# Team 4946: The Alpha Dogs

Bolton, Ontario, Canada. Rookie year 2014. District ONT.

## Who backs them

- School: Humberview Secondary
- Sponsors: The Knightsgrange Foundation, Husky Technologies, Canadian Tire, Canada Strong, United Brotherhood of Carpenters - Local 27, Bolton Rotary Club, Chouinard Bros. Roofing, Rotogran International, Dynamic Industries
- Website: http://www.4946.ca
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/4946alphadogs
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/4946alphadogs
- X: https://twitter.com/4946alphadogs
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/4946alphadogs
- GitHub: https://github.com/frc4946

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **194.98**, rank 80 of 3708 (97.9th percentile)
- Record: 62-12-0 over 74 matches (84% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 51.3, teleop 143.4, endgame 0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 98%, RP2 48%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ONT District Durham College Event | 2026onosh | 2 | 1 | 12-0-0 | 55 | 1 | 270.3 | 73 |  |
| ONT District University of Waterloo Event | 2026onwat | 4 | 1 | 12-0-0 | 56 | 1 | 268.8 | 76 |  |
| FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Technology Division | 2026oncmp2 | 7 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 53 | 1 | 244.2 | 186 |  |
| FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship | 2026oncmp | 7 |  |  |  |  | 195.0 |  |  |
| Johnson Division | 2026joh | 8 | 21 | 6-4-0 | 28 | 3 | 193.7 |  |  |
| Einstein Field | 2026cmptx | 8 |  |  |  | 6 | 195.0 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026onosh)
- District Event Winner (2026onwat)
- Championship Division Winner (2026joh)
- District Championship Finalist (2026oncmp2)
- Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (2026oncmp)
- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026onwat)
- District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026onwat)
- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026joh)
- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026oncmp2)
- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026onosh)

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2026, Comp Robot – Houston finalist build, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/705d953d40f0cc3373a8313b/w/deefd59a3b22618d064531b8/e/eec4de188759a18321ec20c9?renderMode=0&uiState=6a19b90aa367c097df489f94

## 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.

- 2017 – now: The Alpha Dogs
- 2014 – 2016: ALPHA DOGS

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 9
- Awards: 59, over 12 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 2 (2025, 2026)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Excellence in Engineering | 9 | 2026, 2022, 2020, 2017 |
| Finalist | 9 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2018, 2017 |
| Winner | 8 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2017 |
| Innovation in Control | 8 | 2024, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014 |
| Leadership | 3 | 2026, 2019 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2026, 2020 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2025, 2014 |
| Quality | 2 | 2025, 2018 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| Team Spirit | 2 | 2024, 2016 |
| Industrial Design | 2 | 2022, 2019 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2019, 2018 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 2014 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 2 | 2014 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2026 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2025 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2015 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2014 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Einstein Field | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Johnson Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship |  |  |
| 2026 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Technology Division | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | ONT District University of Waterloo Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2026 | ONT District Durham College Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | Einstein Field | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Galileo Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Technology Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | ONT District Newmarket Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2024 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Science Division | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2024 | ONT District Windsor Essex Great Lakes Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | ONT District Humber College Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist |
| 2023 | Daly Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist |
| 2023 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - SCIENCE Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2023 | ONT District Windsor Essex Great Lakes Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | ONT District Newmarket Complex Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | ONT District St. Mary C.S.S. Event Day 1 | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | ONT District York University Event Day 2 | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2020 | ONT District Durham College Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | Daly Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Science Division | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | ONT District Durham College Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Darwin Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Technology Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | ONT District York University Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | ONT District Durham College Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2017 | Curie Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2017 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | ONT District - North Bay Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2017 | ONT District - Georgian College Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | ONT District - Durham College Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2016 | Windsor Essex Great Lakes Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Greater Toronto Central Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2015 | North Bay Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Greater Toronto Central Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | North Bay Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Greater Toronto West Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 195.0 | 80 / 3708 | 97.9 | 62-12-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 87.1 | 24 / 3687 | 99.4 | 58-13-0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 38.8 | 112 / 3475 | 96.8 | 50-19-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 62.6 | 40 / 3284 | 98.8 | 45-21-0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 32.6 | 335 / 3053 | 89.1 | 17-19-0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 56.0 | 156 / 2024 | 92.3 | 9-7-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 34.4 | 20 / 3763 | 99.5 | 31-27-1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 122.5 | 243 / 3617 | 93.3 | 42-20-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 125.4 | 100 / 3331 | 97.0 | 50-33-0 | 5 |
| 2016 | 42.3 | 237 / 3114 | 92.4 | 17-9-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 32.4 | 671 / 2873 | 76.7 | 0-0-25 | 2 |
| 2014 | 56.1 | 226 / 2697 | 91.7 | 23-16-0 | 3 |

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

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