# Team 2996: Cougars Gone Wired Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Rookie year 2009. ## Who backs them - School: Coronado High School - Sponsors: Jaxson Engineering and Maintance, DoD STEM, GENE HAAS FOUNDATION, Vertec Tool, Inc, L3Harris, Azhanti Systems, JPM Engineering, N.A.W.I.C., Trail's End Homebuilders, Westside Boot and Shoe - Website: http://www.team2996.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cougarsgonewired - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/cougarsgonewired/featured - X: https://twitter.com/frc2996 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cougarsgonewired ## 2026 season - xP rating: **163.74**, rank 200 of 3708 (94.6th percentile) - Record: 27-15-0 over 42 matches (64% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 33.6, teleop 126.9, endgame 3.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 94%, RP2 34% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Pikes Peak Regional | 2026cosp | 1 | 3 | 9-3-0 | 44 | 3 | 162.8 | | 52 | | Denver Regional | 2026code | 6 | 5 | 7-2-0 | 34 | 2 | 196.0 | | 34 | | Newton Division | 2026new | 8 | 25 | 6-4-0 | 30 | 2 | 163.7 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (2026cosp) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026cosp) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2024, Cougars Gone Wired 2024 CAD — 2024_2996_CAD, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/07d4cc55e2898257b034f0a6/w/f765693f27059b00730e8b6f/e/4a56f9e0fb34cab54ecf800f ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 9 - Awards: 45, over 15 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Team Spirit | 6 | 2022, 2019, 2018, 2014, 2012 | | Leadership | 5 | 2017, 2016, 2012, 2011 | | Quality | 4 | 2024, 2019, 2015 | | Imagery | 4 | 2023, 2018, 2014, 2013 | | Woodie Flowers | 3 | 2026, 2012, 2011 | | Safety (no longer given) | 3 | 2019, 2017, 2010 | | Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2017, 2016, 2015 | | Impact | 3 | 2014, 2013, 2011 | | Winner | 3 | 2014, 2012, 2009 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2012, 2011, 2010 | | Finalist | 2 | 2014, 2013 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2026 | | Creativity | 1 | 2017 | | Excellence in Design (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2009 | | Visualization (no longer given) | 1 | 2009 | | Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2009 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Gracious Professionalism, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Newton Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2026 | Denver Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | Pikes Peak Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | Central Missouri Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Green Country Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | Utah Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Oklahoma Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Oklahoma Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Utah Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Utah Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2015 | Utah Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2014 | Utah Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2013 | Curie Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2013 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2013 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2012 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2012 | Greater Kansas City Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Curie Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2010 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Greater Kansas City Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2009 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 163.7 | 200 / 3708 | 94.6 | 27-15-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 67.3 | 270 / 3687 | 92.7 | 19-9-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 27.8 | 510 / 3475 | 85.3 | 13-12-0 | 3 | | 2023 | 50.4 | 323 / 3284 | 90.2 | 17-15-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 24.1 | 733 / 3053 | 76.0 | 14-13-0 | 3 | | 2019 | 28.9 | 137 / 3763 | 96.4 | 15-8-1 | 2 | | 2018 | 140.6 | 31 / 3617 | 99.2 | 18-8-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 91.0 | 913 / 3331 | 72.6 | 13-21-1 | 3 | | 2016 | 36.7 | 464 / 3114 | 85.1 | 17-19-0 | 3 | | 2015 | 39.4 | 455 / 2873 | 84.2 | 0-0-37 | 3 | | 2014 | 62.3 | 130 / 2697 | 95.2 | 32-15-0 | 3 | | 2013 | 49.5 | 111 / 2510 | 95.6 | 28-16-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 19.5 | 93 / 2332 | 96.1 | 25-11-0 | 3 | | 2011 | 23.0 | 279 / 2053 | 86.5 | 24-16-0 | 3 | | 2010 | 0.5 | 1464 / 1801 | 18.7 | 6-13-3 | 2 | | 2009 | 13.3 | 1270 / 1675 | 24.2 | 10-10-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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