# 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: **46.79**, rank 1462 of 3708 (60.6th percentile)
- Record: 28-17-1 over 46 matches (61% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 8.3, teleop 38.5, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 30%, RP2 7%

### 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 | 31.6 | 46 |  |
| PCH District Gainesville Event presented by Honeywell | 2026gagai | 5 | 6 | 8-3-0 | 29 | 4 | 38.7 | 38 |  |
| Peachtree District Championship presented by Mercer University | 2026gacmp | 7 | 25 | 6-6-0 | 20 | 1 | 46.8 | 129 |  |
| GRITS 2026 | 2026gagr | 33 | 40 | 2-6-0 | 9 | 1 | 42.4 |  |  |

### 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 | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 46.8 | 1462 / 3708 | 60.6 | 28-17-1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 22.9 | 2236 / 3687 | 39.4 | 11-17-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 32.7 | 289 / 3475 | 91.7 | 32-18-1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 52.2 | 270 / 3284 | 91.8 | 35-14-1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 23.7 | 704 / 3053 | 77.0 | 35-15-0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 28.0 | 875 / 2024 | 56.8 | 7-7-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 17.4 | 1589 / 3763 | 57.8 | 11-17-1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 82.8 | 1656 / 3617 | 54.2 | 13-16-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 43.8 | 2952 / 3331 | 11.4 | 3-7-1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 28.0 | 783 / 2873 | 72.8 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 73.9 | 52 / 2697 | 98.1 | 7-4-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 39.4 | 260 / 2510 | 89.7 | 11-6-0 | 1 |

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