# Team 3132: Thunder Down Under

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Rookie year 2010.

## Who backs them

- School: Greater Sydney Area High Schools & Global Student Network
- Sponsors: Macquarie University, Rockwell Automation, MGI, IET, Google, AndyMark
- Website: http://www.thethunderdownunder.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/firstteam3132
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/roboroos
- X: https://twitter.com/team3132
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team3132
- GitHub: https://github.com/team3132

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **122.32**, rank 434 of 3708 (88.3th percentile)
- Record: 11-3-0 over 14 matches (79% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 19.2, teleop 103.1, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 83%, RP2 21%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Southern Cross Regional | 2026ausc | 2 | 2 | 9-1-0 | 38 | 2 | 122.3 |  | 54 |
| Duel Down Under | 2026audd | 17 | 9 | 5-6-0 | 26 | 4 | 111.5 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026ausc)
- Team Spirit Award (2026ausc)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 15
- Awards: 65, over 15 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 2 (2015, 2019)

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leadership | 10 | 2026, 2024, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2010 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 7 | 2024, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2013 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 7 | 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 6 | 2025, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2012 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 6 | 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2012 |
| Impact | 6 | 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2011 |
| Winner | 5 | 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015 |
| Woodie Flowers | 3 | 2019, 2015, 2014 |
| Finalist | 3 | 2017, 2015 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2023, 2011 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2022, 2015 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2026 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2023 |
| Impact Finalist | 1 | 2017 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2016 |
| Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2012 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2011 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2010 |
| VOTY | 1 | 2010 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Quality, Rising All-Star.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | Johnson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | Einstein Field (Houston) | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Carver Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Carver Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Hopper Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2016 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | Australia Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2016 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Einstein Field | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Tesla Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2015 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2015 | Australia Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2014 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Hawaii Regional sponsored by BAE Systems | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2012 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Orlando Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Hawaii Regional sponsored by BAE Systems | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 122.3 | 434 / 3708 | 88.3 | 11-3-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 55.5 | 561 / 3687 | 84.8 | 14-11-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 31.9 | 319 / 3475 | 90.8 | 12-12-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 41.7 | 674 / 3284 | 79.5 | 16-9-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 25.9 | 592 / 3053 | 80.6 | 13-5-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 27.5 | 272 / 3763 | 92.8 | 30-14-1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 89.0 | 1385 / 3617 | 61.7 | 20-32-0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 133.4 | 60 / 3331 | 98.2 | 45-24-0 | 5 |
| 2016 | 32.4 | 773 / 3114 | 75.2 | 37-17-0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 76.8 | 36 / 2873 | 98.8 | Not applicable (qual average) | 4 |
| 2014 | 52.0 | 295 / 2697 | 89.1 | 8-6-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 43.8 | 192 / 2510 | 92.4 | 13-12-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 5.7 | 1133 / 2332 | 51.4 | 8-8-3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 7.0 | 1104 / 2053 | 46.2 | 7-14-1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0.5 | 1502 / 1801 | 16.6 | 4-15-1 | 2 |

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

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