# Team 3527: PrepaTec - Balam Esmeralda

Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico, Mexico. Rookie year 2011.

## Who backs them

- School: Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
- Sponsors: PrepaTec ESM, SERADEM, Diafi, eHubs, Olimpica Hotel Boutique
- Website: http://tecbalam.mx
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tecbalam3527
- X: https://twitter.com/tecbalam_3527
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/balam_3527

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **50.45**, rank 1355 of 3708 (63.5th percentile)
- Record: 8-6-0 over 14 matches (57% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 7.5, teleop 43.0, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 34%, RP2 7%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Regional Laguna presented by Peñoles | 2026mxto | 4 | 16 | 6-4-0 | 23 | 5 | 50.5 |  | 34 |
| Mexico ALL-STAR | 2026mexas | 33 | 28 | 2-7-0 | 11 |  | 51.3 |  |  |

## 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: PrepaTec - Balam Esmeralda
- 2011 – 2018: Tec Balam Esmeralda

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 6, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 2 | 2023, 2016 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2017, 2015 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2011 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2011 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Regional Laguna presented by Peñoles | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Regional Monterrey presented by PrepaTec |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Regional Hermosillo presented by PrepaTec | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Regional Puebla | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | Regional Laguna | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Regional de la Ciudad de Mexico | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Monterrey Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Toluca Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2016 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Mexico City Regional  | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2015 | Mexico City Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2014 | Mexico City Regional  |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Western Canadian FRC Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Greater Toronto West Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Greater Toronto East Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 50.5 | 1355 / 3708 | 63.5 | 8-6-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 13.5 | 3180 / 3687 | 13.8 | 3-5-2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 3382 / 3475 | 2.7 | 7-8-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 14.5 | 2794 / 3284 | 14.9 | 14-13-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 2645 / 3053 | 13.4 | 4-8-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 10.8 | 3256 / 3763 | 13.5 | 5-8-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 35.5 | 3573 / 3617 | 1.2 | 3-8-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 52.9 | 2626 / 3331 | 21.2 | 11-16-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 24.3 | 1651 / 3114 | 47.0 | 13-13-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 15.2 | 1755 / 2873 | 38.9 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 15.5 | 2163 / 2697 | 19.8 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3.3 | 2404 / 2510 | 4.2 | 4-8-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4.5 | 1437 / 2332 | 38.4 | 4-6-0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 9.2 | 845 / 2053 | 58.9 | 7-12-1 | 2 |

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