# Team 3128: The Aluminum Narwhals San Diego, California, USA. Rookie year 2010. District CA. ## Who backs them - School: Canyon Crest Academy - Sponsors: Caterpillar, Solar Turbines, DoD STEM, Gene Haas, Raytheon RTX, Qualcomm, TE Connectivity, BAE ES, Lockheed Martin, Sandwiches of History, Northrop Grumman, Intuitive, Brain Corp., FIRST - Website: http://team3128.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aluminumnarwhals - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frcteam-3128 - X: https://twitter.com/frcteam3128 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/3128aluminarwhals - GitHub: https://github.com/team3128 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **187.18**, rank 102 of 3708 (97.3th percentile) - Record: 49-15-0 over 64 matches (77% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 36.7, teleop 150.0, endgame 0.5 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 98%, RP2 45% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CA District Hueneme Port Event | 2026capoh | 1 | 5 | 9-2-0 | 34 | 1 | 174.8 | 70 | | | CA District San Diego Event presented by Qualcomm | 2026casnd | 3 | 1 | 12-0-0 | 52 | 1 | 262.3 | 73 | | | FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm | 2026cascmp | 7 | 32 | 5-7-0 | 29 | 6 | 188.2 | 129 | | | Curie Division | 2026cur | 8 | 8 | 9-1-0 | 39 | 3 | 187.2 | | | | Beach Blitz | 2026cabl | 35 | | | | | 187.0 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Winner (2026casnd) - District Event Winner (2026capoh) - District Championship Finalist (2026cascmp) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026capoh) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026casnd) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2026, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/d874a682071db46835c93880/w/45bb3bf6db8cfb0cf3cac5f5/e/ddf06141056461b5ce133516 - 2025, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/00ea27a90cec75eb80e2ea96/w/0107499ee3efe69934cc9f5d/e/a4703719d315ae179b4492ec ## 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. - 2023 – now: The Aluminum Narwhals - 2010 – 2022: Aluminum Narwhals ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 5 - Awards: 39, over 14 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 8 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2019, 2018, 2017 | | Winner | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2022 | | Leadership | 4 | 2022, 2018, 2014, 2013 | | Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2026, 2025 | | Innovation in Control | 3 | 2024, 2022, 2018 | | Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2023, 2022 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2020, 2019, 2015 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 3 | 2019, 2018, 2017 | | Autonomous | 2 | 2025, 2023 | | VOTY | 1 | 2024 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2020 | | Quality | 1 | 2019 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2016 | | Creativity | 1 | 2014 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2010 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Curie Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2026 | CA District San Diego Event presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2026 | CA District Hueneme Port Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2025 | Galileo Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | Canadian Pacific Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | Hopper Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Arizona Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2024 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2023 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2022 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | Del Mar Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | Galileo Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Newton Division | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | Idaho Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 6 · captain | Finalist | | 2017 | Carver Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 8 · captain | Finalist | | 2016 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2016 | San Diego Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | San Diego Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Inland Empire Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2014 | San Diego Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Inland Empire Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | San Diego Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | San Diego Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | San Diego Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2010 | San Diego Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 187.2 | 102 / 3708 | 97.3 | 49-15-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 76.4 | 120 / 3687 | 96.8 | 31-13-0 | 6 | | 2024 | 33.4 | 254 / 3475 | 92.7 | 38-20-1 | 8 | | 2023 | 38.5 | 834 / 3284 | 74.6 | 11-13-0 | 5 | | 2022 | 33.0 | 326 / 3053 | 89.4 | 24-15-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 25.6 | 986 / 2024 | 51.3 | 2-7-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 24.6 | 456 / 3763 | 87.9 | 33-13-0 | 4 | | 2018 | 124.4 | 203 / 3617 | 94.4 | 30-16-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 83.3 | 1288 / 3331 | 61.4 | 17-18-1 | 3 | | 2016 | 30.0 | 1006 / 3114 | 67.7 | 20-18-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 28.0 | 855 / 2873 | 70.3 | 0-0-29 | 2 | | 2014 | 30.9 | 1055 / 2697 | 60.9 | 7-6-0 | 1 | | 2013 | 24.5 | 712 / 2510 | 71.7 | 7-14-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 1.1 | 2171 / 2332 | 6.9 | 6-12-1 | 2 | | 2011 | 5.4 | 1270 / 2053 | 38.2 | 13-16-4 | 3 | | 2010 | 0.4 | 1568 / 1801 | 12.9 | 5-11-4 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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