03f7eb81bde2121
- 2025, PantherBots 2025 CAD — 0.0 PantherBots Main Robot 2025, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/45f4646e632be679e8769a1c/w/ec37c6b923a42177fb7e491f/e/8440af4a9944cd041b30161d
- 2024, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4b37c9cd36c18a253e6659d5/w/448191e10a70ca6d3c228c42/e/c58e254aba6d8d4db051a2ef
- 2023, FRC 2582 2023 CAD — 0. Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/dcca504622dbd35678b45323/w/cc3b83928711b242859fdbb2/e/a8d47a1a48e5b2da6208e22c
- 2022, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8f8d192b4a5cbd2b10eedbd4/w/5499ba4ed1131729c0ddbd77/e/9eba9b119533fb1ebfa75807?renderMode=0&uiState=63b4886005c1ae3a76250819

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 28, over 10 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2024)

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 5 | 2023, 2022, 2008 |
| Team Spirit | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2022 |
| Innovation in Control | 4 | 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2026, 2021, 2017 |
| Quality | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2024 |
| Winner | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2024 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2023, 2013 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2024 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2024 |
| Skills Finalist (no longer given) | 1 | 2021 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2008 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIT District Farmersville Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | Einstein Field | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Johnson Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIT District Fort Worth Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIT District Katy Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIRST In Texas District Championship presented by Phillips 66 - APOLLO Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | FIT District Dallas Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | FIT District Fort Worth Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | FIT District Dripping Springs Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2020 | FIT District Greenville Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Turing Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIRST In Texas District Championship | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIT District Greenville Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | FIT District Channelview Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | Lone Star South Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Lone Star Central Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | Lone Star Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Lone Star Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2014 | Lone Star Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Lone Star Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Lone Star Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Lone Star Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Lone Star Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Lone Star Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2008 | Lone Star Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 129.8 | 362 / 3708 | 90.3 | 37-20-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 51.5 | 684 / 3687 | 81.5 | 34-13-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 31.5 | 332 / 3475 | 90.5 | 33-23-0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 49.5 | 372 / 3284 | 88.7 | 35-24-2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 34.2 | 279 / 3053 | 90.9 | 38-24-0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 38.4 | 523 / 2024 | 74.2 | 9-6-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 23.6 | 593 / 3763 | 84.3 | 35-21-2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 91.3 | 1274 / 3617 | 64.8 | 6-8-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 88.6 | 1023 / 3331 | 69.3 | 8-5-1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 24.0 | 1680 / 3114 | 46.1 | 2-6-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 40.0 | 409 / 2873 | 85.8 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 33.0 | 864 / 2697 | 68.0 | 4-8-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 21.8 | 769 / 2510 | 69.4 | 7-5-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 10.5 | 537 / 2332 | 77.0 | 7-5-0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2.1 | 1920 / 2053 | 6.5 | 4-4-2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0.5 | 1523 / 1801 | 15.4 | 4-3-2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 16.0 | 873 / 1675 | 47.9 | 6-4-0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 11.1 | 785 / 1498 | 47.6 | 5-4-1 | 1 |

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

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