# Team 449: The Blair Robot Project Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. Rookie year 2000. District FCH. ## Who backs them - School: Montgomery Blair High School - Sponsors: Blue HALO, MBHS Magnet Foundation, Boeing, Maryland Space Business Roundtable, DoD STEM, BAE System, Basecamp, Lockheed Martin, NVIDIA, Gene Haas - Website: https://robot.mbhs.edu/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blairrobot - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/blairrobot - X: https://twitter.com/firstteam449 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frcteam449 - GitHub: https://github.com/blair-robot-project ## 2026 season - xP rating: **184.39**, rank 119 of 3708 (96.8th percentile) - Record: 49-15-0 over 64 matches (77% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 41.0, teleop 143.3, endgame 0.1 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 97%, RP2 43% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FCH District Alexandria VA Event presented by Qualcomm | 2026vaale | 1 | 7 | 9-3-0 | 34 | 4 | 136.2 | 38 | | | FCH District Bethesda MD Event presented by Bechtel | 2026mdbet | 3 | 5 | 8-4-0 | 37 | 2 | 181.6 | 54 | | | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | 2026chcmp | 7 | 1 | 12-0-0 | 58 | 1 | 215.4 | 219 | | | Galileo Division | 2026gal | 8 | 7 | 8-2-0 | 38 | 3 | 184.4 | | | | RoboJAWN | 2026paphi1 | 19 | 15 | 2-6-0 | 16 | | 177.4 | | | | Chesapeake Robotics Icebreaker | 2026vaale1 | 30 | 4 | 4-2-0 | 22 | 2 | 188.1 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Championship Winner (2026chcmp) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026vaale) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026mdbet) - Quality Award (2026chcmp) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2017, Comp Robot, STEP, Inventor: https://grabcad.com/library/calcifer-1/details?folder_id=3140738 ## 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. - 2009 – now: The Blair Robot Project - 2006 – 2008: Wrenchman - 2004: The Blair Robot Project ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 13 - Awards: 42, over 19 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Winner | 10 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2022, 2019, 2004 | | Leadership | 5 | 2026, 2023, 2014, 2012, 2011 | | Engineering Inspiration | 4 | 2026, 2023, 2020, 2003 | | Innovation in Control | 4 | 2024, 2018, 2017, 2012 | | Finalist | 4 | 2023, 2019, 2017 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2022, 2019 | | Quality | 2 | 2026, 2024 | | Impact | 2 | 2025, 2020 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2016, 2011 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2024 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2016 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2013 | | Creativity | 1 | 2010 | | Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2008 | | Best Play of the Day (no longer given) | 1 | 2000 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Galileo Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2026 | FCH District Bethesda MD Event presented by Bechtel | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | FCH District Alexandria VA Event presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | Newton Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2025 | CHS District Severn MD Event presented by Ball Corp | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2025 | CHS District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Herndon Foundation | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2024 | Daly Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | CHS District Owings Mills MD Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2024 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2023 | Curie Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | CHS District Glen Allen VA Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2023 | CHS District Bethesda MD Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #3 Day 2 | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #2 Day 2 | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2020 | CHS District Bethesda MD Event sponsored by Accenture | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Darwin Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Bethesda MD Event sponsored by Bechtel | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2018 | CHS District Central Maryland Event sponsored by Leidos | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | CHS District Greater DC Event co-sponsored by Micron | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Curie Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2017 | CHS District - Central Maryland Event sponsored by Leidos | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2017 | CHS District - Greater DC Event sponsored by Accenture | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | | Not picked | | 2016 | CHS District - Hampton Roads Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | CHS District - Greater DC Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Greater DC Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Greater DC Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2014 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four | | 2011 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2010 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Washington DC Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2009 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2008 | New Jersey Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2004 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2003 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2003 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | NASA Langley / VCU Regional | | | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 184.4 | 119 / 3708 | 96.8 | 49-15-0 | 6 | | 2025 | 74.4 | 149 / 3687 | 96.0 | 57-9-1 | 6 | | 2024 | 41.3 | 70 / 3475 | 98.0 | 42-23-0 | 5 | | 2023 | 47.1 | 449 / 3284 | 86.4 | 35-27-0 | 5 | | 2022 | 31.4 | 379 / 3053 | 87.6 | 28-13-1 | 3 | | 2020 | 50.1 | 241 / 2024 | 88.1 | 8-7-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 19.9 | 1087 / 3763 | 71.1 | 38-25-2 | 4 | | 2018 | 94.2 | 1171 / 3617 | 67.6 | 10-18-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 109.6 | 297 / 3331 | 91.1 | 26-37-4 | 7 | | 2016 | 28.9 | 1124 / 3114 | 63.9 | 19-18-1 | 4 | | 2015 | 26.3 | 951 / 2873 | 66.9 | 0-0-24 | 2 | | 2014 | 47.2 | 425 / 2697 | 84.3 | 15-13-0 | 2 | | 2013 | 26.8 | 632 / 2510 | 74.9 | 12-12-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 9.2 | 710 / 2332 | 69.6 | 13-9-1 | 2 | | 2011 | 23.0 | 282 / 2053 | 86.3 | 21-8-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 1.0 | 1014 / 1801 | 43.7 | 10-16-0 | 2 | | 2009 | 21.7 | 322 / 1675 | 80.8 | 9-7-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 20.5 | 232 / 1498 | 84.6 | 12-12-0 | 2 | | 2007 | 1.7 | 1235 / 1295 | 4.6 | 2-5-0 | 1 | | 2006 | 6.4 | 770 / 1125 | 31.6 | 1-7-0 | 1 | | 2004 | 31.0 | 285 / 932 | 69.5 | 13-9-0 | 2 | | 2003 | 12.0 | 746 / 785 | 5.0 | 5-9-0 | 2 | | 2002 | 12.2 | 100 / 641 | 84.5 | 5-2-1 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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