# Team 4499: The Highlanders Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Rookie year 2013. ## Who backs them - School: Neaera Robotics 501c3 & Neaera Robotics - Sponsors: Lockeed Martin, Neaera Consulting, Front Range Powder Coating, Metal Distributors, DNK Kilts - Website: https://www.highlandersFRC.com - X: https://twitter.com/frcteam4499 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/highlandersfrc4499 - GitHub: https://github.com/highlandersfrc ## 2026 season - xP rating: **224.68**, rank 30 of 3708 (99.2th percentile) - Record: 55-10-0 over 65 matches (85% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 51.2, teleop 174.3, endgame -0.7 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 99%, RP2 61% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Pikes Peak Regional | 2026cosp | 1 | 4 | 10-2-0 | 43 | 2 | 153.5 | | 82 | | Arkansas Regional | 2026arli | 3 | 1 | 12-0-0 | 51 | 1 | 235.7 | | 73 | | Denver Regional | 2026code | 6 | 4 | 8-1-0 | 36 | 1 | 236.9 | | 111 (not counted) | | Milstein Division | 2026mil | 8 | 5 | 8-2-0 | 36 | 3 | 224.7 | | | | Einstein Field | 2026cmptx | 8 | | | | | 224.7 | | | | Indiana Robotics Invitational | 2026iri | 20 | 35 | 4-5-0 | 23 | 2 | 203.4 | | | | Chezy Champs | 2026cc | 29 | 36 | 4-6-0 | 17 | | 149.3 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Regional FIRST Impact Award (2026code) - Regional Winners (2026arli) - Regional Winners (2026code) - Regional Finalists (2026cosp) - Woodie Flowers Award (2026cmptx) - Regional Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026cosp) - Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026mil) - Industrial Design Award (2026arli) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2023, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6ecbab3a12a963bfe3fc0b5f/w/833b397d102cdc0a4737b237/e/ec7bf4112de288ec65619d8a?renderMode=0&uiState=64473ab0af4c3b6fc544b11b ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 18 - Awards: 62, over 13 seasons - Einstein appearances: 2 (2018, 2026) | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 11 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015 | | Winner | 8 | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2020, 2018 | | Engineering Inspiration | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2022, 2016, 2014 | | Leadership | 6 | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017 | | Impact | 5 | 2026, 2024, 2019, 2016, 2015 | | Autonomous | 5 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | | Woodie Flowers | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2017, 2015 | | Innovation in Control | 3 | 2022, 2020, 2017 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2026, 2025 | | Quality | 2 | 2024, 2015 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2023, 2014 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2017, 2016 | | Rookie All Star | 2 | 2013 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 | | Skills Winner (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 | | Judges' | 1 | 2017 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2013 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Einstein Field | | | | 2026 | Milstein Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | Denver Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2026 | Arkansas Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2026 | Pikes Peak Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | Newton Division | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2025 | Arkansas Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2024 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | Green Country Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | Johnson Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2023 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2023 | Utah Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2022 | Hopper Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | Utah Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2022 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2022 | Oklahoma Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2020 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | Hopper Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2019 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2019 | Oklahoma Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2018 | Einstein Field (Houston) | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | Carver Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2018 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2018 | Heartland Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | Galileo Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | Hub City Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2016 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Carson Division | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2015 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Inland Empire Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2013 | Hub City Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 224.7 | 30 / 3708 | 99.2 | 55-10-0 | 7 | | 2025 | 84.7 | 37 / 3687 | 99.0 | 34-12-0 | 6 | | 2024 | 40.4 | 88 / 3475 | 97.5 | 33-18-3 | 7 | | 2023 | 59.2 | 82 / 3284 | 97.5 | 50-13-0 | 7 | | 2022 | 46.6 | 44 / 3053 | 98.6 | 52-18-0 | 7 | | 2020 | 53.8 | 177 / 2024 | 91.3 | 12-8-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 26.9 | 249 / 3763 | 93.4 | 31-16-0 | 3 | | 2018 | 108.3 | 621 / 3617 | 82.9 | 32-24-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 117.6 | 167 / 3331 | 95.0 | 29-25-0 | 4 | | 2016 | 34.7 | 599 / 3114 | 80.8 | 22-18-1 | 3 | | 2015 | 55.3 | 147 / 2873 | 94.9 | 0-2-37 | 3 | | 2014 | 41.7 | 599 / 2697 | 77.8 | 17-22-0 | 3 | | 2013 | 32.8 | 436 / 2510 | 82.7 | 17-19-0 | 3 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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