# Team 433: Firebirds

Flourtown, Pennsylvania, USA. Rookie year 2000. District FMA.

## Who backs them

- School: Mt St Joseph Academy
- Sponsors: Kenvue, Comcast NBC Universal, Penn Community Bank
- Website: http://www.firstfirebirds433.com
- X: https://twitter.com/firebirds433
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firebirds433

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **60.43**, rank 1189 of 3708 (68.0th percentile)
- Record: 24-33-0 over 57 matches (42% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 9.2, teleop 52.0, endgame -0.7
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 44%, RP2 9%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District North Shore Event | 2026marea | 2 | 36 | 3-9-0 | 13 |  | 18.6 |  |  |
| FMA District Centennial Event | 2026pawar | 3 | 10 | 7-5-0 | 27 | 6 | 26.7 | 39 |  |
| FMA District Montgomery Event | 2026njski | 6 | 25 | 4-8-0 | 19 | 1 | 33.9 | 49 |  |
| FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | 2026mrcmp | 7 | 54 | 3-9-0 | 16 |  | 60.4 | 24 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026njski)
- District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026njski)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026pawar)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 15
- Awards: 52, over 23 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact | 12 | 2022, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 9 | 2026, 2025, 2022, 2019, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006 |
| Leadership | 5 | 2024, 2012, 2011, 2010 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 5 | 2015, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2006 |
| Team Spirit | 4 | 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015 |
| Creativity | 3 | 2026, 2016, 2003 |
| Finalist | 3 | 2019, 2018, 2013 |
| Winner | 2 | 2026, 2023 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2004, 2001 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2024 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2023 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2023 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2017 |
| Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2011 |
| Quality | 1 | 2007 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FMA District Montgomery Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | FMA District Centennial Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | NE District North Shore Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FMA District Centennial Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FMA District Montgomery Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FMA District Bensalem Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FMA District Westtown Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist |
| 2018 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | MAR District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | MAR District Westtown Event | Alliance 2 · backup robot | Finalist |
| 2017 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship sponsored by Johnson & Johnson |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | MAR District - Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | MAR District - Westtown Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Tesla Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | MAR District - Montgomery Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | MAR District - Westtown Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | MAR District - Springside Chestnut Hill Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2015 | Mid-Atlantic Robotics District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | MAR District - Upper Darby Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2015 | MAR District - Springside Chestnut Hill Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC Region Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | MAR FIRST Robotics Springside Chestnut Hill District Competition | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | MAR FIRST Robotics Hatboro-Horsham District Competition |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC Region Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Lenape Seneca FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2013 | Springside - Chestnut Hill FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC Region Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Lenape FIRST Robotics District Competition |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Chestnut Hill FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Washington DC  Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Philadelphia Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Connecticut Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Philadelphia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Philadelphia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | Philadelphia Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Philadelphia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | New Jersey Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2005 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2005 | Philadelphia Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2004 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2004 | Philadelphia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2003 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2003 | Philadelphia Regional |  | Top four |
| 2002 | Philadelphia Alliance Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 60.4 | 1189 / 3708 | 68.0 | 24-33-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 31.4 | 1641 / 3687 | 55.5 | 9-17-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6.0 | 2989 / 3475 | 14.0 | 9-16-1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 28.8 | 1432 / 3284 | 56.4 | 21-24-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 19.2 | 1070 / 3053 | 65.0 | 20-23-0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 24.1 | 513 / 3763 | 86.4 | 26-19-1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 124.0 | 216 / 3617 | 94.1 | 17-23-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 85.8 | 1161 / 3331 | 65.2 | 17-25-0 | 6 |
| 2016 | 23.0 | 1853 / 3114 | 40.5 | 23-30-0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 22.5 | 1197 / 2873 | 58.4 | 0-0-43 | 3 |
| 2014 | 27.5 | 1237 / 2697 | 54.2 | 18-21-0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 29.3 | 538 / 2510 | 78.6 | 21-33-0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1.4 | 2113 / 2332 | 9.4 | 20-27-0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 22.6 | 300 / 2053 | 85.4 | 10-22-0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3.5 | 88 / 1801 | 95.2 | 14-21-0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 13.2 | 1299 / 1675 | 22.5 | 10-14-0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 14.1 | 587 / 1498 | 60.9 | 7-11-0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5.9 | 784 / 1295 | 39.5 | 7-6-0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 5.7 | 828 / 1125 | 26.4 | 10-17-0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 10.5 | 280 / 747 | 62.6 | 10-10-1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 26.8 | 418 / 932 | 55.2 | 10-11-1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 22.3 | 191 / 785 | 75.8 | 16-6-1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 12.2 | 98 / 641 | 84.8 | 5-6-1 | 1 |

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