# Team 2655: The Flying Platypi Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2008. District FNC. ## Who backs them - Sponsors (2023): NASA, Analog Devices, Inc., TE Connectivity & TE Foundation, ABCO Automation, Tuggle Duggins PA, Stegall & Clifford PLLC, Volvo Trucks, David Mounts Foundation, Qualcomm, Piedmont Plastics, Alro Steel - Website: http://www.team2655.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team2655 - X: https://twitter.com/team2655 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team2655 - GitHub: https://github.com/frc-team2655 ## 2026 season This team has no 2026 season on this site. It either did not compete that year, or the season is not one this site holds. ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2018, Comp Robot, Solidworks: https://grabcad.com/library/2655-bonus-level-2 ## 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. - 2015 – 2023: The Flying Platypi - 2009 – 2014: Flying Platypi - 2008: CYBER ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 14 - Awards: 46, over 13 seasons - Einstein appearances: 1 (2018) | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 9 | 2022, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012 | | Winner | 8 | 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2009 | | Engineering Inspiration | 5 | 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013 | | Impact | 4 | 2018, 2016, 2014, 2011 | | Website (no longer given) | 4 | 2012, 2011 | | Judges' | 3 | 2022, 2019, 2010 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2019, 2018 | | Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2019, 2015 | | Finalist | 2 | 2016, 2013 | | Leadership | 2 | 2013, 2012 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2020 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2017 | | Imagery | 1 | 2016 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2012 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2023 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FNC District Johnston County Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FNC District Guilford County Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | Roebling Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2019 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | FNC District Guilford County Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | PCH District Gainesville Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Einstein Field (Houston) | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2018 | Turing Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2018 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | NC District Forsyth County Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2018 | NC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NC District Pitt County Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Roebling Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | | Not picked | | 2017 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | NC District - Greensboro Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | NC FIRST Robotics State Championship | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NC District - Campbell University/Johnston Community College Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2016 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2016 | NC District - Guilford County Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2015 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | North Carolina Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | North Carolina Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Peachtree Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Peachtree Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Peachtree Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2009 | Peachtree Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2008 | Peachtree Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2023 | 21.8 | 2000 / 3284 | 39.1 | 13-17-0 | 2 | | 2022 | 22.8 | 751 / 3053 | 75.4 | 22-21-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 40.5 | 452 / 2024 | 77.7 | 12-8-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 25.8 | 390 / 3763 | 89.7 | 54-21-5 | 6 | | 2018 | 109.6 | 602 / 3617 | 83.4 | 51-35-0 | 9 | | 2017 | 101.8 | 529 / 3331 | 84.1 | 26-29-2 | 6 | | 2016 | 35.6 | 536 / 3114 | 82.8 | 54-25-0 | 7 | | 2015 | 37.1 | 473 / 2873 | 83.6 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 | | 2014 | 48.4 | 367 / 2697 | 86.4 | 22-13-1 | 3 | | 2013 | 22.7 | 720 / 2510 | 71.3 | 14-18-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 5.1 | 1259 / 2332 | 46.0 | 9-8-2 | 2 | | 2011 | 9.1 | 855 / 2053 | 58.4 | 16-21-0 | 3 | | 2010 | 0.7 | 1309 / 1801 | 27.3 | 7-13-3 | 2 | | 2009 | 15.5 | 948 / 1675 | 43.4 | 16-8-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 8.3 | 1087 / 1498 | 27.5 | 4-3-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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