# Team 324: Chips

Friendswood, Texas, USA. Rookie year 1998. District TX.

## Who backs them

- School: Clear Brook High School
- Sponsors: NASA Johnson Space Center, Clear Creek Independent School District, Boeing, All Points, Aerodyne Industries, Roy Anderson Memorial, Southeast Dermatology, Texas Children's Urgent Care, Texas Workforce Commision, Gene Haas Foundation
- Website: https://chips324.com/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frcteamchips324
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chips_324

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **123.56**, rank 421 of 3708 (88.7th percentile)
- Record: 22-25-1 over 48 matches (46% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 14.5, teleop 109.1, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIT District Space City @ League City Event #1 | 2026txcle | 1 | 15 | 6-6-0 | 23 | 6 | 45.8 | 24 |  |
| FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event #2 | 2026txcl2 | 5 | 7 | 7-4-1 | 34 | 3 | 107.2 | 56 |  |
| FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | 2026txcmp1 | 7 | 27 | 4-8-0 | 22 | 8 | 123.6 | 81 |  |
| Texas Robotics Invitational | 2026txhou1 | 17 | 23 | 4-5-0 | 19 | 6 | 80.3 |  |  |
| Texas Robotics Invitational Girls Drive Tournament | 2026txhou2 | 17 |  |  |  | 4 | 130.4 |  |  |
| The Remix | 2026txrm | 29 |  |  |  |  | 80.3 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Finalist (2026txcl2)
- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026txcle)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026txcl2)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 26, over 6 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2025)

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 6 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2022 |
| Creativity | 5 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 |
| Leadership | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2024 |
| Innovation in Control | 2 | 2026, 2020 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2025, 2022 |
| Winner | 2 | 2025 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2023, 2022 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2025 |
| VOTY | 1 | 2025 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2024 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Judges', Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event #2 | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | FIT District Space City @ League City Event #1 | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Einstein Field | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Milstein Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIT District Victoria Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2024 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIRST In Texas District Championship presented by Phillips 66 - APOLLO Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | FIT District Space City @ Clear Lake Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | FIT District Channelview Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIT District Pasadena Event #2 | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | FIT District Channelview Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2020 | FIT District Channelview Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 123.6 | 421 / 3708 | 88.7 | 22-25-1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 67.9 | 278 / 3687 | 92.5 | 41-25-1 | 8 |
| 2024 | 26.3 | 598 / 3475 | 82.8 | 35-24-1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 49.6 | 368 / 3284 | 88.8 | 42-22-0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 33.0 | 310 / 3053 | 89.9 | 32-16-0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 39.5 | 490 / 2024 | 75.8 | 10-7-0 | 1 |

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