# Team 3735: VorTX Spring, Texas, USA. Rookie year 2011. District FIT. ## Who backs them - School: Klein ISD - Sponsors: Klein Independent School District, Gene Haas, Boeing, Kettering, Rockwell Automation, Texas Workforce Commision, Campus Kids, i-Solids, Champion Fiberglass, Bereshkaweb Web Studio, Ex Nihilo, Linde, TADA, Flash Data, Phillips 66, AMD - Website: https://www.vortx3735.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vortx3735 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vortx3735 - X: https://twitter.com/vortx3735 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vortx3735 - GitHub: https://github.com/vortx3735 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **86.53**, rank 781 of 3708 (79.0th percentile) - Record: 30-14-0 over 44 matches (68% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 16.6, teleop 69.7, endgame 0.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 66%, RP2 14% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIT District San Antonio Event | 2026txsan | 2 | 4 | 11-1-0 | 40 | 3 | 69.5 | 51 | | | FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event #2 | 2026txcl2 | 5 | 6 | 9-3-0 | 37 | 5 | 85.5 | 35 | | | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | 2026txcmp1 | 7 | 25 | 6-6-0 | 24 | | 86.5 | 36 | | | The Remix | 2026txrm | 29 | | | | | 86.5 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Gracious Professionalism Award (2026txsan) - Judges' Award (2026txcl2) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2024, VorTX 2024 CAD — 00.0_Robot_Assm, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8d89565820455e63a18491d4/w/610ee48d22be46a4902dabb2/e/abdd159470d35a0bcb483f85 - 2022, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/05a594c535982c72f67bc96d/w/c6753147da32ba98987d42ff/e/f57f58fd18bf2b655170a61d ## 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. - 2017 – now: VorTX - 2011 – 2016: Klein Bots ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 2 - Awards: 16, over 9 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2019, 2018 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2025, 2024 | | Finalist | 2 | 2017, 2016 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 | | Judges' | 1 | 2026 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2025 | | Leadership | 1 | 2025 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2023 | | Quality | 1 | 2022 | | Impact | 1 | 2019 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 | | Winner | 1 | 2016 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event #2 | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIT District Tomball Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | FIT District Houston Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | FIT District Plano Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIT District Space City @ Clear Lake Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIT District Pasadena Event #1 | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIT District Dripping Springs Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Hopper Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIRST In Texas District Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIT District Greenville Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2019 | FIT District Channelview Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Lone Star South Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Lone Star Central Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Newton Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2017 | Lone Star North Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Lone Star Central Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | Hub City Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Carver Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Lone Star Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2016 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 6 · backup robot | Finalist | | 2016 | Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting | | Not picked | | 2015 | Hopper Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2015 | Lone Star Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Hub City Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2014 | Lone Star Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Lone Star Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Lone Star Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Dallas West Regional sponsored by jcpenney | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Lone Star Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 86.5 | 781 / 3708 | 79.0 | 30-14-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 38.5 | 1232 / 3687 | 66.6 | 25-18-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 22.6 | 903 / 3475 | 74.0 | 26-22-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 20.6 | 2128 / 3284 | 35.2 | 11-16-1 | 3 | | 2022 | 28.1 | 528 / 3053 | 82.7 | 21-23-0 | 3 | | 2019 | 24.8 | 422 / 3763 | 88.8 | 28-26-1 | 6 | | 2018 | 96.0 | 1092 / 3617 | 69.8 | 14-16-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 99.8 | 562 / 3331 | 83.2 | 25-26-1 | 7 | | 2016 | 25.7 | 1510 / 3114 | 51.5 | 20-24-0 | 7 | | 2015 | 45.8 | 302 / 2873 | 89.5 | 0-0-50 | 7 | | 2014 | 47.3 | 420 / 2697 | 84.5 | 12-12-0 | 5 | | 2013 | 19.6 | 984 / 2510 | 60.8 | 9-13-1 | 3 | | 2012 | 3.2 | 1759 / 2332 | 24.6 | 10-12-1 | 2 | | 2011 | 10.0 | 830 / 2053 | 59.6 | 4-4-2 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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