# Team 4183: Bit Buckets

Tucson, Arizona, USA. Rookie year 2012.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Apple, Society of Women Engineers, Texas Instruments, Xerocraft Hackerspace, Pitt Family Foundation, Raytheon
- Website: http://www.bitbuckets.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bitbuckets
- X: https://twitter.com/frcteam4183
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bitbuckets4183
- GitHub: https://github.com/bitbucketsfrc4183

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **53.51**, rank 1288 of 3708 (65.3th percentile)
- Record: 12-15-0 over 27 matches (44% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 7.0, teleop 46.5, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 36%, RP2 8%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pikes Peak Regional | 2026cosp | 1 | 24 | 5-7-0 | 21 |  | 20.2 |  | 15 |
| Idaho Regional | 2026idbo | 4 | 11 | 6-6-0 | 30 | 7 | 53.5 |  | 30 |
| Arizona Robotics League Qualifier 3 | 2026azrl3 | 20 | 18 | 2-4-0 | 8 | 4 | 57.4 |  |  |
| Summer Scorcher  | 2026azscor | 26 | 7 | 9-7-0 | 40 | 5 | 73.5 |  |  |
| Arizona Robotics League Championship | 2026azrl | 34 |  |  |  | 5 | 76.0 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026idbo)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026idbo)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026cosp)

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2019, Comp Robot, STEP/Solidworks: https://grabcad.com/library/bit-buckets-robotics-4183-focused-excellence-frc-2019-destination-deep-space-1
- 2018, Comp Robot, Solidworks: https://grabcad.com/library/bit-buckets-robotics-first-power-up-1

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 20, over 11 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leadership | 3 | 2026, 2024, 2020 |
| Finalist | 3 | 2022, 2016 |
| Quality | 3 | 2019, 2018, 2014 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2026, 2015 |
| Innovation in Control | 2 | 2026, 2019 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2016, 2014 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 |
| Winner | 1 | 2015 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2013 |
| 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, Industrial Design, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Idaho Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Pikes Peak Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Ventura County Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Arizona East Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Utah Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Arizona West Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Arizona West Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | El Paso Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Arizona West Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2016 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2015 | Carver Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Arizona East Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2015 | Central Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Hub City Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Phoenix Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2012 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Utah Regional co-sponsored by NASA and Platt | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 53.5 | 1288 / 3708 | 65.3 | 12-15-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 32.2 | 1546 / 3687 | 58.1 | 11-11-0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 25.5 | 657 / 3475 | 81.1 | 11-16-1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 27.6 | 1496 / 3284 | 54.5 | 13-14-0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 31.7 | 357 / 3053 | 88.3 | 18-14-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 25.6 | 403 / 3763 | 89.3 | 25-16-0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 113.2 | 481 / 3617 | 86.7 | 17-11-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 86.0 | 1149 / 3331 | 65.5 | 15-13-0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 37.5 | 425 / 3114 | 86.4 | 31-15-0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 65.7 | 74 / 2873 | 97.5 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 |
| 2014 | 52.5 | 283 / 2697 | 89.5 | 14-14-0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 26.9 | 571 / 2510 | 77.3 | 15-13-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 8.1 | 763 / 2332 | 67.3 | 18-18-1 | 3 |

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

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