# Team 401: Copperhead Robotics Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2000. District FCH. ## Who backs them - School: Blacksburg High School - Sponsors: Montgomery County Public Schools, REV Robotics, Gene Haas Foundation, RTX, Corning, TORC Robotics, Blacksburg Eye Associates, American Electric Power, BAE Systems, AUVSI, Intuitive Foundation, PTC - Website: http://www.team401.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/copperheadrobotics - X: https://twitter.com/frcteam401 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team401 - GitHub: https://github.com/team401 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **150.94**, rank 258 of 3708 (93.1th percentile) - Record: 35-30-0 over 65 matches (54% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 33.0, teleop 117.6, endgame 0.4 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 92%, RP2 30% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FCH District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Porvair Filtration | 2026vagle | 2 | 6 | 8-4-0 | 30 | 2 | 118.6 | 57 | | | FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | 2026vabla | 4 | 7 | 7-5-0 | 35 | 2 | 150.7 | 62 | | | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | 2026chcmp | 7 | 21 | 7-5-0 | 31 | 6 | 148.3 | 114 | | | Hopper Division | 2026hop | 8 | 55 | 2-8-0 | 18 | 6 | 150.9 | | | | Rumble 11 | 2026vagle2 | 34 | | | | | 150.9 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026vabla) - District Event Finalist (2026vabla) - District Event Finalist (2026vagle) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026vagle) - Industrial Design Award (2026vagle) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026hop) - Team Spirit Award (2026chcmp) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2023, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ba977eb0e20aee4635a57eaa/w/a56a7fbc56f14dbcbff30769/e/3689d3c14c722955f0100ef1?renderMode=0&uiState=645424c619eb94254faff445 - 2022, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/489185223ddbfec8c89a2277/w/632bf353cba19a51e989f488/e/0c63af9b7923bd24230ceb1d ## 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. - 2016 – now: Copperhead Robotics - 2006 – 2015: Hokie Guard - 2004 – 2005: Hokie GUARD ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 14 - Awards: 46, over 17 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 7 | 2026, 2018, 2016, 2013, 2001 | | Impact | 7 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018 | | Winner | 6 | 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2005 | | Leadership | 5 | 2026, 2023, 2010 | | Industrial Design | 4 | 2026, 2023, 2022 | | Engineering Inspiration | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2017 | | Quality | 3 | 2017, 2012, 2005 | | Safety (no longer given) | 2 | 2017, 2006 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2026 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2026 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2020 | | Skills Winner (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2018 | | Judges' | 1 | 2018 | | Imagery | 1 | 2016 | | Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2008 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Hopper Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2026 | FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2026 | FCH District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Porvair Filtration | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Volvo | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event presented by Newport News Shipyard | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | CHS District Falls Church VA Event presented by Department of Energy | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Galileo Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | CHS District Glen Allen VA Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2023 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2022 | Galileo Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #2 Day 2 | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #1 Day 1 | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2020 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Curie Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Daly Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2018 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2018 | CHS District Southwest Virginia Event sponsored by Anton Paar | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | CHS District Central Virginia Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2017 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | | Not picked | | 2017 | CHS District - Hampton Roads Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2016 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2016 | CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Arkansas Rock City Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2014 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2013 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2012 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | NASA VCU Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | NASA / VCU Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2007 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2006 | NASA / VCU Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2005 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2003 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | NASA Langley / VCU Regional | | | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 150.9 | 258 / 3708 | 93.1 | 35-30-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 55.7 | 554 / 3687 | 85.0 | 23-20-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 21.1 | 1029 / 3475 | 70.4 | 23-23-2 | 5 | | 2023 | 48.8 | 378 / 3284 | 88.5 | 42-21-1 | 6 | | 2022 | 32.0 | 364 / 3053 | 88.1 | 35-19-1 | 6 | | 2020 | 43.1 | 407 / 2024 | 79.9 | 7-8-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 30.5 | 77 / 3763 | 98.0 | 31-31-0 | 6 | | 2018 | 101.7 | 883 / 3617 | 75.6 | 36-27-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 87.7 | 1059 / 3331 | 68.2 | 28-23-1 | 5 | | 2016 | 33.8 | 682 / 3114 | 78.1 | 38-22-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 14.3 | 1935 / 2873 | 32.7 | 0-0-18 | 2 | | 2014 | 45.6 | 472 / 2697 | 82.5 | 17-11-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 40.1 | 257 / 2510 | 89.8 | 19-8-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 13.6 | 338 / 2332 | 85.5 | 14-11-0 | 2 | | 2011 | 12.6 | 664 / 2053 | 67.7 | 6-13-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 1.7 | 499 / 1801 | 72.3 | 8-10-2 | 2 | | 2009 | 18.2 | 613 / 1675 | 63.4 | 6-10-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 19.8 | 248 / 1498 | 83.5 | 10-9-0 | 2 | | 2007 | 13.1 | 313 / 1295 | 75.9 | 10-5-0 | 2 | | 2006 | 14.2 | 257 / 1125 | 77.2 | 16-8-0 | 2 | | 2005 | 9.9 | 314 / 747 | 58.0 | 4-3-0 | 1 | | 2004 | 26.6 | 426 / 932 | 54.4 | 3-3-0 | 1 | | 2003 | 20.4 | 310 / 785 | 60.6 | 3-4-0 | 1 | | 2002 | 11.8 | 187 / 641 | 70.9 | 3-4-1 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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