# Team 4027: Centre Punch

State College, Pennsylvania, USA. Rookie year 2012.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Penn State Applied Research Lab, Diamondback, The American Association of University Women State College
- Website: http://www.centre4h-robotics.org/

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **109.62**, rank 530 of 3708 (85.7th percentile)
- Record: 19-18-0 over 37 matches (51% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 19.1, teleop 89.3, endgame 1.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 75%, RP2 17%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Greater Pittsburgh Regional | 2026paca | 3 | 14 | 4-4-0 | 20 | 3 | 97.9 |  | 30 |
| Gotham Regional | 2026nyn2 | 6 | 2 | 8-2-0 | 38 | 2 | 145.3 |  | 61 |
| Curie Division | 2026cur | 8 | 59 | 3-7-0 | 15 |  | 109.6 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Finalists (2026nyn2)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026nyn2)

## 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.

- 2022 – now: Centre Punch
- 2017 – 2020: Centre County 4-H Robotics
- 2012 – 2016: 4-H Fatal Error

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 10, over 7 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2018)

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 3 | 2018 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Imagery | 2 | 2023, 2019 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2026 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2017 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2012 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Gotham Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2026 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | New York City Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional presented by Argo AI | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | New York City Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Einstein Field (Detroit) | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | Daly Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | Central New York Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 109.6 | 530 / 3708 | 85.7 | 19-18-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 55.2 | 573 / 3687 | 84.5 | 16-10-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 26.5 | 591 / 3475 | 83.0 | 14-8-1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 46.0 | 486 / 3284 | 85.2 | 11-11-2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 27.2 | 525 / 3053 | 82.8 | 13-13-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 37.9 | 537 / 2024 | 73.5 | 7-5-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 22.0 | 797 / 3763 | 78.8 | 14-19-0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 114.6 | 431 / 3617 | 88.1 | 28-20-0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 80.2 | 1409 / 3331 | 57.7 | 10-6-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 21.9 | 1943 / 3114 | 37.6 | 3-6-1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 13.3 | 1958 / 2873 | 31.9 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 18.2 | 1914 / 2697 | 29.0 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 14.9 | 1223 / 2510 | 51.3 | 10-6-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4.1 | 1515 / 2332 | 35.0 | 8-4-0 | 1 |

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

The same page for a person: [https://www.match13.com/team/4027](https://www.match13.com/team/4027).

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