# Team 4: Team 4 ELEMENT Van Nuys, California, USA. Rookie year 1997. District CA. ## Who backs them - School: High Tech Los Angeles - Sponsors: Gene HAAS Foundation, RTX, Sawing Services, Full Scale Effects, Environtology, Walt Disney Imagineers - Website: http://www.team4element.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team4element - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frcteam4element - X: https://twitter.com/team4element - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team4element - GitHub: https://github.com/team4element ## 2026 season - xP rating: **113.96**, rank 515 of 3708 (86.1th percentile) - Record: 21-19-0 over 40 matches (53% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 11.4, teleop 102.9, endgame -0.3 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 86%, RP2 24% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CA District Los Angeles Event | 2026calas | 3 | 7 | 8-3-0 | 32 | 5 | 94.3 | 35 | | | CA District Glendale Event | 2026cagle | 4 | 12 | 7-5-0 | 33 | 8 | 90.8 | 32 | | | FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm | 2026cascmp | 7 | 35 | 5-7-0 | 27 | | 114.0 | 36 | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026cagle) - Industrial Design Award (2026calas) ## 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. - 2009 – now: Team 4 ELEMENT - 2006 – 2008: Team ELEMENT ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 6 - Awards: 22, over 12 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Gracious Professionalism | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2018 | | Winner | 4 | 2023, 2020, 2007, 2006 | | Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2026, 2023 | | Impact | 2 | 2025, 2023 | | Finalist | 2 | 2024, 2010 | | Creativity | 2 | 2017, 2016 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2026 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2024 | | Imagery | 1 | 2020 | | Quality | 1 | 2019 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 | | Judges' | 1 | 2006 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Excellence in Engineering, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm | | Not picked | | 2026 | CA District Glendale Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | CA District Los Angeles Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | Ventura County Regional | | Not picked | | 2025 | Hueneme Port Regional | | Not picked | | 2024 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2024 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Ventura County Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2023 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | Los Angeles North Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2019 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Los Angeles North Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2018 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | | Not picked | | 2016 | Ventura Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Ventura Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2015 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | | Not picked | | 2014 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | | Not picked | | 2013 | Inland Empire Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | | Not picked | | 2012 | Las Vegas Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Las Vegas Regional | | Finalist | | 2010 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Colorado Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | Las Vegas Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2006 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2006 | Greater Toronto Regional | | | | 2006 | Southern California Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 114.0 | 515 / 3708 | 86.1 | 21-19-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 49.2 | 768 / 3687 | 79.2 | 20-24-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 22.6 | 906 / 3475 | 73.9 | 20-17-1 | 4 | | 2023 | 40.7 | 739 / 3284 | 77.5 | 25-26-2 | 6 | | 2022 | 24.1 | 732 / 3053 | 76.0 | 11-16-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 27.5 | 916 / 2024 | 54.8 | 12-5-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 18.1 | 1415 / 3763 | 62.4 | 11-14-0 | 5 | | 2018 | 109.0 | 597 / 3617 | 83.5 | 14-16-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 84.6 | 1226 / 3331 | 63.2 | 9-10-0 | 3 | | 2016 | 36.8 | 457 / 3114 | 85.4 | 10-13-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 32.3 | 676 / 2873 | 76.5 | 0-0-26 | 3 | | 2014 | 22.8 | 1577 / 2697 | 41.5 | 11-12-0 | 3 | | 2013 | 17.5 | 1118 / 2510 | 55.5 | 10-9-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 0.2 | 2292 / 2332 | 1.7 | 6-13-1 | 2 | | 2011 | 2.9 | 1576 / 2053 | 23.2 | 8-12-3 | 2 | | 2010 | 1.3 | 772 / 1801 | 57.2 | 9-9-4 | 2 | | 2009 | 18.8 | 542 / 1675 | 67.7 | 5-9-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 5.8 | 1291 / 1498 | 13.8 | 10-17-0 | 3 | | 2007 | 2.3 | 1116 / 1295 | 13.8 | 13-18-3 | 3 | | 2006 | 10.5 | 466 / 1125 | 58.6 | 18-11-1 | 3 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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