# 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: **58.63**, rank 1163 of 3708 (68.7th percentile)
- Record: 24-33-0 over 57 matches (42% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 8.8, teleop 49.8, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 38%, RP2 8%

### 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 |  | 21.7 |  |  |
| FMA District Centennial Event | 2026pawar | 3 | 10 | 7-5-0 | 27 | 6 | 28.4 | 39 |  |
| FMA District Montgomery Event | 2026njski | 6 | 25 | 4-8-0 | 19 | 1 | 33.0 | 49 |  |
| FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | 2026mrcmp | 7 | 54 | 3-9-0 | 16 |  | 58.6 | 24 |  |
| Ramp Riot XXVI | 2026parr | 34 | 24 | 2-3-0 | 9 |  | 55.9 |  |  |
| HAVOC | 2026pahor | 35 | 10 | 3-1-0 | 11 | 7 | 53.8 |  |  |

### 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 | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 58.6 | 1163 / 3708 | 68.7 | 24-33-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 30.6 | 1650 / 3687 | 55.3 | 9-17-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 3156 / 3475 | 9.2 | 9-16-1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 28.0 | 1468 / 3284 | 55.3 | 21-24-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 19.4 | 968 / 3053 | 68.3 | 20-23-0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 23.3 | 630 / 3763 | 83.3 | 26-19-1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 126.6 | 208 / 3617 | 94.3 | 17-23-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 87.4 | 1085 / 3331 | 67.4 | 17-25-0 | 6 |
| 2016 | 25.7 | 1477 / 3114 | 52.6 | 23-30-0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 23.6 | 1045 / 2873 | 63.6 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 |
| 2014 | 28.6 | 1095 / 2697 | 59.4 | 18-21-0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 26.7 | 579 / 2510 | 77.0 | 21-33-0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3.8 | 1598 / 2332 | 31.5 | 20-27-0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 20.5 | 309 / 2053 | 85.0 | 10-22-0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3.5 | 94 / 1801 | 94.8 | 14-21-0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 14.5 | 1122 / 1675 | 33.0 | 10-14-0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 13.6 | 584 / 1498 | 61.1 | 7-11-0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 7.1 | 632 / 1295 | 51.2 | 7-6-0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 6.5 | 767 / 1125 | 31.9 | 10-17-0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 10.6 | 248 / 747 | 66.9 | 10-10-1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 26.4 | 384 / 932 | 58.9 | 10-11-1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 22.2 | 182 / 785 | 76.9 | 16-6-1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 12.1 | 108 / 641 | 83.3 | 5-6-1 | 1 |

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