# Team 3501: Firebots Sunnyvale, California, USA. Rookie year 2011. District CA. ## Who backs them - School: Fremont High School - Sponsors: Google, Apple, ASUS, FHS Alumnus Family Foundation, Gene Haas Foundation, PG&E and the Dream Maker Fund, Intuitive Surgical, TE Connectivity, Igenex, Turbine, Fremont HS Parents - Website: https://www.fremontrobotics.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team3501firebots - X: https://twitter.com/frc3501 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fremonthighrobotics - GitHub: https://github.com/firebots-software ## 2026 season - xP rating: **157.40**, rank 228 of 3708 (93.9th percentile) - Record: 32-25-0 over 57 matches (56% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 20.8, teleop 136.6, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 93%, RP2 32% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Spartan Week Zero | 2026camou | 0 | | | | | 157.4 | | | | CA District Ventura County Event | 2026caven | 2 | 9 | 7-5-0 | 32 | 7 | 75.3 | 31 | | | CA District Glendale Event | 2026cagle | 4 | 8 | 7-5-0 | 35 | 5 | 110.4 | 52 | | | FIRST California Northern State Championship | 2026cancmp | 7 | 16 | 7-5-0 | 41 | 3 | 144.9 | 78 | | | Galileo Division | 2026gal | 8 | 17 | 6-4-0 | 30 | 5 | 157.4 | | | | SoCal Showdown | 2026cass | 32 | 5 | 9-1-0 | 34 | 4 | 164.9 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026cagle) - Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (2026cancmp) - Gracious Professionalism Award (2026caven) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026gal) - Design Excellence Award (2026cass) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2024, Comp Bot w/V2 Shooter, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/7c2a9056dc6435e4c8dae8db/w/6fdf1110414a3e5b2563bc5c/e/b292c6ea29337263ef20696b?renderMode=0&uiState=670c9e55dde9bb707f86f12a - 2024, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e02aab968ebf91b14b13ddab/w/b152f746bded9b465a164f1d/e/eef88f7fda5b5da08d5d8370 ## 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. - 2015 – now: Firebots - 2013 – 2014: Firebirds - 2012: The Grinders - 2011: Firebird Robotics ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 4 - Awards: 19, over 9 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Woodie Flowers | 3 | 2026, 2024, 2023 | | Team Spirit | 3 | 2025, 2016, 2014 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2026, 2024 | | Judges' | 2 | 2024, 2013 | | Team Sustainability | 2 | 2023 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2022 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2026 | | Impact | 1 | 2026 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2025 | | Finalist | 1 | 2013 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2011 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Winner. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Galileo Division | Alliance 5 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIRST California Northern State Championship | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2026 | CA District Glendale Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | CA District Ventura County Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | Spartan Week Zero | | | | 2025 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | Utah Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Orange County Regional | | Not picked | | 2022 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | Los Angeles North Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | Utah Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | Los Angeles North Regional | | Not picked | | 2018 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2018 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | Ventura Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Las Vegas Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2013 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2012 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2012 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 157.4 | 228 / 3708 | 93.9 | 32-25-0 | 6 | | 2025 | 59.6 | 460 / 3687 | 87.5 | 21-20-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 28.3 | 470 / 3475 | 86.5 | 20-12-0 | 2 | | 2023 | 23.8 | 1770 / 3284 | 46.1 | 10-13-0 | 2 | | 2022 | 16.2 | 1238 / 3053 | 59.5 | 12-15-1 | 2 | | 2020 | 18.8 | 1272 / 2024 | 37.2 | 3-8-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 12.6 | 2816 / 3763 | 25.2 | 11-11-0 | 2 | | 2018 | 97.5 | 1037 / 3617 | 71.3 | 16-13-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 68.5 | 1917 / 3331 | 42.5 | 9-9-0 | 2 | | 2016 | 14.5 | 2821 / 3114 | 9.4 | 5-11-2 | 3 | | 2015 | 30.7 | 674 / 2873 | 76.6 | Not applicable (qual average) | 4 | | 2014 | 34.2 | 805 / 2697 | 70.2 | 9-18-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 27.9 | 536 / 2510 | 78.7 | 19-10-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 3.6 | 1654 / 2332 | 29.1 | 9-17-0 | 2 | | 2011 | 7.0 | 1103 / 2053 | 46.3 | 5-5-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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