# Team 294: Beach Cities Robotics

Redondo Beach, California, USA. Rookie year 1999. District CA.

## Who backs them

- School: Redondo Union High School & Mira Costa High School
- Sponsors: Redondo Beach Educational Foundation, Northrop Grumman, Escape Communications, SpaceX, Boeing, Gene Haas Foundation, RTX
- Website: http://www.bcrobotics.org
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beachcitiesrobotics
- GitHub: https://github.com/team294

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **154.00**, rank 240 of 3708 (93.6th percentile)
- Record: 43-16-0 over 59 matches (73% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 30.4, teleop 122.5, endgame 1.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 93%, RP2 30%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA District Los Angeles Event | 2026calas | 3 | 8 | 7-4-0 | 29 | 3 | 88.5 | 49 |  |
| CA District Aerospace Valley Event | 2026caasv | 5 | 1 | 11-1-0 | 48 | 1 | 153.6 | 73 |  |
| FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm | 2026cascmp | 7 | 2 | 10-2-0 | 49 | 2 | 172.9 | 126 |  |
| Curie Division | 2026cur | 8 | 20 | 7-3-0 | 30 |  | 154.0 |  |  |
| SoCal Showdown | 2026cass | 32 | 6 | 8-2-0 | 33 | 5 | 184.6 |  |  |
| Beach Blitz presented by the Gene Haas Foundation | 2026cabl | 35 | 7 | 6-4-0 | 35 | 4 | 185.9 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026caasv)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026caasv)
- Team Operations Award (2026cass)
- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026cascmp)
- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026calas)

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2025, Comp Robot – 2025 Season Full Release, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ea6260bea1fe525003cb9a53/w/f4b82e3e20e046c5f3be3b46/e/d8a502d8bb875b76be57b7ea
- 2024, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/56fbffb8d0f54aee2b475b78/w/49ad66d23e45e92fa68bb16d/e/38839563d9ebd53d2952a08c?renderMode=0&uiState=66896f3c15e1ca44db4a622f

## 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: Beach Cities Robotics
- 2008: BCR
- 2005 – 2007: Beach Cities Robotics
- 2004: Orange Tide
- 2003: Beach Cities Robotics

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 13
- Awards: 58, over 23 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 2 (2010, 2024)

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 13 | 2024, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2003 |
| Winner | 11 | 2026, 2024, 2014, 2010, 2008, 2001 |
| Industrial Design | 6 | 2024, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2006 |
| Creativity | 5 | 2026, 2019, 2013 |
| Imagery | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2001 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 3 | 2019, 2018, 2016 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2022, 2017 |
| Innovation in Control | 2 | 2018, 2010 |
| Quality | 2 | 2016, 2014 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2005, 2003 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2021 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2014 |
| Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2006 |
| Leadership in Control (no longer given) | 1 | 2005 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2005 |
| Impact | 1 | 2004 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2004 |
| Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 1 | 2003 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | CA District Aerospace Valley Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2026 | CA District Los Angeles Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Newton Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Aerospace Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | Einstein Field | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | Newton Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Aerospace Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2024 | Arizona East Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | Del Mar Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | Roebling Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Ventura Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | Hopper Division | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2018 | Aerospace Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2018 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Hopper Division | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Inland Empire Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2014 | Curie Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event |
| 2014 | Inland Empire Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Spokane Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2011 | Galileo Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2011 | San Diego Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Einstein Field |  | Won the event |
| 2010 | Newton Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2010 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2010 | San Diego Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2009 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2008 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2008 | San Diego Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2007 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | San Diego Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2007 | Los Angeles Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Southern California Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Southern California Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Arizona Regional |  |  |
| 2003 | Southern California Regional |  | Out before the top four |
| 2003 | Arizona Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2002 | Southern California Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 154.0 | 240 / 3708 | 93.6 | 43-16-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 76.3 | 154 / 3687 | 95.8 | 27-18-0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 24.9 | 709 / 3475 | 79.6 | 37-15-1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 47.1 | 453 / 3284 | 86.2 | 17-13-0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 31.5 | 362 / 3053 | 88.2 | 13-14-0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 68.4 | 57 / 2024 | 97.2 | 11-3-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 29.9 | 160 / 3763 | 95.8 | 43-18-0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 129.0 | 172 / 3617 | 95.3 | 28-18-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 96.7 | 699 / 3331 | 79.0 | 8-13-1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 56.6 | 54 / 3114 | 98.3 | 33-12-0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 29.6 | 713 / 2873 | 75.2 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 56.4 | 211 / 2697 | 92.2 | 36-14-0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 22.2 | 751 / 2510 | 70.1 | 13-12-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 17.0 | 175 / 2332 | 92.5 | 22-10-1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 30.0 | 146 / 2053 | 92.9 | 25-15-1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5.3 | 16 / 1801 | 99.2 | 39-14-5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 19.4 | 462 / 1675 | 72.5 | 10-14-1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 16.3 | 386 / 1498 | 74.3 | 17-24-0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4.1 | 1015 / 1295 | 21.6 | 13-17-3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 18.3 | 126 / 1125 | 88.9 | 15-17-0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 12.5 | 167 / 747 | 77.7 | 4-3-0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 25.2 | 425 / 932 | 54.5 | 8-14-1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 22.0 | 201 / 785 | 74.5 | 9-10-0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10.6 | 503 / 641 | 21.6 | 1-6-0 | 1 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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