# Team 3257: Vortechs

Rocklin, California, USA. Rookie year 2010. District CA.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: R+H Aesthetic Medicine, Closing The Gap, Adventist Health, Love of Learning, John Deere, HAAS, Hack Club, Intuitive Foundation, Sierra College Advanced Manufacturing, Stemp Labs, WRD
- Website: http://vortechsrobotics.weebly.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3257vortechs
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vortechs3257

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **141.00**, rank 298 of 3708 (92.0th percentile)
- Record: 26-20-0 over 46 matches (57% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 41.8, teleop 99.2, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 89%, RP2 26%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA District Half Moon Bay Event | 2026cahal | 1 | 14 | 5-7-0 | 22 | 7 | 45.8 | 34 |  |
| CA District Sacramento Event | 2026casac | 3 | 3 | 10-2-0 | 44 | 3 | 125.2 | 54 |  |
| FIRST California Northern State Championship | 2026cancmp | 7 | 28 | 6-6-0 | 34 |  | 141.0 | 39 |  |
| Capital City Classic | 2026cacc | 34 | 10 | 5-3-1 | 17 | 4 | 141.0 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Finalist (2026casac)
- Rising All-Star Award (2026cahal)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 8, over 6 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Judges' | 2 | 2013, 2011 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2026 |
| Rising All-Star | 1 | 2026 |
| Winner | 1 | 2025 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2021 |
| Skills Winner (no longer given) | 1 | 2021 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2019 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Quality, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST California Northern State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | CA District Sacramento Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2026 | CA District Half Moon Bay Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Pinnacles Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Silicon Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | Los Angeles North Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Central Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 141.0 | 298 / 3708 | 92.0 | 26-20-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 27.6 | 1843 / 3687 | 50.0 | 15-16-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 17.4 | 1374 / 3475 | 60.5 | 17-16-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 43.9 | 566 / 3284 | 82.8 | 12-9-1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 21.6 | 827 / 3053 | 72.9 | 15-12-0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 16.0 | 1433 / 2024 | 29.2 | 6-5-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 18.1 | 1420 / 3763 | 62.3 | 9-10-0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 69.8 | 2369 / 3617 | 34.5 | 1-7-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 72.0 | 1765 / 3331 | 47.0 | 4-5-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 18.5 | 2409 / 3114 | 22.6 | 4-3-1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 12.5 | 2047 / 2873 | 28.8 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 9.5 | 2604 / 2697 | 3.4 | 3-9-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2.3 | 2452 / 2510 | 2.3 | 4-7-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3.3 | 1726 / 2332 | 26.0 | 3-6-1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 7.6 | 1010 / 2053 | 50.8 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1.1 | 895 / 1801 | 50.3 | 6-6-0 | 1 |

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

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