# Team 3490: Viper Drive Summerville, South Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2011. District FSC. ## Who backs them - School: Cane Bay High School - Sponsors: Bosch, Boeing, NIWC, Berkeley County Schools - Website: https://www.viperdrive.us - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viperdrive3490 - X: https://twitter.com/3490viperdrive - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/3490.viperdrive ## 2026 season - xP rating: **66.96**, rank 1073 of 3708 (71.1th percentile) - Record: 18-26-0 over 44 matches (41% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 8.3, teleop 58.5, endgame 0.1 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 53%, RP2 11% ### 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 | 16 | 5-7-0 | 17 | 4 | 45.0 | 30 | | | FSC District Hartsville Event | 2026schar | 4 | 25 | 4-8-0 | 17 | 3 | 36.4 | 28 | | | FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | 2026sccmp | 7 | 11 | 7-5-0 | 24 | 3 | 67.0 | 141 | | ### Awards in 2026 - Industrial Design Award (2026sccha) - Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026sccmp) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026schar) ## 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. - 2013 – now: Viper Drive - 2011 – 2012: Vyper Drive ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 1 - Awards: 18, over 10 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2014 | | Team Spirit | 4 | 2023, 2018, 2017, 2015 | | Creativity | 2 | 2026, 2019 | | Leadership | 2 | 2025, 2017 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2026 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2026 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2024 | | Judges' | 1 | 2019 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 | | Winner | 1 | 2016 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | FSC District Hartsville Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FSC District North Charleston Event presented by SCDE & City of North Charleston Recreation | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FSC District North Charleston Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | FSC District Hartsville Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | Peachtree District Championship | | Not picked | | 2024 | PCH District Charleston Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | PCH District Anderson Event presented by MAGNA | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist | | 2023 | Peachtree District Championship | | Not picked | | 2023 | PCH District Hartsville Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | PCH District Anderson Event presented by Magna | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | Rocket City Regional | | Not picked | | 2022 | Electric City Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2020 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four | | 2019 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Carver Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Carver Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2016 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Greater DC Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Finalist | | 2013 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2012 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 67.0 | 1073 / 3708 | 71.1 | 18-26-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 61.5 | 406 / 3687 | 89.0 | 32-19-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 13.2 | 1917 / 3475 | 44.8 | 23-24-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 37.5 | 891 / 3284 | 72.9 | 24-23-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 18.2 | 1157 / 3053 | 62.1 | 14-9-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 44.5 | 355 / 2024 | 82.5 | 5-6-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 26.1 | 312 / 3763 | 91.7 | 17-8-2 | 3 | | 2018 | 84.5 | 1618 / 3617 | 55.3 | 13-8-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 99.4 | 577 / 3331 | 82.7 | 18-12-0 | 4 | | 2016 | 35.2 | 561 / 3114 | 82.0 | 21-15-0 | 3 | | 2015 | 34.4 | 595 / 2873 | 79.3 | 0-0-22 | 2 | | 2014 | 26.8 | 1286 / 2697 | 52.3 | 11-5-0 | 1 | | 2013 | 21.3 | 889 / 2510 | 64.6 | 9-3-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 6.1 | 1143 / 2332 | 51.0 | 3-8-0 | 1 | | 2011 | 4.4 | 1393 / 2053 | 32.2 | 4-5-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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