# 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: **68.37**, rank 1049 of 3708 (71.7th percentile)
- Record: 12-15-0 over 27 matches (44% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 9.1, teleop 60.5, endgame -1.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 60%, RP2 13%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pikes Peak Regional | 2026cosp | 1 | 24 | 5-7-0 | 21 |  | 27.4 |  | 15 |
| Idaho Regional | 2026idbo | 4 | 11 | 6-6-0 | 30 | 7 | 68.4 |  | 30 |
| Arizona Robotics League Qualifier 3 | 2026azrl3 | 20 | 18 | 2-4-0 | 8 | 4 | 81.1 |  |  |
| Summer Scorcher  | 2026azscor | 26 | 7 | 9-7-0 | 40 | 5 | 76.3 |  |  |
| Arizona Robotics League Championship | 2026azrl | 34 |  |  |  | 5 | 76.3 |  |  |

### 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 | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 68.4 | 1049 / 3708 | 71.7 | 12-15-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 34.6 | 1473 / 3687 | 60.1 | 11-11-0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 25.9 | 636 / 3475 | 81.7 | 11-16-1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 28.4 | 1465 / 3284 | 55.4 | 13-14-0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 33.3 | 308 / 3053 | 89.9 | 18-14-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 25.3 | 377 / 3763 | 90.0 | 25-16-0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 114.2 | 442 / 3617 | 87.8 | 17-11-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 87.2 | 1081 / 3331 | 67.6 | 15-13-0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 36.3 | 486 / 3114 | 84.4 | 31-15-0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 65.6 | 60 / 2873 | 97.9 | 2-0-37 | 3 |
| 2014 | 55.1 | 252 / 2697 | 90.7 | 14-14-0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 30.1 | 515 / 2510 | 79.5 | 15-13-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 8.3 | 834 / 2332 | 64.3 | 18-18-1 | 3 |

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

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