# Team 423: Simple Machines Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA. Rookie year 2000. District FMA. ## Who backs them - School: Cheltenham High School - Sponsors: Cheltenham School District, Comcast, Department of Defense STEM, Friends of Cheltenham Robotics - Website: http://www.423robotics.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/first-team-423-1721663961393647 - X: https://twitter.com/frc423 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc423 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **39.84**, rank 1700 of 3708 (54.2th percentile) - Record: 23-22-0 over 45 matches (51% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 3.7, teleop 36.4, endgame -0.3 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 27%, RP2 6% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FMA District Centennial Event | 2026pawar | 3 | 15 | 6-6-0 | 24 | 5 | 38.7 | 31 | | | FMA District Philadelphia Event | 2026paphi | 5 | 8 | 7-5-0 | 28 | 4 | 38.3 | 36 | | | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | 2026mrcmp | 7 | 37 | 5-7-0 | 24 | | 39.8 | 36 | | ## 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: Simple Machines - 2023: Simple Machines FRC 423 - 2011 – 2022: Simple Machines - 2009 – 2010: The Simple Machines - 2006 – 2008: SEC ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 1 - Awards: 5, over 5 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Innovation in Control | 2 | 2012, 2011 | | Finalist | 1 | 2022 | | Winner | 1 | 2016 | | Judges' | 1 | 2008 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | | Not picked | | 2026 | FMA District Philadelphia Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | FMA District Centennial Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | | Not picked | | 2024 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | | Not picked | | 2023 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | | Not picked | | 2023 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2022 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | | Not picked | | 2020 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FMA District Seneca Event | | Not picked | | 2019 | FMA District Westtown Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | MAR District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | MAR District Westtown Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | MAR District - Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | MAR District - Hatboro-Horsham Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | Tesla Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Mid-Atlantic Robotics District Championship | | Not picked | | 2016 | MAR District - Montgomery Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | MAR District - Westtown Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | MAR District - Springside Chestnut Hill Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Mid-Atlantic Robotics District Championship | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | MAR District - Upper Darby Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2015 | MAR District - Seneca Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2014 | MAR FIRST Robotics Lenape-Seneca District Competition | | Not picked | | 2014 | MAR FIRST Robotics Springside Chestnut Hill District Competition | | Not picked | | 2013 | Lenape Seneca FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2013 | Springside - Chestnut Hill FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC Region Championship | | Not picked | | 2012 | Lenape FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Chestnut Hill FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2011 | Philadelphia Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | New Jersey Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Philadelphia Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2010 | New Jersey Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Philadelphia Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | New Jersey Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Philadelphia Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Philadelphia Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Philadelphia Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Pittsburgh Regional | | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 39.8 | 1700 / 3708 | 54.2 | 23-22-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 29.8 | 1742 / 3687 | 52.8 | 8-17-1 | 3 | | 2024 | 13.7 | 1856 / 3475 | 46.6 | 10-15-1 | 2 | | 2023 | 17.3 | 2478 / 3284 | 24.6 | 12-14-0 | 2 | | 2022 | 9.6 | 2130 / 3053 | 30.2 | 11-18-0 | 2 | | 2020 | 21.0 | 1167 / 2024 | 42.4 | 6-9-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 9.0 | 3433 / 3763 | 8.8 | 7-17-0 | 3 | | 2018 | 75.9 | 2044 / 3617 | 43.5 | 11-15-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 68.0 | 2003 / 3331 | 39.9 | 10-14-0 | 5 | | 2016 | 24.5 | 1657 / 3114 | 46.8 | 25-41-0 | 8 | | 2015 | 31.8 | 694 / 2873 | 75.9 | 0-0-48 | 3 | | 2014 | 20.7 | 1732 / 2697 | 35.8 | 11-13-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 5.0 | 2179 / 2510 | 13.2 | 10-17-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 14.8 | 266 / 2332 | 88.6 | 20-23-0 | 3 | | 2011 | 7.8 | 1003 / 2053 | 51.2 | 11-9-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 1.6 | 526 / 1801 | 70.8 | 7-13-0 | 2 | | 2009 | 13.1 | 1314 / 1675 | 21.6 | 8-10-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 6.1 | 1270 / 1498 | 15.2 | 3-8-0 | 1 | | 2007 | 2.9 | 1056 / 1295 | 18.5 | 7-5-1 | 1 | | 2006 | 7.2 | 707 / 1125 | 37.2 | 7-18-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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