# Team 4509: Mechanical Bulls Sugar Hill, Georgia, USA. Rookie year 2013. District PCH. ## Who backs them - School: Lanier High School - Sponsors: State Farm IT, Haas Foundation, Gwinnett County Public Schools - Website: http://first.lanierhs.org - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mechbulls - GitHub: https://github.com/frc-4509-mechbulls ## 2026 season - xP rating: **50.58**, rank 1419 of 3708 (61.7th percentile) - Record: 28-17-1 over 46 matches (61% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 9.0, teleop 41.7, 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | PCH District Gwinnett Event presented by Gwinnett County Public Schools | 2026gagwi | 2 | 7 | 7-4-1 | 26 | 5 | 39.4 | 46 | | | PCH District Gainesville Event presented by Honeywell | 2026gagai | 5 | 6 | 8-3-0 | 29 | 4 | 41.2 | 38 | | | Peachtree District Championship presented by Mercer University | 2026gacmp | 7 | 25 | 6-6-0 | 20 | 1 | 50.6 | 129 | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026gagwi) - District Championship Winner (2026gacmp) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026gagai) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 3 - Awards: 16, over 7 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 4 | 2024, 2023, 2013 | | Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2026, 2024 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2025, 2024 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2023 | | Impact | 1 | 2026 | | Winner | 1 | 2026 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2024 | | Imagery | 1 | 2022 | | Judges' | 1 | 2022 | | Creativity | 1 | 2014 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Peachtree District Championship presented by Mercer University | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2026 | PCH District Gainesville Event presented by Honeywell | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | PCH District Gwinnett Event presented by Gwinnett County Public Schools | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | PCH District Albany Event presented by Procter & Gamble | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | PCH District Gwinnett Event presented by Gwinnett County Public Schools | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Peachtree District Championship | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | PCH District Albany Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | PCH District Gwinnett Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2023 | Peachtree District Championship | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | PCH District Gwinnett Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2023 | PCH District Albany Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | Peachtree District State Championship | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | PCH District Carrollton Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | PCH District Columbus Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2020 | PCH District Gainesville Event presented by Automation Direct | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | PCH District Forsyth District Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | PCH District Gainesville Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | PCH District Duluth Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | PCH District Dalton Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | PCH District - Dalton Event | | Not picked | | 2015 | Peachtree Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Peachtree Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Peachtree Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Finalist | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 50.6 | 1419 / 3708 | 61.7 | 28-17-1 | 3 | | 2025 | 21.3 | 2400 / 3687 | 34.9 | 11-17-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 32.9 | 274 / 3475 | 92.1 | 32-18-1 | 4 | | 2023 | 52.1 | 263 / 3284 | 92.0 | 35-14-1 | 3 | | 2022 | 25.0 | 687 / 3053 | 77.5 | 35-15-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 29.3 | 860 / 2024 | 57.5 | 7-7-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 18.7 | 1306 / 3763 | 65.3 | 11-17-1 | 3 | | 2018 | 87.5 | 1466 / 3617 | 59.5 | 13-16-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 40.2 | 3030 / 3331 | 9.0 | 3-7-1 | 2 | | 2015 | 28.4 | 836 / 2873 | 70.9 | 0-0-10 | 1 | | 2014 | 69.7 | 63 / 2697 | 97.7 | 7-4-0 | 1 | | 2013 | 40.7 | 245 / 2510 | 90.3 | 11-6-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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