# Team 3986: Express-O

Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada. Rookie year 2012.

## Who backs them

- School: École secondaire Saint-Laurent
- Sponsors: Banque Nationale Canada, Bombardier, CSMB, Microsoft, MotionCorrect, MDA, CAE
- Website: http://www.express-o.ca
- X: https://twitter.com/team3986
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/expresso_3986

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **113.27**, rank 495 of 3708 (86.7th percentile)
- Record: 11-7-0 over 18 matches (61% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 25.8, teleop 87.5, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 77%, RP2 18%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Festival de Robotique Regional | 2026qcmo | 6 | 7 | 7-4-0 | 32 | 1 | 113.3 |  | 58 |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Finalists (2026qcmo)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026qcmo)

## 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.

- 2013 – now: Express-O
- 2012: Express RoboCOOP

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 5
- Awards: 27, over 12 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Quality | 5 | 2020, 2017, 2015, 2014 |
| Finalist | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2019, 2014 |
| Innovation in Control | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2023 |
| Winner | 3 | 2022, 2019 |
| Industrial Design | 3 | 2019, 2018 |
| Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2022, 2021 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2024 |
| Skills Finalist (no longer given) | 1 | 2021 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2018 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2016 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2016 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Impact, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Festival de Robotique Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | Festival de Robotique Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | New York Tech Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Festival de Robotique Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Festival de Robotique Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | Turing Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Festival de Robotique Regional Day 3 | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | Festival de Robotique Regional Day 1 | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2020 | Festival de Robotique a Sherbrooke Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2020 | Week 0 | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Tesla Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Festival de Robotique a Quebec City Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | Festival de Robotique a Montreal Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | Week 0 | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Finger Lakes Regional  | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Festival de Robotique - Montreal Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Festival de Robotique - Montreal Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | New York Tech Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | FRC Festival de Robotique - Montreal Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | North Bay Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | FRC Festival de Robotique - Montreal Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Greater Toronto East Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2014 | Greater Toronto East Regional  | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2013 | Festival de Robotique FRC de Montreal Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 113.3 | 495 / 3708 | 86.7 | 11-7-0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 40.3 | 1113 / 3687 | 69.8 | 13-5-0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 20.2 | 1100 / 3475 | 68.4 | 10-12-1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 41.2 | 699 / 3284 | 78.7 | 6-7-0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 28.0 | 490 / 3053 | 84.0 | 28-10-0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 42.1 | 403 / 2024 | 80.1 | 11-12-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 31.1 | 114 / 3763 | 97.0 | 33-20-0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 109.5 | 606 / 3617 | 83.3 | 12-12-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 69.7 | 1859 / 3331 | 44.2 | 7-13-1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 17.6 | 2523 / 3114 | 19.0 | 10-13-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 19.6 | 1310 / 2873 | 54.4 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 24.7 | 1327 / 2697 | 50.8 | 13-18-1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 18.7 | 965 / 2510 | 61.6 | 8-6-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2.1 | 2062 / 2332 | 11.6 | 3-8-0 | 1 |

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

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