# Team 4533: Phoenix

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2013. District FSC.

## Who backs them

- School: East Cooper Center for Advanced Studies
- Sponsors: BOSCH, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) – Atlantic, Boeing, DOD STEM
- Website: http://www.wandorobotics.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/4533_wandoadvancedrobotics
- GitHub: https://github.com/4533-phoenix

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **86.73**, rank 747 of 3708 (79.9th percentile)
- Record: 20-25-0 over 45 matches (44% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 21.6, teleop 64.9, endgame 0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 59%, RP2 12%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FSC District North Charleston Event presented by SCDE & City of North Charleston Recreation | 2026sccha | 1 | 25 | 4-8-0 | 12 | 4 | 16.4 | 16 |  |
| FSC District Hartsville Event | 2026schar | 4 | 24 | 4-8-0 | 17 | 5 | 40.6 | 26 |  |
| FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | 2026sccmp | 7 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 28 | 5 | 86.7 | 126 |  |
| South Carolina Robotics Invitational And Workshops | 2026sccol | 32 |  |  |  |  | 87.5 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026schar)
- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026sccha)
- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026sccmp)

## 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.

- 2023 – now: Phoenix
- 2020 – 2022: Wando Advanced Robotics
- 2016 – 2019: Wando Adv. Robotics
- 2013 – 2015: Wando Advanced Robotics

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 16, over 9 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Excellence in Engineering | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2024 |
| Imagery | 3 | 2026, 2023, 2017 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2025, 2022 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2025 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2024 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2023 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2020 |
| Quality | 1 | 2018 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2015 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Impact, Impact Finalist, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2026 | FSC District Hartsville Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FSC District North Charleston Event presented by SCDE & City of North Charleston Recreation | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FSC District North Charleston Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | FSC District Hartsville Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Peachtree District Championship | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | PCH District Charleston Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | PCH District Anderson Event presented by MAGNA | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Peachtree District Championship | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | PCH District Hartsville Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | PCH District Anderson Event presented by Magna | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Electric City Regional | Alliance 2 · backup robot | Finalist |
| 2020 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Rocket City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | South Florida Regional  | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Palmetto Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2015 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Palmetto Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | South Florida Regional  | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2014 | Palmetto Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Palmetto Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 86.7 | 747 / 3708 | 79.9 | 20-25-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 38.7 | 1197 / 3687 | 67.6 | 18-29-1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 27.6 | 509 / 3475 | 85.4 | 24-21-1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 38.1 | 835 / 3284 | 74.6 | 22-22-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 13.7 | 1498 / 3053 | 51.0 | 9-15-1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 29.4 | 827 / 2024 | 59.2 | 6-5-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 18.1 | 1430 / 3763 | 62.0 | 5-5-0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 98.2 | 1012 / 3617 | 72.0 | 18-9-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 65.3 | 2066 / 3331 | 38.0 | 11-9-0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 30.6 | 924 / 3114 | 70.4 | 10-12-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 15.7 | 1691 / 2873 | 41.2 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 17.0 | 2019 / 2697 | 25.1 | 10-13-2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 6.8 | 2062 / 2510 | 17.9 | 3-5-0 | 1 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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