# Team 2640: HOTBOTZ Wentworth, North Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2008. District FNC. ## Who backs them - School: Rockingham County High & Rockingham Early College HS - Sponsors: Williams, PPG, Haas Automation, TE Connectivity - Website: http://www.hotbotz.org - X: https://twitter.com/hotbotz2640 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hotbotz2640 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **55.83**, rank 1229 of 3708 (66.9th percentile) - Record: 20-22-0 over 42 matches (48% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 14.3, teleop 41.6, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 36%, RP2 8% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FNC District Cabarrus Event | 2026nccab | 1 | 20 | 5-7-0 | 17 | 6 | 22.0 | 26 | | | FNC District Elon University Event | 2026ncelo | 3 | 12 | 7-5-0 | 29 | 7 | 36.2 | 29 | | | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | 2026nccmp | 7 | 23 | 6-6-0 | 22 | | 55.8 | 39 | | | Southern Virginia Showdown | 2026vari | 31 | 20 | 1-6-0 | 5 | 4 | 60.7 | | | | Doyenne Inspiration East | 2026ncfay | 33 | 5 | 6-2-0 | 21 | 2 | 56.6 | | | | THOR West | 2026ncrut | 34 | 1 | 6-0-0 | 23 | 1 | 78.3 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Quality Award (2026nccab) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026ncelo) ## 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. - 2009 – now: HOTBOTZ - 2008: Rams ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 3 - Awards: 31, over 13 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Imagery | 7 | 2024, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013 | | Finalist | 4 | 2025, 2023, 2018, 2015 | | Quality | 3 | 2026, 2024, 2023 | | Winner | 3 | 2024, 2019, 2012 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2026, 2024 | | Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2025 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2025, 2019 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2023 | | Creativity | 2 | 2019, 2017 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2016, 2014 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 | | Leadership | 1 | 2015 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | | Not picked | | 2026 | FNC District Elon University Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FNC District Cabarrus Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | FNC District Catawba County Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | | Not picked | | 2024 | FNC District Mecklenburg County Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2023 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | | Not picked | | 2023 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2023 | FNC District Johnston County Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FNC District Guilford County Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2020 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2019 | FNC District Guilford County Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | NC District Forsyth County Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | NC District Pitt County Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NC District - Pitt County Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NC FIRST Robotics State Championship | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NC District - Guilford County Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2015 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2015 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Greater DC Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | North Carolina Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event | | 2011 | North Carolina Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | North Carolina Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | NASA VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Peachtree Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 55.8 | 1229 / 3708 | 66.9 | 20-22-0 | 6 | | 2025 | 41.9 | 1044 / 3687 | 71.7 | 29-31-0 | 6 | | 2024 | 14.8 | 1680 / 3475 | 51.7 | 16-27-0 | 5 | | 2023 | 22.4 | 1922 / 3284 | 41.5 | 21-25-1 | 4 | | 2022 | 10.5 | 1911 / 3053 | 37.4 | 16-12-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 14.6 | 1515 / 2024 | 25.2 | 6-8-1 | 1 | | 2019 | 20.4 | 1046 / 3763 | 72.2 | 23-21-1 | 4 | | 2018 | 73.9 | 2123 / 3617 | 41.3 | 13-18-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 88.0 | 1057 / 3331 | 68.3 | 19-22-1 | 4 | | 2016 | 34.7 | 584 / 3114 | 81.3 | 20-26-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 20.5 | 1235 / 2873 | 57.0 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 | | 2014 | 32.0 | 914 / 2697 | 66.1 | 11-13-1 | 2 | | 2013 | 15.7 | 1148 / 2510 | 54.3 | 7-9-1 | 2 | | 2012 | 13.6 | 314 / 2332 | 86.6 | 17-9-2 | 2 | | 2011 | 7.5 | 1034 / 2053 | 49.7 | 5-5-0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0.6 | 1402 / 1801 | 22.2 | 4-5-0 | 1 | | 2009 | 20.2 | 407 / 1675 | 75.7 | 4-3-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 13.8 | 564 / 1498 | 62.4 | 3-4-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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