# Team 3966: Gryphon Command

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Rookie year 2012.

## Who backs them

- School: L&N STEM Academy
- Sponsors: Bechtel, TVA, UCOR, Knox County Schools, L&N STEM Academy PTSA&L&N STEM Academy
- Website: http://lnstempunks.org/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gryphoncommand3966
- GitHub: https://github.com/gryphoncommand

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **162.29**, rank 208 of 3708 (94.4th percentile)
- Record: 25-14-1 over 40 matches (63% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 24.2, teleop 138.0, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 95%, RP2 35%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Smoky Mountains Regional | 2026tnkn | 3 | 8 | 7-3-0 | 28 | 5 | 56.3 |  | 35 |
| Rocket City Regional | 2026alhu | 6 | 4 | 7-2-1 | 32 | 3 | 124.5 |  | 59 |
| Newton Division | 2026new | 8 | 19 | 7-3-0 | 32 | 5 | 162.3 |  |  |
| Robo-Rodeo at the TN Valley Fair | 2026tnkno | 29 | 15 | 3-7-0 | 14 | 6 | 71.4 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Finalists (2026alhu)
- Championship Division Finalist (2026new)
- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026tnkn)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026alhu)

## 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.

- 2025 – now: Gryphon Command
- 2017 – 2024: L&N STEMpunks
- 2015 – 2016: L & N STEMpunks
- 2014: L and N STEMpunks
- 2012 – 2013: Gryphons

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 19, over 9 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Imagery | 9 | 2025, 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015 |
| Finalist | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2019 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2017, 2016 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2026 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 |
| Media & Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Newton Division | Alliance 5 · 3rd pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2026 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Rocket City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | Arkansas Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Turing Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | Bayou Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Rocket City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Miami Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Rocket City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 162.3 | 208 / 3708 | 94.4 | 25-14-1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 49.3 | 761 / 3687 | 79.4 | 19-11-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9.8 | 2349 / 3475 | 32.4 | 5-15-1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 17.8 | 2427 / 3284 | 26.1 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 17.7 | 1117 / 3053 | 63.4 | 6-5-0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 37.5 | 550 / 2024 | 72.9 | 4-5-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 17.8 | 1500 / 3763 | 60.2 | 17-18-1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 78.0 | 1889 / 3617 | 47.8 | 12-11-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 78.4 | 1490 / 3331 | 55.3 | 14-17-0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 20.0 | 2217 / 3114 | 28.8 | 6-14-0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4.2 | 2819 / 2873 | 1.9 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 19.6 | 1756 / 2697 | 34.9 | 6-5-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 6.3 | 2112 / 2510 | 15.9 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0.9 | 2285 / 2332 | 2.0 | 3-5-1 | 1 |

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

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