# Team 4143: MARS/WARS Metamora, Illinois, USA. Rookie year 2012. ## Who backs them - School: Metamora High School - Sponsors: Caterpillar, Metamora Industries, Parsons Manufacturing, Metamora Township High School, Village of Germantown Hills, Snyder Village, Metamora Foundation, Morton Industries, American Buildings, Thrifty Bot, MTCO Communications - Website: http:///www.MarsWars.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team4143 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@marswars - X: https://twitter.com/marswars4143 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marswars4143 - GitHub: https://github.com/frc-team-4143 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **169.25**, rank 177 of 3708 (95.3th percentile) - Record: 40-10-0 over 50 matches (80% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 45.1, teleop 124.4, endgame -0.3 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 96%, RP2 38% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Minnesota Bluff Country Regional | 2026mnwi | 1 | 1 | 10-1-0 | 41 | 1 | 172.2 | | 73 | | Central Illinois Regional | 2026ilpe | 3 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 46 | 2 | 203.4 | | 71 | | Hopper Division | 2026hop | 8 | 31 | 5-5-0 | 27 | 2 | 169.2 | | | | Indiana Robotics Invitational | 2026iri | 20 | 34 | 4-5-0 | 24 | 4 | 172.8 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Regional Winners (2026ilpe) - Regional Winners (2026mnwi) - Championship Division Finalist (2026hop) - Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026mnwi) - Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026ilpe) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2016, Comp Robot, STEP/IGES: https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AK70XH2u%5Fzf7CoM&cid=7E53BC64E54A9BC6&id=7E53BC64E54A9BC6%21614&parId=7E53BC64E54A9BC6%21612&action=locate ## 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. - 2024 – now: MARS/WARS - 2012 – 2023: MARS/ WARS ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 8 - Awards: 39, over 13 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 8 | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2015, 2014, 2012 | | Winner | 7 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2017, 2015 | | Innovation in Control | 4 | 2025, 2022, 2017 | | Excellence in Engineering | 4 | 2019, 2016, 2015 | | Judges' | 3 | 2014, 2013 | | Autonomous | 2 | 2026, 2023 | | Creativity | 2 | 2026, 2017 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 2 | 2022, 2019 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2024 | | Quality | 1 | 2023 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2022 | | Skills Finalist (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2015 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2012 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2012 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Hopper Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2026 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event | | 2026 | Minnesota Bluff Country Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2025 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 4 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | Galileo Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Iowa Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event | | 2024 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | Newton Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2023 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2023 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2022 | Roebling Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2019 | Darwin Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2019 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Curie Division | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2017 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Curie Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2015 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event | | 2015 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2014 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2013 | Crossroads Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2012 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 169.3 | 177 / 3708 | 95.3 | 40-10-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 71.8 | 192 / 3687 | 94.8 | 27-18-0 | 7 | | 2024 | 34.4 | 224 / 3475 | 93.6 | 28-16-0 | 7 | | 2023 | 59.5 | 74 / 3284 | 97.8 | 42-9-1 | 8 | | 2022 | 40.3 | 138 / 3053 | 95.5 | 31-13-2 | 6 | | 2019 | 23.5 | 572 / 3763 | 84.8 | 24-20-0 | 4 | | 2018 | 123.2 | 230 / 3617 | 93.7 | 18-11-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 140.6 | 28 / 3331 | 99.2 | 33-13-0 | 4 | | 2016 | 48.6 | 124 / 3114 | 96.0 | 17-8-0 | 2 | | 2015 | 67.4 | 52 / 2873 | 98.2 | 2-3-42 | 5 | | 2014 | 38.3 | 714 / 2697 | 73.6 | 16-17-0 | 3 | | 2013 | 29.8 | 521 / 2510 | 79.3 | 13-9-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 13.3 | 360 / 2332 | 84.6 | 18-11-1 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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