# Team 509: Red Storm Bedford, New Hampshire, USA. Rookie year 2001. District NE. ## Who backs them - School: Bedford High School - Sponsors: Bedford School District, NH DOE, Schneider Electric, Bedford Men's Club, BAE Systems, Gene Haas Foundation, Celine Belanger with Coldwell Banker, Bedford Robotics Boosters, Bosch, NH FIRST - Website: http://www.redstorm509.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/redstorm509 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/redstorm509 - X: https://twitter.com/redstorm509 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redstorm509 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **51.66**, rank 1389 of 3708 (62.6th percentile) - Record: 16-27-0 over 43 matches (37% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 7.6, teleop 44.1, endgame -0.1 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 36%, RP2 8% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week 0 | 2026week0 | 0 | | | | | 51.7 | | | | NE District Granite State Event | 2026nhbed | 2 | 19 | 5-7-0 | 23 | 5 | 61.7 | 29 | | | NE District UNH Event | 2026nhdur | 4 | 37 | 2-10-0 | 10 | 3 | 15.4 | 28 | | | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | 2026necmp1 | 7 | 31 | 6-6-0 | 28 | | 51.7 | 48 | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026nhdur) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026nhdur) - Judges' Award (2026necmp1) - Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026nhbed) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 2 - Awards: 25, over 13 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Judges' | 5 | 2026, 2022, 2011, 2009 | | Engineering Inspiration | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2023 | | Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2014 | | Leadership | 2 | 2026, 2025 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2025, 2018 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2017, 2008 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2026 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2024 | | Imagery | 1 | 2023 | | Winner | 1 | 2023 | | Finalist | 1 | 2019 | | Quality | 1 | 2018 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2010 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | | Not picked | | 2026 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2026 | NE District Granite State Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | Week 0 | | | | 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ballard Division presented by Altair | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | Week 0 | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Richardson Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Week 0 | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - WILSON Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2023 | Week 0 | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Titanium Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District Pease ANG Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Week 0 | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | New England District Championship | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | NE District Southern NH Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Week 0 | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Week 0 | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NE District - Southern NH Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | NE District - Granite State Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | Week 0 | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NE District - UNH Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NE District - Granite State Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Week 0 | | | | 2015 | NE District - UNH Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | NE District - Reading Event | | Not picked | | 2014 | UNH District Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Granite State District Event | | Not picked | | 2013 | Festival de Robotique FRC de Montreal Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Chesapeake Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | BAE Systems/Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Las Vegas Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Philadelphia Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | BAE Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 51.7 | 1389 / 3708 | 62.6 | 16-27-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 53.0 | 636 / 3687 | 82.8 | 23-27-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 23.1 | 872 / 3475 | 74.9 | 26-28-1 | 6 | | 2023 | 41.9 | 663 / 3284 | 79.8 | 24-26-0 | 5 | | 2022 | 23.4 | 770 / 3053 | 74.8 | 20-28-1 | 5 | | 2019 | 22.1 | 740 / 3763 | 80.4 | 40-22-1 | 6 | | 2018 | 110.0 | 567 / 3617 | 84.3 | 17-17-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 84.0 | 1251 / 3331 | 62.5 | 11-14-0 | 4 | | 2016 | 23.6 | 1780 / 3114 | 42.9 | 13-19-1 | 4 | | 2015 | 20.9 | 1310 / 2873 | 54.4 | 0-0-26 | 2 | | 2014 | 19.1 | 1853 / 2697 | 31.3 | 16-10-1 | 2 | | 2013 | 4.6 | 2211 / 2510 | 11.9 | 10-14-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 1.8 | 2051 / 2332 | 12.1 | 6-12-1 | 2 | | 2011 | 16.0 | 495 / 2053 | 75.9 | 10-9-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 1.6 | 522 / 1801 | 71.1 | 7-8-5 | 2 | | 2009 | 10.2 | 1566 / 1675 | 6.5 | 5-10-1 | 2 | | 2008 | 6.7 | 1228 / 1498 | 18.0 | 4-10-1 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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