# Team 3492: Putnam Area Robotics Team (P.A.R.T.s)

Winfield, West Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2011.

## Who backs them

- School: Buffalo High School & Winfield High School & Hurricane High School
- Sponsors: Toyota, NASA Robotics Alliance Project, Putnam County Schools, American Electric Power, Optimum
- Website: http://parts3492.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team3492
- X: https://twitter.com/parts3492
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parts3492
- GitHub: https://github.com/3492parts

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **63.33**, rank 1140 of 3708 (69.3th percentile)
- Record: 24-13-0 over 37 matches (65% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 21.4, teleop 41.5, endgame 0.4
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 40%, RP2 9%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Smoky Mountains Regional | 2026tnkn | 3 | 5 | 8-1-0 | 32 | 3 | 88.0 |  | 51 |
| Rocket City Regional | 2026alhu | 6 | 10 | 7-3-0 | 31 | 8 | 80.2 |  | 26 |
| Milstein Division | 2026mil | 8 | 38 | 5-5-0 | 22 |  | 63.3 |  |  |
| WVROX | 2026wvrox | 22 | 25 | 9-15-0 | 46 |  | 56.7 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026tnkn)

## 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: Putnam Area Robotics Team (P.A.R.T.s)
- 2012 – 2018: P.A.R.T.s
- 2011: ROBOGENS

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 5
- Awards: 14, over 9 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Team Sustainability | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2024 |
| Winner | 3 | 2025, 2015, 2011 |
| Impact | 1 | 2025 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2019 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2017 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2016 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2014 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2011 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Milstein Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Miami Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Miami Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2020 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Miami Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Miami Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Darwin Division |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2016 | Queen City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2014 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four |
| 2013 | Crossroads Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Queen City Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2011 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 63.3 | 1140 / 3708 | 69.3 | 24-13-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 35.6 | 1415 / 3687 | 61.6 | 21-18-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 18.1 | 1321 / 3475 | 62.0 | 8-12-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 41.5 | 687 / 3284 | 79.1 | 10-12-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 18.2 | 1151 / 3053 | 62.3 | 5-11-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 38.9 | 535 / 2024 | 73.6 | 4-6-1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 19.2 | 1208 / 3763 | 67.9 | 9-10-0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 112.8 | 486 / 3617 | 86.6 | 13-8-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 92.0 | 877 / 3331 | 73.7 | 17-10-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 24.0 | 1733 / 3114 | 44.4 | 4-5-1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 34.7 | 579 / 2873 | 79.9 | 2-0-25 | 2 |
| 2014 | 44.0 | 532 / 2697 | 80.3 | 15-11-0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 30.1 | 513 / 2510 | 79.6 | 14-12-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 12.0 | 461 / 2332 | 80.3 | 12-14-0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 9.2 | 891 / 2053 | 56.6 | 12-13-1 | 2 |

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

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