# Team 5089: Robo-Nerds

Los Angeles, California, USA. Rookie year 2014. District CA.

## Who backs them

- School: Benjamin Franklin High School
- Sponsors: NASA, Boeing, Los Angeles Unified School District, Raytheon Technologies, Gene HASS Foundation, Los Angeles City College
- Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frcteam5089
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robonerds.5089

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **51.07**, rank 1341 of 3708 (63.9th percentile)
- Record: 9-19-0 over 28 matches (32% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 8.8, teleop 42.2, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 34%, RP2 8%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA District Los Angeles Event | 2026calas | 3 | 27 | 4-7-0 | 19 | 6 | 54.9 | 22 |  |
| CA District Glendale Event | 2026cagle | 4 | 28 | 4-8-0 | 20 | 6 | 51.1 | 20 |  |
| SoCal Showdown | 2026cass | 32 | 38 | 2-8-0 | 9 | 3 | 40.9 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026cagle)
- Judges' Award (2026calas)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 6
- Awards: 12, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Judges' | 2 | 2026, 2020 |
| Impact | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Winner | 2 | 2022, 2020 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 |
| Impact Finalist | 1 | 2025 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2023 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2015 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Finalist, Imagery, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | CA District Glendale Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | CA District Los Angeles Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Milstein Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Central Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Milstein Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Ventura County Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | Los Angeles North Regional | Alliance 1 · backup robot | Won the event |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Los Angeles North Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Las Vegas Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Silicon Valley Regional presented by Google.org |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2015 | San Diego Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 51.1 | 1341 / 3708 | 63.9 | 9-19-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 36.0 | 1336 / 3687 | 63.8 | 14-16-1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 18.0 | 1311 / 3475 | 62.3 | 12-13-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 30.4 | 1284 / 3284 | 60.9 | 17-21-0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 21.6 | 824 / 3053 | 73.0 | 21-17-2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 24.1 | 1032 / 2024 | 49.0 | 15-10-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 21.2 | 897 / 3763 | 76.2 | 14-11-0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 62.1 | 2804 / 3617 | 22.5 | 3-6-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 86.8 | 1114 / 3331 | 66.6 | 10-8-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 29.2 | 1058 / 3114 | 66.0 | 10-10-1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 6.7 | 2672 / 2873 | 7.0 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 27.5 | 1148 / 2697 | 57.5 | 7-4-1 | 2 |

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