# Team 4391: BraveBots Gladstone, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2012. District FIM. ## Who backs them - School: Gladstone Area High School - Sponsors: Engineered Machine Products, Gladstone Area Schools, Michigan Department of Education - Website: http://www.bravebots.net/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bravebots4391 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bravebots4391 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bravebots4391 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **179.46**, rank 142 of 3708 (96.2th percentile) - Record: 49-15-0 over 64 matches (77% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 31.5, teleop 148.2, endgame -0.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 97%, RP2 41% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIM District Belleville Event presented by DTE | 2026mibel | 3 | 5 | 10-2-0 | 41 | 2 | 171.8 | 69 | | | FIM District Escanaba Event | 2026miesc | 6 | 1 | 11-1-0 | 47 | 1 | 200.3 | 73 | | | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | 2026micmp3 | 7 | 8 | 7-5-0 | 42 | 1 | 188.8 | 135 | | | Johnson Division | 2026joh | 8 | 9 | 8-2-0 | 35 | 8 | 179.5 | | | | Wolverine Robotics Competition | 2026miwrc | 22 | 26 | 1-5-0 | 7 | 5 | 199.7 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Winner (2026miesc) - District Event Winner (2026mibel) - Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026mibel) - Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026micmp3) - Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026miesc) ## 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. - 2013 – now: BraveBots - 2012: Lil Einsteins ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 13 - Awards: 49, over 13 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Winner | 13 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014 | | Finalist | 9 | 2025, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2012 | | Autonomous | 5 | 2026, 2022, 2019 | | Excellence in Engineering | 5 | 2025, 2024, 2023 | | Quality | 4 | 2023, 2018, 2016, 2014 | | Innovation in Control | 4 | 2019, 2017, 2016 | | Industrial Design | 3 | 2018, 2015 | | Leadership | 2 | 2025, 2022 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2023 | | Judges' | 1 | 2023 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2020 | | Creativity | 1 | 2019 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Johnson Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | FIM District Escanaba Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2026 | FIM District Belleville Event presented by DTE | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2025 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | FIM District LSSU Event presented by LSSU | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2025 | FIM District Escanaba Event presented by Highline Fast | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2024 | Johnson Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | FIM District LSSU Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2024 | FIM District Escanaba Event presented by Highline | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2023 | Hopper Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - FORD Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIM District Kentwood Event presented by Dematic | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2023 | FIM District Standish-Sterling Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIM District Escanaba Event presented by Highline Fast | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2022 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District Kingsford Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | FIM District Escanaba Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2020 | FIM District Kingsford Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2019 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2019 | Michigan State Championship - Ford Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIM District Lake Superior State University Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | FIM District Kingsford Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2018 | Tesla Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIM District Lake Superior State University Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | FIM District Escanaba Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2017 | Darwin Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Michigan State Championship | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Won the event | | 2017 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event | | 2017 | FIM District - Escanaba Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2016 | Tesla Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Michigan State Championship | Alliance 13 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Escanaba Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2015 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | FIRST in Michigan District Championship | | Not picked | | 2015 | FIM District - Escanaba Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2015 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four | | 2014 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Michigan FRC State Championship | | Not picked | | 2014 | Traverse City FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2014 | Escanaba FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2013 | Michigan FRC State Championship | | Not picked | | 2013 | St Joseph FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Traverse City FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Niles FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2012 | Traverse City FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 179.5 | 142 / 3708 | 96.2 | 49-15-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 84.3 | 41 / 3687 | 98.9 | 57-14-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 43.9 | 31 / 3475 | 99.1 | 53-11-0 | 5 | | 2023 | 58.4 | 96 / 3284 | 97.1 | 55-22-2 | 5 | | 2022 | 36.3 | 224 / 3053 | 92.7 | 37-22-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 53.8 | 178 / 2024 | 91.3 | 13-5-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 24.3 | 490 / 3763 | 87.0 | 42-18-2 | 4 | | 2018 | 109.3 | 586 / 3617 | 83.8 | 36-23-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 109.3 | 302 / 3331 | 91.0 | 47-23-1 | 5 | | 2016 | 41.9 | 247 / 3114 | 92.1 | 37-20-2 | 4 | | 2015 | 54.5 | 158 / 2873 | 94.5 | 0-2-56 | 4 | | 2014 | 37.5 | 736 / 2697 | 72.7 | 33-25-0 | 4 | | 2013 | 36.6 | 339 / 2510 | 86.5 | 22-19-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 8.6 | 798 / 2332 | 65.8 | 12-19-1 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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