# Team 4043: NerdHerd McMinnville, Oregon, USA. Rookie year 2012. District PNW. ## Who backs them - Sponsors: 4-H, First Federal, Argosy, Hack Club, Austin Family Foundation, The Gene Haas Foundation, Family and Friends of NerdHerd, Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, US Navy NTAG - Website: http://www.nerdherd4043.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerd-herd-4043-148087148632319 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nerdherd_4043 - X: https://twitter.com/nerdherd_4043 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdherd_4043 - GitHub: https://github.com/nerdherd4043 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **39.34**, rank 1729 of 3708 (53.4th percentile) - Record: 14-17-0 over 31 matches (45% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 3.6, teleop 36.2, endgame -0.5 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 36%, RP2 8% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | PNW District Oregon State Fair Event | 2026orsal | 1 | 18 | 6-6-0 | 25 | 5 | 47.8 | 18 | | | PNW District Wilsonville Event | 2026orwil | 2 | 15 | 5-7-0 | 22 | 8 | 39.3 | 29 | | | Oregon Girls' Gen | 2026orgg | 31 | | | | | 39.3 | | | | FIRST Chance | 2026orwv | 31 | | | | | 39.3 | | | ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2024, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/1ece286dae7dd1dddd031107/w/9003af77c5b579d4a4d6c854/e/67fb034a995f8db40063bd66?renderMode=0&uiState=661c19005ff8d32d87f7ae7d ## 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: NerdHerd - 2012: Nerd Herd ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 1 - Awards: 18, over 10 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 5 | 2025, 2024, 2022, 2019 | | Creativity | 2 | 2019, 2015 | | Imagery | 2 | 2016, 2015 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2024 | | Quality | 1 | 2024 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2020 | | Winner | 1 | 2019 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2018 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2015 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2014 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2012 | | Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2012 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | PNW District Wilsonville Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | PNW District Oregon State Fair Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | PNW District Wilsonville Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | PNW District Clackamas Academy Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2024 | Curie Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | PNW District Wilsonville Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | PNW District Oregon State Fairgrounds Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2023 | PNW District Oregon State Fairgrounds Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | PNW District Wilsonville Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship | | Not picked | | 2022 | PNW District Oregon State Fairgrounds Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | PNW District Clackamas Academy Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | Hopper Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2019 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship | Alliance 2 · backup robot | Top four | | 2019 | PNW District Lake Oswego Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | PNW District Wilsonville Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | PNW District Lake Oswego Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | PNW District Wilsonville Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | PNW District - Clackamas Academy of Industrial Science Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | PNW District - Wilsonville Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | PNW District - Clackamas Academy of Industrial Science Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | PNW District - Wilsonville Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | PNW District - Philomath Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | PNW District - Wilsonville Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | PNW District - Oregon City Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2014 | PNW FIRST Robotics Oregon State University District Event | | Not picked | | 2014 | PNW FIRST Robotics Wilsonville District Event | | Not picked | | 2013 | Autodesk Oregon Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Autodesk Oregon Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 39.3 | 1729 / 3708 | 53.4 | 14-17-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 55.7 | 557 / 3687 | 84.9 | 23-24-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 32.4 | 289 / 3475 | 91.7 | 46-16-0 | 6 | | 2023 | 36.5 | 944 / 3284 | 71.3 | 14-15-1 | 4 | | 2022 | 21.6 | 889 / 3053 | 70.9 | 18-28-0 | 4 | | 2019 | 26.1 | 313 / 3763 | 91.7 | 53-15-0 | 5 | | 2018 | 62.5 | 2756 / 3617 | 23.8 | 7-17-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 87.0 | 1098 / 3331 | 67.1 | 16-15-0 | 2 | | 2016 | 20.7 | 2160 / 3114 | 30.6 | 9-19-0 | 2 | | 2015 | 13.1 | 2057 / 2873 | 28.4 | 0-0-45 | 3 | | 2014 | 7.7 | 2608 / 2697 | 3.3 | 6-18-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 17.4 | 1129 / 2510 | 55.0 | 5-4-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 0.4 | 2251 / 2332 | 3.5 | 10-20-1 | 3 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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