# Team 2601: Steel Hawks Flushing, New York, USA. Rookie year 2008. ## Who backs them - School: Townsend Harris High School - Sponsors: BAE Systems, Boeing Aerospace, The Mu Family, Professional Steel Supply, The Gene Haas Foundation, THHA, Onsurd, Magellan Aerospace, THHS PTA, Steel Hawks Robotics Inc. - Website: http://www.steelhawks.net - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@steelhawks2601 - X: https://twitter.com/thhsrobotics - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steelhawks2601 - GitHub: https://github.com/steelhawks ## 2026 season - xP rating: **100.33**, rank 605 of 3708 (83.7th percentile) - Record: 16-16-0 over 32 matches (50% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 17.8, teleop 82.5, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 69%, RP2 15% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Hudson Valley Regional | 2026nysu | 3 | 13 | 6-4-0 | 24 | 7 | 63.9 | | 26 | | New York City Regional | 2026nyny | 6 | 8 | 7-1-0 | 27 | 6 | 72.3 | | 57 | | Milstein Division | 2026mil | 8 | 56 | 3-7-0 | 15 | | 100.3 | | | | NYC Robo Replay | 2026nycrr | 32 | | | | | 71.6 | | | | Brunswick Eruption | 2026njbe | 33 | 11 | 3-2-0 | 12 | 7 | 71.6 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Regional Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026nyny) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 4 - Awards: 23, over 10 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2026, 2018, 2015 | | Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2015, 2014 | | Impact | 2 | 2025, 2020 | | Finalist | 2 | 2023, 2018 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2022 | | Leadership | 2 | 2022, 2017 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 2 | 2022, 2018 | | Winner | 2 | 2022, 2017 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2024 | | Quality | 1 | 2023 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2023 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2022 | | Judges' | 1 | 2018 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Milstein Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | New York City Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | New York Tech Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2025 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | New York City Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | New York City Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2023 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | FIRST Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | New York City Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2019 | SBPL2 Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2017 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | Hudson Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Won the event | | 2016 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | New York City Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | New York City Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | New York City Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Greater Toronto East Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | New York City Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2012 | New York City Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | New York City Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2010 | New York City Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | New York City Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | New York City Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 100.3 | 605 / 3708 | 83.7 | 16-16-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 49.8 | 746 / 3687 | 79.8 | 10-20-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 38.5 | 137 / 3475 | 96.1 | 22-18-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 63.1 | 45 / 3284 | 98.7 | 31-14-1 | 4 | | 2022 | 32.3 | 331 / 3053 | 89.2 | 38-18-0 | 5 | | 2019 | 15.3 | 2081 / 3763 | 44.7 | 14-11-0 | 3 | | 2018 | 102.9 | 840 / 3617 | 76.8 | 20-23-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 80.9 | 1373 / 3331 | 58.8 | 23-18-0 | 4 | | 2016 | 23.5 | 1745 / 3114 | 44.0 | 11-9-0 | 3 | | 2015 | 28.1 | 776 / 2873 | 73.0 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 | | 2014 | 46.5 | 408 / 2697 | 84.9 | 12-9-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 14.4 | 1273 / 2510 | 49.3 | 6-4-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 3.6 | 1643 / 2332 | 29.6 | 4-4-0 | 1 | | 2011 | 6.4 | 1198 / 2053 | 41.7 | 5-4-1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1.4 | 621 / 1801 | 65.6 | 3-3-2 | 1 | | 2009 | 16.2 | 841 / 1675 | 49.8 | 3-4-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 11.8 | 726 / 1498 | 51.6 | 3-5-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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