# Team 4253: Raid Zero Taipei, Taipei Special Municipality, Chinese Taipei. Rookie year 2012. ## Who backs them - School: Taipei American School - Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frcteam4253 - X: https://twitter.com/team4253 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/4253raidzero ## 2026 season - xP rating: **101.56**, rank 612 of 3708 (83.5th percentile) - Record: 11-21-1 over 33 matches (33% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 18.2, teleop 83.8, endgame -0.5 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 71%, RP2 16% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Finger Lakes Regional | 2026nyro | 2 | 37 | 4-5-0 | 16 | | 87.8 | | 15 | | Las Vegas Regional | 2026nvlv | 6 | 35 | 4-5-1 | 17 | 5 | 65.0 | | 66 | | Newton Division | 2026new | 8 | 75 | 1-9-0 | 8 | | 101.6 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Regional FIRST Impact Award (2026nvlv) - Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (2026nyro) - Judges' Award (2026nyro) ## 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. - 2017 – now: Raid Zero - 2012 – 2016: TAS Robotics ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 15 - Awards: 44, over 14 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Impact | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2020, 2019, 2018 | | Quality | 6 | 2023, 2018, 2017, 2015 | | Winner | 6 | 2023, 2022, 2018, 2017, 2015 | | Finalist | 5 | 2024, 2023, 2019, 2017, 2016 | | Woodie Flowers | 3 | 2026, 2020, 2019 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 3 | 2023, 2017, 2016 | | Judges' | 2 | 2026, 2013 | | Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2025, 2017 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2025, 2017 | | Leadership | 2 | 2025, 2016 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2022, 2016 | | Creativity | 2 | 2019, 2016 | | Skills Finalist (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2014 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2012 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2026 | Finger Lakes Regional | | Not picked | | 2025 | Johnson Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | New Taipei City Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Canadian Pacific Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2024 | Canadian Pacific Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | Curie Division | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event | | 2023 | Canadian Pacific Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | New Taipei City x Hon Hai Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2019 | Darwin Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Carson Division | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2018 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2018 | Central New York Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | Carson Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2017 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2017 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2016 | Carver Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2016 | Australia Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Carver Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2015 | Australia Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2014 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Hawaii Regional sponsored by BAE Systems | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2012 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Hawaii Regional sponsored by BAE Systems | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 101.6 | 612 / 3708 | 83.5 | 11-21-1 | 3 | | 2025 | 52.6 | 650 / 3687 | 82.4 | 31-23-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 22.4 | 930 / 3475 | 73.3 | 20-14-0 | 2 | | 2023 | 50.9 | 308 / 3284 | 90.6 | 36-12-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 27.2 | 571 / 3053 | 81.3 | 14-2-1 | 1 | | 2019 | 25.1 | 399 / 3763 | 89.4 | 26-18-0 | 3 | | 2018 | 120.5 | 275 / 3617 | 92.4 | 54-13-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 122.3 | 116 / 3331 | 96.5 | 46-16-3 | 4 | | 2016 | 33.0 | 745 / 3114 | 76.1 | 21-22-0 | 3 | | 2015 | 43.4 | 355 / 2873 | 87.7 | 2-1-44 | 3 | | 2014 | 40.8 | 628 / 2697 | 76.7 | 9-5-0 | 1 | | 2013 | 6.3 | 2076 / 2510 | 17.3 | 8-9-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1.4 | 2110 / 2332 | 9.5 | 8-12-1 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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