# Team 3045: Gear Gremlins San Mateo, California, USA. Rookie year 2009. District CA. ## Who backs them - School: Junipero Serra High School - Sponsors: Apple Inc, Gene Haas Foundation, Google, The Intuitive Foundation, APROE, Archer Aviation - Website: http://www.team3045.org - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frcteam3045 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team3045frc - GitHub: https://github.com/team3045 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **205.32**, rank 67 of 3708 (98.2th percentile) - Record: 43-20-0 over 63 matches (68% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 46.6, teleop 158.8, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 99%, RP2 52% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CA District Half Moon Bay Event | 2026cahal | 1 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 37 | 4 | 61.6 | 31 | | | CA District Pinnacles Event presented by Apple | 2026capin | 4 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 41 | 2 | 159.4 | 58 | | | FIRST California Northern State Championship | 2026cancmp | 7 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 47 | 4 | 196.8 | 99 | | | Archimedes Division | 2026arc | 8 | 6 | 8-2-0 | 41 | 5 | 205.3 | | | | Sunset Showdown | 2026sunshow | 21 | 4 | 8-2-0 | 38 | 2 | 197.3 | | | | Chezy Champs | 2026cc | 29 | 31 | 3-7-0 | 19 | | 169.9 | | | | 10th Street Throwdown | 2026catstd | 32 | | 4-1-0 | | | 229.9 | | | | CalGames | 2026cacg | 33 | 1 | 10-0-0 | 43 | 1 | 217.2 | | | | Capital City Classic | 2026cacc | 34 | 4 | 9-0-0 | 28 | 2 | 210.1 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Winner (2026cacg) - District Event Finalist (2026capin) - Finalist (2026sunshow) - Finalist (2026cacc) - Gracious Professionalism Award (2026sunshow) - #1 Seed (2026catstd) - Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026capin) ## 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. - 2022 – now: Gear Gremlins - 2016 – 2020: The Gear Gremlins - 2010 – 2015: SWAT Robotics - 2009: Padres ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 0 - Awards: 6, over 3 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 3 | 2026, 2025 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2026 | | Quality | 1 | 2025 | | Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2009 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | FIRST California Northern State Championship | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | CA District Pinnacles Event presented by Apple | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2026 | CA District Half Moon Bay Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Hopper Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Idaho Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | Pinnacles Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | East Bay Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | Idaho Regional | | Not picked | | 2023 | San Francisco Regional | | Not picked | | 2022 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Monterey Bay Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | Utah Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2018 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | | Not picked | | 2017 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Las Vegas Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 205.3 | 67 / 3708 | 98.2 | 43-20-0 | 9 | | 2025 | 71.2 | 226 / 3687 | 93.9 | 39-23-0 | 7 | | 2024 | 25.6 | 649 / 3475 | 81.3 | 15-11-0 | 3 | | 2023 | 22.9 | 1861 / 3284 | 43.3 | 7-14-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 9.9 | 1994 / 3053 | 34.7 | 6-17-0 | 3 | | 2019 | 15.3 | 2076 / 3763 | 44.8 | 12-22-2 | 4 | | 2018 | 72.0 | 2224 / 3617 | 38.5 | 6-14-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 77.2 | 1545 / 3331 | 53.6 | 14-14-0 | 4 | | 2016 | 26.3 | 1397 / 3114 | 55.2 | 5-6-1 | 2 | | 2015 | 11.1 | 2220 / 2873 | 22.7 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 | | 2014 | 26.8 | 1181 / 2697 | 56.2 | 9-13-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 6.7 | 2069 / 2510 | 17.6 | 2-9-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 2.9 | 1827 / 2332 | 21.7 | 5-5-0 | 1 | | 2011 | 6.1 | 1248 / 2053 | 39.2 | 3-6-1 | 3 | | 2010 | 0.5 | 1547 / 1801 | 14.1 | 2-9-1 | 1 | | 2009 | 11.9 | 1449 / 1675 | 13.5 | 2-6-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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