# Team 4593: Rapid Acceleration

Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. Rookie year 2013.

## Who backs them

- School: Central High School & Stevens High School
- Sponsors: Caterpillar, Inc, VRC Metal Systems, Black Hills Energy, EMW Solutions, Haas Foundation
- Website: https://www.rapidacceleration.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rapidaccelerationteam4593
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rapid_acceleration

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **152.06**, rank 249 of 3708 (93.3th percentile)
- Record: 22-15-0 over 37 matches (59% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 27.5, teleop 124.6, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 92%, RP2 30%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Great Northern Regional | 2026ndgf | 2 | 5 | 7-2-0 | 29 | 4 | 98.2 |  | 50 |
| Denver Regional | 2026code | 6 | 9 | 6-3-0 | 28 | 6 | 145.6 |  | 42 |
| Archimedes Division | 2026arc | 8 | 43 | 4-6-0 | 23 |  | 152.1 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026ndgf)

## 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.

- 2014 – now: Rapid Acceleration
- 2013: Rapid City

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 6
- Awards: 13, over 8 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact | 3 | 2024, 2022, 2021 |
| Team Spirit | 2 | 2023, 2019 |
| Winner | 2 | 2020, 2015 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2026 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2025 |
| Quality | 1 | 2022 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2021 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2019 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Denver Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2026 | Great Northern Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Central Missouri Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Utah Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Roebling Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | Great Northern Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2014 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 152.1 | 249 / 3708 | 93.3 | 22-15-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 42.6 | 1014 / 3687 | 72.5 | 14-11-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 18.7 | 1226 / 3475 | 64.7 | 14-21-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 37.6 | 856 / 3284 | 74.0 | 15-14-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 28.8 | 451 / 3053 | 85.3 | 18-20-0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 49.9 | 245 / 2024 | 87.9 | 9-5-1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 22.1 | 787 / 3763 | 79.1 | 19-19-0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 91.2 | 1279 / 3617 | 64.7 | 6-7-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 59.0 | 2331 / 3331 | 30.0 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 22.3 | 1905 / 3114 | 38.8 | 9-5-0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 22.0 | 1129 / 2873 | 60.7 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 23.1 | 1465 / 2697 | 45.7 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 12.1 | 1485 / 2510 | 40.9 | 3-8-0 | 1 |

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

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