# Team 3472: PrepaTec - Buluk

Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico, Mexico. Rookie year 2011.

## Who backs them

- School: Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
- Sponsors: Derrant, Golden Star, GIGA Robotics, VIVA, PrepaTec CEM
- Website: https://www.facebook.com/buluk3472/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buluk3472
- X: https://twitter.com/buluk3472
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buluk3472

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **31.24**, rank 2055 of 3708 (44.6th percentile)
- Record: 9-13-0 over 22 matches (41% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 10.6, teleop 20.6, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 23%, RP2 6%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Regional Monterrey presented by PrepaTec | 2026mxmo | 2 | 24 | 5-5-0 | 18 | 5 | 15.9 |  | 22 |
| Midwest Regional Presented by Baxter | 2026ilch | 4 | 22 | 4-6-0 | 19 |  | 31.2 |  | 16 |
| Mexico ALL-STAR | 2026mexas | 33 | 24 | 3-6-0 | 13 | 1 | 29.9 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026ilch)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026mxmo)

## 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.

- 2019 – now: PrepaTec - Buluk
- 2011 – 2018: Buluk

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 11, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 3 | 2018, 2014 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2026 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2026 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2024 |
| Winner | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2015 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2012 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2011 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Midwest Regional Presented by Baxter |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Regional Monterrey presented by PrepaTec | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Regional Leon presented by PrepaTec | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Regional Monterrey presented by PrepaTec | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Regional Hermosillo presented by PrepaTec | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Regional Monterrey presented by PrepaTec | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | Regional Puebla | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Regional Monterrey | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Regional Monterrey |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | Regional Monterrey | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Regional Laguna | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Regional de la Ciudad de Mexico | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Laguna Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | Monterrey Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2017 | Laguna Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2017 | Toluca Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Mexico City Regional  | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2015 | Mexico City Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2014 | Mexico City Regional  | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist |
| 2013 | South Florida Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Autodesk Oregon Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Autodesk Oregon Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 31.2 | 2055 / 3708 | 44.6 | 9-13-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 23.5 | 2177 / 3687 | 41.0 | 13-14-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8.9 | 2530 / 3475 | 27.2 | 16-22-1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 12.3 | 2999 / 3284 | 8.7 | 9-17-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3.5 | 2834 / 3053 | 7.2 | 5-5-0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 25.8 | 956 / 2024 | 52.8 | 6-7-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 13.2 | 2658 / 3763 | 29.4 | 12-13-1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 78.0 | 1900 / 3617 | 47.5 | 24-20-1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 85.1 | 1187 / 3331 | 64.4 | 19-9-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 18.5 | 2412 / 3114 | 22.6 | 7-8-0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 19.1 | 1349 / 2873 | 53.1 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 30.6 | 984 / 2697 | 63.5 | 14-4-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 10.1 | 1662 / 2510 | 33.8 | 5-5-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3.1 | 1792 / 2332 | 23.2 | 2-7-0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 7.6 | 1020 / 2053 | 50.3 | 4-16-0 | 2 |

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

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