# Team 3504: Girls of Steel Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Rookie year 2011. ## Who backs them - School: Commonwealth Charter Academy & Home School & Shady Side Academy & North Allegheny Intermediate HS & Ellis School & North Allegheny Sr High School & South Fayette Twp High School & Peters Twp HS & North Hills Senior High School & Mt Lebanon High School & Moon Shs & Hampton HS & Franklin Regional Shs & Winchester Thurston School & Seton-La Salle High School & Fox Chapel Area High School & Plum Senior High School - Sponsors: PPG, The Grable Foundation, Howmet, Bosch, Arconic, REV Robotics&Seton-La Salle High School&Winchester Thurston School&Fox Chapel Area High School&Franklin Regional Shs&Hampton HS&Moon Shs&Mt Lebanon High School&North Hills Senior High School&Peters Twp HS&Plum Senior High School&South Fayette Twp High School - Website: http://girlsofsteelrobotics.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/girlsofsteelroboticsteam - X: https://twitter.com/thegirlsofsteel - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlsofsteelrobotics ## 2026 season - xP rating: **82.27**, rank 836 of 3708 (77.5th percentile) - Record: 12-8-0 over 20 matches (60% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 14.4, teleop 68.0, endgame -0.1 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 68%, RP2 15% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | 2026paca | 3 | 18 | 4-4-0 | 19 | 1 | 49.7 | | 37 | | Miami Valley Regional | 2026ohmv | 5 | 25 | 5-4-0 | 23 | | 82.3 | | 13 | | NC/RC | 2026pacra | 15 | 4 | 6-2-0 | 23 | | 86.9 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Regional Winners (2026paca) - FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026paca) - Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026paca) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2022, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/d30c96d771bfea90a083e89b/w/5d5479e38069e71463d69b2f/e/9dc66e693d29276028c84e77 ## 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. - 2012 – now: Girls of Steel - 2011: girlsFIRST-Girls of Steel ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 9 - Awards: 45, over 15 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Leadership | 9 | 2026, 2023, 2020, 2018, 2014, 2013, 2012 | | Engineering Inspiration | 6 | 2022, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012 | | Impact | 4 | 2022, 2020, 2018, 2015 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 4 | 2016, 2015, 2014 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 3 | 2024, 2019, 2018 | | Finalist | 3 | 2023, 2019, 2018 | | Winner | 2 | 2026, 2024 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2025, 2019 | | Innovation in Control | 2 | 2023, 2012 | | Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2018, 2017 | | Rookie All Star | 2 | 2011 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2026 | | Judges' | 1 | 2025 | | Impact Finalist | 1 | 2020 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2018 | | Media & Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2015 | | Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2012 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Imagery, Industrial Design, Quality, Rising All-Star, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Miami Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2026 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2025 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2023 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional presented by Argo AI | | Not picked | | 2023 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2022 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | | Not picked | | 2020 | Miami Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | Carson Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Darwin Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2017 | Darwin Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Queen City Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Carver Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | Buckeye Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Queen City Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 82.3 | 836 / 3708 | 77.5 | 12-8-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 37.5 | 1294 / 3687 | 64.9 | 14-11-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 27.2 | 545 / 3475 | 84.3 | 18-18-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 34.2 | 1071 / 3284 | 67.4 | 13-11-1 | 3 | | 2022 | 19.4 | 1053 / 3053 | 65.5 | 14-18-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 36.0 | 639 / 2024 | 68.5 | 3-6-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 18.1 | 1439 / 3763 | 61.8 | 17-20-1 | 5 | | 2018 | 102.7 | 833 / 3617 | 77.0 | 22-19-0 | 6 | | 2017 | 101.5 | 515 / 3331 | 84.6 | 18-14-1 | 4 | | 2016 | 35.3 | 557 / 3114 | 82.1 | 13-21-1 | 4 | | 2015 | 21.0 | 1294 / 2873 | 55.0 | 0-0-28 | 3 | | 2014 | 34.8 | 870 / 2697 | 67.8 | 19-18-0 | 3 | | 2013 | 10.1 | 1727 / 2510 | 31.2 | 6-15-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 14.0 | 308 / 2332 | 86.8 | 14-17-0 | 3 | | 2011 | 9.5 | 870 / 2053 | 57.7 | 13-18-1 | 3 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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