# Team 3459: Team PyroTech Cary, North Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2011. District FNC. ## Who backs them - School: The Forge Initiative & The Forge Initiative Inc. - Sponsors: Alpha Variance Solutions, Hendrick Subaru, Active Thread - Website: http://www.teampyrotech.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team3459 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/teampyrotech - X: https://twitter.com/team_pyrotech - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pyrotech3459 - GitHub: https://github.com/ringoffireorg ## 2026 season - xP rating: **14.20**, rank 2958 of 3708 (20.2th percentile) - Record: 14-28-0 over 42 matches (33% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 4.4, teleop 9.6, endgame 0.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 13%, RP2 4% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FNC District Wake County Event #1 | 2026ncwak | 1 | 26 | 4-8-0 | 13 | 4 | 21.6 | 23 | | | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | 2026ncpem | 4 | 20 | 5-7-0 | 19 | 6 | 27.5 | 28 | | | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | 2026nccmp | 7 | 43 | 3-9-0 | 12 | | 14.2 | 24 | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026ncpem) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026ncwak) - FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026nccmp) - Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026ncwak) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 6 - Awards: 35, over 14 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Engineering Inspiration | 6 | 2025, 2023, 2022, 2013 | | Leadership | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2019, 2018 | | Impact | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2017 | | Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2022, 2019, 2018 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2019, 2017, 2016 | | Quality | 2 | 2024, 2020 | | Winner | 2 | 2022 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2018, 2016 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2026 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2024 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2024 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 | | Finalist | 1 | 2018 | | Judges' | 1 | 2015 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2012 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2011 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2011 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | | Not picked | | 2026 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FNC District Wake County Event #1 | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | | Not picked | | 2025 | FNC District Mecklenburg County Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | FNC District Mecklenburg County Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FNC District Johnston County Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2022 | FNC District Guilford County Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2020 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2019 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2018 | NC District Pitt County Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NC District - Pitt County Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | NC FIRST Robotics State Championship | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2016 | NC District - Campbell University/Johnston Community College Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NC District - Wake County Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2015 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | North Carolina Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | North Carolina Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 14.2 | 2958 / 3708 | 20.2 | 14-28-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 30.2 | 1715 / 3687 | 53.5 | 19-29-2 | 6 | | 2024 | 24.4 | 772 / 3475 | 77.8 | 23-22-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 26.5 | 1593 / 3284 | 51.5 | 13-23-3 | 3 | | 2022 | 23.7 | 758 / 3053 | 75.2 | 28-32-2 | 5 | | 2020 | 37.7 | 573 / 2024 | 71.7 | 9-6-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 16.6 | 1754 / 3763 | 53.4 | 17-27-1 | 3 | | 2018 | 115.1 | 417 / 3617 | 88.5 | 27-20-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 80.6 | 1413 / 3331 | 57.6 | 21-23-1 | 4 | | 2016 | 34.7 | 601 / 3114 | 80.7 | 29-19-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 20.1 | 1377 / 2873 | 52.1 | 0-0-21 | 2 | | 2014 | 20.1 | 1783 / 2697 | 33.9 | 8-14-1 | 2 | | 2013 | 31.4 | 480 / 2510 | 80.9 | 12-11-2 | 3 | | 2012 | 11.2 | 519 / 2332 | 77.8 | 10-12-1 | 2 | | 2011 | 16.5 | 477 / 2053 | 76.8 | 9-13-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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