# Team 422: The Mech Tech Dragons Richmond, Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2000. District FCH. ## Who backs them - School: Maggie L Walker Governor's Sch - Sponsors: Cobotiq, Afton Chemical-New Market, Ryan Kaplan, Showbest, DuPont, Gene Haas Foundation, Purnima Amin Physics and Design Center, The Intuitive Foundation, The Herndon Foundation, Beacon Forensic, PTC, Tredegar Corporation - Website: http://mechtechdragons.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc422 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mechtechdragons - X: https://twitter.com/frc422 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc422 - GitHub: https://github.com/team422 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **135.24**, rank 345 of 3708 (90.7th percentile) - Record: 43-19-0 over 62 matches (69% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 28.3, teleop 107.1, endgame -0.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 88%, RP2 25% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FCH District Chesapeake VA Event presented by Newport News Ship Yard / Hampton Roads Community Foundation (Norfolk Southern) | 2026vache | 3 | 1 | 12-0-0 | 48 | 1 | 182.7 | 78 | | | FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | 2026vabla | 4 | 5 | 8-4-0 | 37 | 1 | 199.0 | 69 | | | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | 2026chcmp | 7 | 18 | 7-5-0 | 32 | 7 | 160.0 | 105 | | | Johnson Division | 2026joh | 8 | 39 | 5-5-0 | 22 | 6 | 135.2 | | | | Chesapeake Robotics Icebreaker | 2026vaale1 | 30 | 15 | 3-3-0 | 14 | 7 | 121.2 | | | | Rumble 11 | 2026vagle2 | 34 | | | | | 121.2 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Championship FIRST Impact Award (2026chcmp) - District FIRST Impact Award (2026vache) - District Event Winner (2026vache) - District Event Winner (2026vabla) - Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (2026chcmp) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026vache) - Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026joh) - Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026vabla) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2025, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/2bae4024a467119e47dc96b0/w/6c850cd2bf85d2162a5bb7d6/e/b4c78beff50beb69b98ad0b6?renderMode=0&uiState=6813b0c22a917549817ba5a7 ## 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. - 2022 – now: The Mech Tech Dragons - 2016 – 2020: Mech Tech Dragons - 2015: The Mech Tech Dragons - 2008 – 2014: Mech Tech Dragons - 2006 – 2007: The Mech Techs - 2005: MechTechs - 2004: The MechTechs - 2003: Maggie Walker Mech Techs ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 18 - Awards: 63, over 21 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Winner | 9 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2018, 2002 | | Finalist | 9 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2016, 2012, 2010 | | Impact | 7 | 2026, 2025, 2020, 2018, 2014 | | Leadership | 7 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2019, 2014, 2013 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 7 | 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | | Engineering Inspiration | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2022, 2019, 2018 | | Quality | 3 | 2023, 2022, 2009 | | Innovation in Control | 2 | 2026, 2012 | | Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2026, 2023 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2016 | | Judges' | 2 | 2013, 2004 | | Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 2 | 2006, 2001 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2024 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2023 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2013 | | Coopertition (no longer given) | 1 | 2011 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Johnson Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2026 | FCH District Chesapeake VA Event presented by Newport News Ship Yard / Hampton Roads Community Foundation (Norfolk Southern) | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2025 | Newton Division | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2025 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Volvo | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2025 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event presented by Newport News Shipyard | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2024 | Daly Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2024 | CHS District Ashland VA Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2023 | Johnson Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2023 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | CHS District Glen Allen VA Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #2 Day 2 | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #1 Day 1 | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2020 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Carson Division | Alliance 5 · 3rd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2018 | CHS District Hampton Roads Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | CHS District Northern Virginia Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Won the event | | 2017 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | | Not picked | | 2017 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | CHS District - Greater DC Event sponsored by Accenture | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2016 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 6 · captain | Finalist | | 2016 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2016 | CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four | | 2015 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Palmetto Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2014 | Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2011 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2010 | New Jersey Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2009 | NASA VCU Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2009 | New Jersey Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2008 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Philadelphia Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2006 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2004 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2003 | Philadelphia Regional | | Not picked | | 2003 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Out before the top four | | 2002 | NASA Langley / VCU Regional | | Won the event | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 135.2 | 345 / 3708 | 90.7 | 43-19-0 | 6 | | 2025 | 88.6 | 19 / 3687 | 99.5 | 60-8-0 | 7 | | 2024 | 32.4 | 287 / 3475 | 91.8 | 48-14-0 | 6 | | 2023 | 51.3 | 298 / 3284 | 91.0 | 37-28-0 | 5 | | 2022 | 33.6 | 291 / 3053 | 90.5 | 20-19-1 | 5 | | 2020 | 20.8 | 1183 / 2024 | 41.6 | 4-8-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 19.5 | 1153 / 3763 | 69.4 | 19-21-0 | 3 | | 2018 | 107.7 | 643 / 3617 | 82.2 | 41-24-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 85.9 | 1150 / 3331 | 65.5 | 16-26-2 | 3 | | 2016 | 29.5 | 1055 / 3114 | 66.1 | 40-40-0 | 5 | | 2015 | 6.3 | 2622 / 2873 | 8.7 | 0-0-17 | 2 | | 2014 | 45.6 | 476 / 2697 | 82.4 | 21-15-1 | 3 | | 2013 | 41.8 | 223 / 2510 | 91.2 | 17-10-1 | 3 | | 2012 | 7.4 | 965 / 2332 | 58.6 | 16-11-2 | 2 | | 2011 | 17.8 | 434 / 2053 | 78.9 | 9-9-2 | 2 | | 2010 | 1.8 | 445 / 1801 | 75.3 | 20-10-2 | 2 | | 2009 | 22.6 | 265 / 1675 | 84.2 | 13-8-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 10.8 | 873 / 1498 | 41.8 | 6-9-0 | 2 | | 2007 | 12.7 | 331 / 1295 | 74.5 | 3-13-3 | 2 | | 2006 | 18.7 | 121 / 1125 | 89.3 | 14-7-0 | 2 | | 2004 | 29.5 | 332 / 932 | 64.4 | 6-6-1 | 2 | | 2003 | 19.7 | 354 / 785 | 55.0 | 8-9-0 | 2 | | 2002 | 12.2 | 103 / 641 | 84.1 | 5-2-1 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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