# Team 3970: Duncan Dynamics

Fresno, California, USA. Rookie year 2012. District CA.

## Who backs them

- School: Duncan Polytechnical High Sch
- Sponsors: Fresno Unified School District, College and Career Readiness, NorCal FIRST, Rotary Club of North Fresno, Noe Toribio
- Website: http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/schools/s077/clubs/dynamics/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/duncandynamics
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frc3970
- X: https://twitter.com/frc3970
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc3970

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **122.14**, rank 437 of 3708 (88.2th percentile)
- Record: 31-18-0 over 49 matches (63% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 24.3, teleop 97.8, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 82%, RP2 20%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA District San Francisco Event | 2026casnf | 2 | 7 | 8-4-0 | 33 | 4 | 72.2 | 55 |  |
| CA District Central Valley Event | 2026caclv | 4 | 3 | 9-3-0 | 41 | 2 | 127.3 | 59 |  |
| FIRST California Northern State Championship | 2026cancmp | 7 | 22 | 7-5-0 | 36 |  | 122.1 | 42 |  |
| MadTown Throwdown | 2026mttd | 36 | 31 | 3-6-0 | 17 |  | 102.4 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Finalist (2026casnf)
- District Event Finalist (2026caclv)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026casnf)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026caclv)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 24, over 12 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 8 | 2026, 2025, 2022, 2015, 2014, 2013 |
| Quality | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2022, 2021 |
| Innovation in Control | 3 | 2026, 2025 |
| Winner | 3 | 2025, 2018, 2016 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 2012 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2023 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2012 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2012 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST California Northern State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | CA District Central Valley Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2026 | CA District San Francisco Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | Hopper Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | Pinnacles Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Ventura County Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | Galileo Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | Hopper Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Central Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Carson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2015 | Ventura Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2015 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2014 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2013 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2012 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 122.1 | 437 / 3708 | 88.2 | 31-18-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 85.6 | 47 / 3687 | 98.8 | 35-24-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 24.0 | 784 / 3475 | 77.5 | 16-9-2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 58.8 | 113 / 3284 | 96.6 | 20-11-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 33.0 | 312 / 3053 | 89.8 | 32-19-0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 17.3 | 1606 / 3763 | 57.3 | 6-8-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 103.4 | 821 / 3617 | 77.3 | 25-17-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 97.7 | 654 / 3331 | 80.4 | 7-12-1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 43.2 | 231 / 3114 | 92.6 | 27-15-1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 32.2 | 614 / 2873 | 78.7 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 49.3 | 349 / 2697 | 87.1 | 21-12-0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 35.8 | 330 / 2510 | 86.9 | 14-5-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 12.6 | 378 / 2332 | 83.8 | 22-15-0 | 4 |

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