# Team 2789: TEXPLOSION

Manor, Texas, USA. Rookie year 2009. District FIT.

## Who backs them

- School: Manor New Tech High School
- Sponsors: FIRST In Texas, Gene Haas Foundation, Texas Work Force Commission, Qualcomm, Hack Club, Bae Systems, Whisker Technologies, Manor Independent School District, NI, Optimum
- Website: http://www.mnthtitanrobotics.org
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frc2789-texplosion-robotics
- X: https://twitter.com/frc2789
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/texplosion2789
- GitHub: https://github.com/mnth-titan-robotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **39.17**, rank 1736 of 3708 (53.2th percentile)
- Record: 12-19-0 over 31 matches (39% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 9.6, teleop 29.2, endgame 0.4
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 31%, RP2 7%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIT District Belton Event | 2026txbel | 1 | 17 | 5-7-0 | 21 | 8 | 46.3 | 33 |  |
| FIT District Manor Event | 2026txman | 4 | 21 | 4-8-0 | 18 | 6 | 39.2 | 15 |  |
| Dripping Springs Robotics Invitational Palooza 2026 | 2026txdri1 | 22 | 8 | 5-7-0 | 26 |  | 67.2 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Rising All-Star Award (2026txbel)

## 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 – now: TEXPLOSION
- 2013 – 2014: TEXplosion
- 2011 – 2012: TechXsplosion
- 2010: Techsplosion
- 2009: Titans

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 4
- Awards: 10, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 3 | 2024, 2014, 2013 |
| Winner | 3 | 2018, 2013 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2012, 2011 |
| Rising All-Star | 1 | 2026 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2013 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIT District Manor Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIT District Belton Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FIT District Amarillo Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIT District Manor Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | FIT District Belton Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIT District Waco Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIT District Belton Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIT District Waco Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIT District Austin Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIT District Dripping Springs Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | FIT District Dripping Springs Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIT District Plano Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIT District Austin Event |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | Dallas Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2013 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2013 | Lone Star Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2013 | Hub City Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2012 | Utah Regional co-sponsored by NASA and Platt | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2012 | Alamo Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2011 | Chesapeake Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Alamo Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Lone Star Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | New Jersey Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Dallas Regional, Sponsored by JCPenney and the JCPenney Afterschool Fund |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 39.2 | 1736 / 3708 | 53.2 | 12-19-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 25.8 | 2030 / 3687 | 45.0 | 11-16-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8.1 | 2646 / 3475 | 23.9 | 19-21-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 12.8 | 2923 / 3284 | 11.0 | 8-19-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2.7 | 2934 / 3053 | 3.9 | 8-18-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 14.7 | 1502 / 2024 | 25.8 | 8-6-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 12.2 | 2833 / 3763 | 24.7 | 10-15-1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 79.1 | 1892 / 3617 | 47.7 | 15-10-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 32.1 | 3202 / 3331 | 3.9 | 2-6-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 24.1 | 1713 / 3114 | 45.0 | 7-3-0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 7.9 | 2524 / 2873 | 12.2 | 0-0-9 | 3 |
| 2014 | 10.3 | 2498 / 2697 | 7.4 | 16-14-0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 8.5 | 1884 / 2510 | 25.0 | 28-30-1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 8.7 | 788 / 2332 | 66.2 | 14-15-0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4.4 | 1394 / 2053 | 32.1 | 9-8-3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0.2 | 1716 / 1801 | 4.7 | 4-10-4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 12.0 | 1433 / 1675 | 14.5 | 1-7-0 | 1 |

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