# Team 324: Chips

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

## 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: **125.33**, rank 425 of 3708 (88.6th percentile)
- Record: 22-25-1 over 48 matches (46% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 14.7, teleop 111.1, endgame -0.5
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 89%, RP2 26%

### 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 | 49.7 | 24 |  |
| FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event #2 | 2026txcl2 | 5 | 7 | 7-4-1 | 34 | 3 | 117.3 | 56 |  |
| FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | 2026txcmp1 | 7 | 27 | 4-8-0 | 22 | 8 | 125.3 | 81 |  |
| Texas Robotics Invitational | 2026txhou1 | 17 | 23 | 4-5-0 | 19 | 6 | 90.9 |  |  |
| Texas Robotics Invitational Girls Drive Tournament | 2026txhou2 | 17 |  |  |  | 4 | 144.6 |  |  |
| The Remix | 2026txrm | 29 |  |  |  |  | 90.9 |  |  |

### 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 | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 125.3 | 425 / 3708 | 88.6 | 22-25-1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 64.7 | 332 / 3687 | 91.0 | 41-25-1 | 8 |
| 2024 | 25.8 | 648 / 3475 | 81.4 | 35-24-1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 47.2 | 447 / 3284 | 86.4 | 42-22-0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 32.8 | 329 / 3053 | 89.3 | 32-16-0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 40.8 | 470 / 2024 | 76.8 | 10-7-0 | 1 |

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