# Team 3489: Category 5 Summerville, South Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2011. District FSC. ## Who backs them - School: Family/Community & Home School - Sponsors: Dorchester District Two, Young Scientists of SC, The Boeing Company, FIRST SC, NIWC DoDSTEM, Gene Haas Foundation - Website: http://www.team3489.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team3489 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frcteam3489 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frcteam3489 - GitHub: https://github.com/category5-team3489 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **32.64**, rank 2002 of 3708 (46.0th percentile) - Record: 16-28-0 over 44 matches (36% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 7.6, teleop 25.1, endgame -0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 24%, RP2 6% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FSC District North Charleston Event presented by SCDE & City of North Charleston Recreation | 2026sccha | 1 | 24 | 4-8-0 | 12 | 5 | 10.4 | 29 | | | FSC District Hartsville Event | 2026schar | 4 | 27 | 4-7-0 | 15 | 4 | 30.5 | 27 | | | FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | 2026sccmp | 7 | 19 | 5-7-0 | 15 | 7 | 32.6 | 87 | | | South Carolina Robotics And Practicals | 2026scsc | 26 | 10 | 5-5-0 | 21 | 3 | 46.0 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026sccha) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026schar) - District Championship Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026sccmp) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 9 - Awards: 43, over 14 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Leadership | 9 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020 | | Impact | 8 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2020 | | Engineering Inspiration | 5 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2022 | | Finalist | 3 | 2025, 2018, 2017 | | Quality | 2 | 2024, 2014 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2019, 2013 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2018, 2017 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 2 | 2018, 2017 | | Imagery | 2 | 2017, 2014 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2025 | | Judges' | 1 | 2020 | | Creativity | 1 | 2018 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2016 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2015 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2013 | | Winner | 1 | 2013 | | Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2011 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FSC District Hartsville Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2026 | FSC District North Charleston Event presented by SCDE & City of North Charleston Recreation | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | FSC District North Charleston Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | FSC District Hartsville Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2024 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | Peachtree District Championship | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | PCH District Charleston Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | PCH District Anderson Event presented by MAGNA | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FNC District Orange County Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | Peachtree District Championship | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | PCH District Hartsville Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | PCH District Anderson Event presented by Magna | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | Smoky Mountains Regional | | Not picked | | 2022 | Electric City Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2019 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2019 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2018 | Hopper Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2018 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Newton Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2017 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2016 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Peachtree Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2013 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Orlando Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 32.6 | 2002 / 3708 | 46.0 | 16-28-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 13.8 | 3118 / 3687 | 15.4 | 21-40-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 19.3 | 1206 / 3475 | 65.3 | 32-38-0 | 6 | | 2023 | 28.3 | 1472 / 3284 | 55.2 | 30-29-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 27.0 | 581 / 3053 | 81.0 | 13-21-1 | 4 | | 2020 | 38.6 | 543 / 2024 | 73.2 | 6-7-1 | 2 | | 2019 | 24.0 | 521 / 3763 | 86.2 | 14-10-0 | 3 | | 2018 | 112.1 | 505 / 3617 | 86.1 | 21-22-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 123.9 | 108 / 3331 | 96.8 | 24-19-2 | 4 | | 2016 | 33.4 | 709 / 3114 | 77.3 | 8-14-0 | 2 | | 2015 | 22.9 | 1170 / 2873 | 59.3 | 0-0-21 | 2 | | 2014 | 46.6 | 440 / 2697 | 83.7 | 13-9-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 32.7 | 437 / 2510 | 82.6 | 19-13-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 15.8 | 221 / 2332 | 90.6 | 14-9-0 | 2 | | 2011 | 4.0 | 1444 / 2053 | 29.7 | 2-7-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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