# Team 4159: CardinalBotics San Francisco, California, USA. Rookie year 2012. District CA. ## Who backs them - School: Lowell High School - Sponsors: Lowell Alumni Association, Lowell PTSA, San Francisco Machine Works, Pacific Gas & Electric, Intuitive Surgical, Kaplan Wong Family, Gene Haas Foundation, Marjang Architecture - Website: http://www.team4159.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frcteam4159 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/cardinalbotics4159 - X: https://twitter.com/cardinalbotics - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cardinalbotics - GitHub: https://github.com/team4159 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **84.40**, rank 781 of 3708 (79.0th percentile) - Record: 12-14-0 over 26 matches (46% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 13.0, teleop 71.4, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 57%, RP2 12% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CA District San Francisco Event | 2026casnf | 2 | 26 | 5-7-0 | 19 | | 29.2 | 15 | | | CA District Contra Costa Event | 2026cacac | 5 | 12 | 7-5-0 | 31 | 5 | 84.4 | 35 | | | Sunset Showdown | 2026sunshow | 21 | 23 | 4-5-0 | 16 | 7 | 75.5 | | | | 10th Street Throwdown | 2026catstd | 32 | | 1-0-0 | | | 82.5 | | | | CalGames | 2026cacg | 33 | 30 | 3-7-0 | 14 | 4 | 35.0 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Mentor of the Year (2026cacg) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026casnf) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026cacac) - Gracious Professionalism Award (2026casnf) - Judges' Award (2026cacg) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 3 - Awards: 19, over 11 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Engineering Inspiration | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2016, 2014 | | Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2026, 2023 | | Leadership | 3 | 2026, 2013 | | Finalist | 3 | 2019, 2018, 2013 | | Impact | 2 | 2022, 2021 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2024 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 | | Judges' | 1 | 2014 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2012 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | CA District Contra Costa Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | CA District San Francisco Event | | Not picked | | 2025 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | East Bay Regional | | Not picked | | 2024 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Carver Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2022 | San Francisco Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | Roebling Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Silicon Valley Regional presented by Google.org | | Not picked | | 2016 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Silicon Valley Regional sponsored by Google.org | | Not picked | | 2015 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2014 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2013 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2012 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 84.4 | 781 / 3708 | 79.0 | 12-14-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 38.2 | 1225 / 3687 | 66.8 | 15-13-1 | 6 | | 2024 | 18.1 | 1305 / 3475 | 62.5 | 12-18-2 | 4 | | 2023 | 30.2 | 1294 / 3284 | 60.6 | 10-14-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 13.2 | 1564 / 3053 | 48.8 | 11-20-0 | 5 | | 2019 | 16.8 | 1733 / 3763 | 54.0 | 13-12-2 | 4 | | 2018 | 99.6 | 960 / 3617 | 73.5 | 22-15-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 80.9 | 1376 / 3331 | 58.7 | 11-10-0 | 3 | | 2016 | 27.4 | 1261 / 3114 | 59.5 | 10-16-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 14.3 | 1849 / 2873 | 35.7 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 | | 2014 | 30.5 | 989 / 2697 | 63.4 | 18-18-1 | 5 | | 2013 | 25.3 | 629 / 2510 | 75.0 | 21-21-0 | 4 | | 2012 | 9.2 | 656 / 2332 | 71.9 | 11-10-0 | 3 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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