# Team 5126: Electromagnetic Panthers (EMP)

Riverside, Missouri, USA. Rookie year 2014.

## Who backs them

- School: Park Hill South High School
- Sponsors: Park Hill School District, Dave and Jamie Cummings, Park Hill Education Foundation, US Engineering, Lambert Engineering, Here We Grow Again Northland
- Website: https://phsouthpanthers.com/home/activities/robotics/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc5126

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **70.34**, rank 1014 of 3708 (72.7th percentile)
- Record: 16-12-0 over 28 matches (57% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 12.7, teleop 57.3, endgame 0.3
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 57%, RP2 12%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Heartland Regional | 2026ksla | 3 | 14 | 6-4-0 | 23 | 6 | 54.0 |  | 38 |
| City of Fountains Regional | 2026mose | 5 | 16 | 6-4-0 | 27 | 8 | 70.3 |  | 34 |

### Awards in 2026

- Quality Award (2026mose)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026ksla)

## CAD

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

- 2018, Comp Robot, STL: https://grabcad.com/library/emp-5126-2018-robot-2

## 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.

- 2024 – now: Electromagnetic Panthers (EMP)
- 2017 – 2023: Electromagnetic Panthers (E.M.P.)
- 2015 – 2016: Team E.M.P (Park Hill South Robotics)
- 2014: Park Hill South Robotics

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 15, over 8 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Team Spirit | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2018 |
| Quality | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Winner | 2 | 2024, 2019 |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2023, 2022 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2020, 2018 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2026 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2025 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2024 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2022 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Finalist, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | City of Fountains Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | Heartland Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Central Missouri Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Johnson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Heartland Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Heartland Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Central Missouri Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Heartland Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Carver Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Heartland Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Oklahoma Regional  |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Greater Kansas City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Greater Kansas City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Greater Kansas City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Greater Kansas City Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 70.3 | 1014 / 3708 | 72.7 | 16-12-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 34.8 | 1459 / 3687 | 60.4 | 14-16-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 26.3 | 614 / 3475 | 82.4 | 20-21-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 33.9 | 1094 / 3284 | 66.7 | 14-15-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 23.9 | 746 / 3053 | 75.6 | 13-18-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 15.5 | 1993 / 3763 | 47.0 | 20-20-1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 98.6 | 998 / 3617 | 72.4 | 10-16-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 93.6 | 813 / 3331 | 75.6 | 8-8-1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 22.9 | 1863 / 3114 | 40.2 | 4-6-0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 17.1 | 1652 / 2873 | 42.5 | 0-0-10 | 1 |
| 2014 | 15.9 | 2130 / 2697 | 21.0 | 4-7-0 | 1 |

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

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