# Team 3294: Backwoods Engineers

Pine River, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2010.

## Who backs them

- School: Pine River-Backus High School
- Sponsors: Maxson-Van Eps Post #368, North Minnesota Robotics Conference (NMRC), Dabill Mill, Ideal Community Service Organization
- Website: http://www.prbschools.org/robotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **14.24**, rank 3134 of 3708 (15.5th percentile)
- Record: 5-6-0 over 11 matches (45% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 3.7, teleop 10.6, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 18%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lake Superior Regional | 2026mndu | 1 | 27 | 5-6-0 | 20 |  | 14.2 |  | 11 |
| NMRC Championship  | 2026nmrc2 | 34 | 19 | 2-4-0 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 |  |  |

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 2, over 2 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Imagery | 1 | 2011 |
| Rookie Inspiration (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 Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Minnesota North Star Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 14.2 | 3134 / 3708 | 15.5 | 5-6-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 22.9 | 2240 / 3687 | 39.3 | 4-5-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10.6 | 2247 / 3475 | 35.3 | 2-7-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 17.6 | 2452 / 3284 | 25.3 | 5-4-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 14.4 | 1410 / 3053 | 53.8 | 7-4-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 34.3 | 666 / 2024 | 67.1 | 2-7-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 11.2 | 3162 / 3763 | 16.0 | 4-5-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 74.8 | 2083 / 3617 | 42.4 | 5-5-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 60.0 | 2296 / 3331 | 31.1 | 4-4-0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 20.2 | 2195 / 3114 | 29.5 | 4-4-0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 13.7 | 1906 / 2873 | 33.7 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 14.7 | 2245 / 2697 | 16.8 | 6-3-1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 8.3 | 1876 / 2510 | 25.3 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 5.0 | 1281 / 2332 | 45.1 | 4-4-1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 6.4 | 1189 / 2053 | 42.1 | 6-6-1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0.8 | 1099 / 1801 | 39.0 | 5-2-2 | 1 |

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

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