# Team 3291: Au Pirates

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2010.

## Who backs them

- School: Independent School District 279 & Park Center Sr High School
- Sponsors: Boston Scientific, Gene Haas Foundation
- Website: https://sites.google.com/apps.district279.org/au-pirates-pc/about/about-us
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3291aupirates
- X: https://twitter.com/parkcenterrobot
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aupirates_3291
- GitHub: https://github.com/aupiratesfirst

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **8.63**, rank 3239 of 3708 (12.7th percentile)
- Record: 3-7-0 over 10 matches (30% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 2.2, teleop 6.5, endgame -0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 12%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KnightKrawler Week Zero | 2026mnkk | 0 |  |  |  |  | 8.6 |  |  |
| Minnesota North Star Regional | 2026mnum | 5 | 42 | 3-7-0 | 13 |  | 8.6 |  | 12 |

### Awards in 2026

- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026mnum)

## 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.

- 2024 – now: Au Pirates
- 2022 – 2023: Golden Pirates
- 2018 – 2020: Au Pirates (A.K.A Golden Pirates)
- 2016 – 2017: Au Pirates
- 2011 – 2013: Pi-rats
- 2010: π-rats

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 5, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Imagery | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Team Spirit | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Finalist, Gracious Professionalism, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Minnesota North Star Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | KnightKrawler Week Zero |  |  |
| 2025 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Minnesota North Star Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2012 | Minnesota North Star Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Minnesota North Star Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Minnesota North Star Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 8.6 | 3239 / 3708 | 12.7 | 3-7-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 23.7 | 2206 / 3687 | 40.2 | 2-7-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9.3 | 2450 / 3475 | 29.5 | 4-5-0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 17.4 | 2468 / 3284 | 24.9 | 3-6-0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 8.0 | 2343 / 3053 | 23.3 | 3-6-0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 16.6 | 1398 / 2024 | 30.9 | 4-5-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 12.8 | 2689 / 3763 | 28.5 | 6-3-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 67.8 | 2462 / 3617 | 31.9 | 1-8-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 44.8 | 2895 / 3331 | 13.1 | 2-6-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 24.0 | 1723 / 3114 | 44.7 | 2-5-1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 26.9 | 628 / 2510 | 75.0 | 7-5-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4.2 | 1545 / 2332 | 33.8 | 3-8-0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 9.5 | 869 / 2053 | 57.7 | 3-6-0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2.2 | 293 / 1801 | 83.8 | 7-5-1 | 1 |

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

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