# Team 498: The Cobra Commanders Glendale, Arizona, USA. Rookie year 2001. ## Who backs them - School: Family/Community & Cactus High School - Sponsors: Bechtel, Arizona Diamondbacks, Higbee Cases, Glendale Steel Supply, Gene Haas Foundation, Goodyear Endodontics, Department of Defense STEM Grant, Fabworks, Batteries Plus, Google, J & D Environmental, Peoria Unified School District, Boeing, West Pharmaceuticals, Northrop Grumman, Apple, Cobra Robotics Booster Club, Walmart, The Molnar Family - Website: https://www.team498.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecobracommanders - X: https://twitter.com/frcteam498 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cobra_robotics - GitHub: https://github.com/cobracommanders ## 2026 season - xP rating: **231.64**, rank 26 of 3708 (99.3th percentile) - Record: 39-8-0 over 47 matches (83% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 61.9, teleop 169.1, endgame 0.6 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 99%, RP2 63% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Pikes Peak Regional | 2026cosp | 1 | 1 | 11-1-0 | 49 | 1 | 243.3 | | 113 | | Green Country Regional | 2026oktu | 5 | 1 | 9-1-0 | 43 | 1 | 262.8 | | 73 | | Johnson Division | 2026joh | 8 | 13 | 7-3-0 | 33 | 2 | 231.6 | | | | Arizona Robotics League Qualifier 1 | 2026azrl1 | 13 | 1 | 8-1-0 | 37 | 1 | 237.8 | | | | Arizona Robotics League Qualifier 2 | 2026azrl2 | 17 | 1 | 8-0-0 | 37 | 1 | 249.1 | | | | Arizona Robotics League Qualifier 3 | 2026azrl3 | 20 | 2 | 5-1-0 | 20 | 1 | 217.5 | | | | Summer Scorcher | 2026azscor | 26 | 1 | 15-1-0 | 72 | 1 | 245.7 | | | | Arizona Robotics League Qualifier 4 | 2026azrl4 | 29 | | | | | 224.6 | | | | Arizona Robotics League Championship | 2026azrl | 34 | | | | 1 | 245.7 | | | | Beach Blitz | 2026cabl | 35 | | | | | 245.7 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Regional FIRST Impact Award (2026cosp) - Regional Winners (2026cosp) - Regional Winners (2026oktu) - Winner (2026azscor) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026oktu) ## 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 Cobra Commanders - 2005 – 2016: Cobra Commanders - 2004: Armor Plated Serpentine ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 14 - Awards: 41, over 15 seasons - Einstein appearances: 2 (2019, 2025) | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 11 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2012, 2004 | | Winner | 8 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2019, 2016 | | Impact | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2022, 2020 | | Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2023 | | Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2025, 2023, 2019 | | Team Sustainability | 2 | 2025, 2023 | | Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2025, 2020 | | VOTY | 2 | 2019, 2018 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2014, 2005 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2007 | | Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 1 | 2004 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2001 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Johnson Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | Green Country Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2026 | Pikes Peak Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2025 | Einstein Field | Alliance 4 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Galileo Division | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2025 | Arizona East Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | Utah Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | Hopper Division | Alliance 4 · 3rd pick | Finalist | | 2024 | Arizona East Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2024 | Arizona Valley Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2023 | Hopper Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2023 | Arizona West Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2023 | Arizona East Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2023 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | Galileo Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Finalist | | 2022 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | Arizona Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Einstein Field (Houston) | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2019 | Galileo Division | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2019 | Arizona West Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Arizona West Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Arizona North Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Galileo Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | Arizona West Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Arizona West Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Arizona West Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Arizona East Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2014 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Phoenix Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2011 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2010 | Arizona Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2008 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2004 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | Arizona Regional | | Finalist | | 2003 | Arizona Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | Southern California Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 231.6 | 26 / 3708 | 99.3 | 39-8-0 | 10 | | 2025 | 75.9 | 125 / 3687 | 96.6 | 43-18-0 | 10 | | 2024 | 31.3 | 336 / 3475 | 90.4 | 38-22-0 | 10 | | 2023 | 56.4 | 157 / 3284 | 95.2 | 43-24-0 | 8 | | 2022 | 28.6 | 498 / 3053 | 83.7 | 30-26-0 | 5 | | 2019 | 17.1 | 1640 / 3763 | 56.4 | 39-28-0 | 7 | | 2018 | 91.3 | 1307 / 3617 | 63.9 | 11-15-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 123.7 | 109 / 3331 | 96.8 | 27-15-2 | 4 | | 2016 | 36.1 | 494 / 3114 | 84.2 | 23-17-2 | 3 | | 2015 | 21.3 | 1272 / 2873 | 55.7 | 0-0-32 | 2 | | 2014 | 41.1 | 619 / 2697 | 77.1 | 5-7-0 | 1 | | 2013 | 27.3 | 610 / 2510 | 75.7 | 7-6-0 | 1 | | 2012 | 16.9 | 171 / 2332 | 92.7 | 14-4-0 | 1 | | 2011 | 10.7 | 781 / 2053 | 62.0 | 10-4-1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0.7 | 1290 / 1801 | 28.4 | 5-5-0 | 1 | | 2009 | 18.3 | 592 / 1675 | 64.7 | 7-6-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 12.9 | 676 / 1498 | 54.9 | 5-6-0 | 1 | | 2007 | 5.6 | 816 / 1295 | 37.0 | 7-11-0 | 2 | | 2006 | 12.8 | 333 / 1125 | 70.5 | 7-7-0 | 1 | | 2004 | 26.9 | 415 / 932 | 55.5 | 7-8-1 | 2 | | 2003 | 19.2 | 390 / 785 | 50.4 | 4-7-0 | 1 | | 2002 | 10.9 | 424 / 641 | 33.9 | 2-7-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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