# Team 2614: Mountaineer Area RoboticS (MARS)

Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2008.

## Who backs them

- School: MARS & NASA
- Sponsors: NASA Robotics Alliance, United Way, West Virginia University, WV Space Grant Consortium, EQT, Rev Robotics, Boeing, Aurora Flight Sciences, ARC Nano, Qualcomm, Virtus, Novelis, Haas, Hope Gas, Intuitive
- Website: http://marsfirst.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mars2614
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mars2614
- X: https://twitter.com/mars_2614
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mars_2614
- GitHub: https://github.com/marsprogramming

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **109.60**, rank 531 of 3708 (85.7th percentile)
- Record: 11-14-0 over 25 matches (44% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 25.9, teleop 83.7, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 74%, RP2 17%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Greater Pittsburgh Regional | 2026paca | 3 | 33 | 3-4-0 | 13 | 6 | 81.4 |  | 34 |
| Miami Valley Regional | 2026ohmv | 5 | 30 | 4-5-0 | 20 | 4 | 109.6 |  | 27 |
| WVROX | 2026wvrox | 22 | 18 | 12-12-0 | 54 |  | 57.7 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026ohmv)
- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026paca)

## 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.

- 2017 – now: Mountaineer Area RoboticS (MARS)
- 2008 – 2016: MARS

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 23
- Awards: 81, over 18 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2019)

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gracious Professionalism | 13 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2019, 2016, 2015, 2014 |
| Finalist | 13 | 2025, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012 |
| Winner | 10 | 2024, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2008 |
| Impact | 8 | 2024, 2023, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012 |
| Innovation in Control | 6 | 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 5 | 2023, 2022, 2013, 2011, 2010 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 5 | 2014, 2013, 2011 |
| Industrial Design | 4 | 2018, 2016 |
| Woodie Flowers | 4 | 2017, 2015, 2012, 2011 |
| Leadership | 4 | 2014, 2013, 2010 |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2022, 2021 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2022, 2020 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2025 |
| Quality | 1 | 2018 |
| Impact Finalist | 1 | 2017 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2014 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2008 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Imagery, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Milstein Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Galileo Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Hopper Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2020 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2019 | Einstein Field (Detroit) | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Daly Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | Tesla Division | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2018 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2018 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | Daly Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Finalist |
| 2017 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | Newton Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist |
| 2016 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2015 | Hopper Division | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2015 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2015 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event |
| 2014 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2013 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2012 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2011 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2010 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2009 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2009 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2008 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 109.6 | 531 / 3708 | 85.7 | 11-14-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 59.4 | 465 / 3687 | 87.4 | 20-18-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 39.4 | 112 / 3475 | 96.8 | 24-17-0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 43.8 | 574 / 3284 | 82.5 | 17-20-1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 45.2 | 83 / 3053 | 97.3 | 54-14-0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 70.9 | 42 / 2024 | 98.0 | 11-5-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 23.3 | 627 / 3763 | 83.4 | 23-22-0 | 6 |
| 2018 | 138.5 | 80 / 3617 | 97.8 | 49-16-0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 104.8 | 440 / 3331 | 86.8 | 24-15-1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 47.4 | 136 / 3114 | 95.7 | 36-20-0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 62.9 | 99 / 2873 | 96.6 | Not applicable (qual average) | 5 |
| 2014 | 61.7 | 144 / 2697 | 94.7 | 31-12-0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 41.0 | 229 / 2510 | 90.9 | 24-12-1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 20.8 | 87 / 2332 | 96.3 | 31-10-0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 31.6 | 127 / 2053 | 93.9 | 23-15-0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2.6 | 187 / 1801 | 89.7 | 16-16-6 | 3 |
| 2009 | 21.8 | 302 / 1675 | 82.0 | 15-14-1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 15.3 | 450 / 1498 | 70.0 | 11-12-2 | 2 |

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