# Team 5012: Gryffingear Palmdale, California, USA. Rookie year 2014. District CA. ## Who backs them - School: The Palmdale Aerospace Academy - Sponsors: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Lockheed Martin, City of Palmdale, DoDSTEM, Raising Cane's, Medtronic - Website: http://www.gryffingear.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team5012gryffingear - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/gryffingear5012 - X: https://twitter.com/gryffingear5012 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gryffingear5012 - GitHub: https://github.com/frc-team-5012-gryffingear ## 2026 season - xP rating: **92.36**, rank 714 of 3708 (80.8th percentile) - Record: 9-19-0 over 28 matches (32% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 24.6, teleop 66.3, endgame 1.4 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 75%, RP2 17% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CA District Ventura County Event | 2026caven | 2 | 33 | 3-9-0 | 13 | 8 | 48.9 | 21 | | | CA District Aerospace Valley Event | 2026caasv | 5 | 13 | 6-6-0 | 30 | 6 | 92.4 | 30 | | ### Awards in 2026 - Judges' Award (2026caven) - Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026caasv) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 5 - Awards: 29, over 11 seasons - Einstein appearances: 1 (2015) | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Imagery | 9 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014 | | Safety (no longer given) | 5 | 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014 | | Winner | 5 | 2019, 2016, 2015 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2024, 2022 | | Rookie All Star | 2 | 2014 | | Judges' | 1 | 2026 | | Leadership | 1 | 2025 | | Finalist | 1 | 2019 | | Creativity | 1 | 2016 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2016 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | CA District Aerospace Valley Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | CA District Ventura County Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Aerospace Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | Ventura County Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Aerospace Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2024 | Ventura County Regional | | Not picked | | 2023 | Aerospace Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | Aerospace Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2022 | Hueneme Port Regional | | Not picked | | 2020 | Los Angeles North Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | Turing Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Aerospace Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2019 | Idaho Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2018 | Aerospace Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Newton Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | | Not picked | | 2016 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2016 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Einstein Field | Alliance 4 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Newton Division | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2015 | Inland Empire Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | Las Vegas Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Inland Empire Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 92.4 | 714 / 3708 | 80.8 | 9-19-0 | 2 | | 2025 | 37.2 | 1313 / 3687 | 64.4 | 16-11-0 | 2 | | 2024 | 8.1 | 2654 / 3475 | 23.6 | 7-14-0 | 2 | | 2023 | 13.9 | 2820 / 3284 | 14.1 | 9-19-1 | 2 | | 2022 | 4.5 | 2776 / 3053 | 9.1 | 10-13-1 | 2 | | 2020 | 9.5 | 1782 / 2024 | 12.0 | 4-7-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 25.6 | 348 / 3763 | 90.8 | 38-27-0 | 5 | | 2018 | 125.7 | 178 / 3617 | 95.1 | 28-17-0 | 6 | | 2017 | 117.2 | 173 / 3331 | 94.8 | 21-26-0 | 6 | | 2016 | 31.0 | 908 / 3114 | 70.9 | 24-16-0 | 5 | | 2015 | 24.0 | 1098 / 2873 | 61.8 | 2-0-41 | 5 | | 2014 | 32.9 | 950 / 2697 | 64.8 | 18-19-1 | 6 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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