# Team 5136: MechaPirates

Solvang, California, USA. Rookie year 2014. District CA.

## Who backs them

- School: Santa Ynez Valley Union HS
- Sponsors: DOD STEM, Space Force, Raytheon, Gene Haas, Excelta, Solid Works
- Website: http://www.team5136.org
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc5136_mechapirates

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **98.14**, rank 639 of 3708 (82.8th percentile)
- Record: 24-18-0 over 42 matches (57% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 13.5, teleop 83.0, endgame 1.6
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 77%, RP2 18%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA District Hueneme Port Event | 2026capoh | 1 | 8 | 7-4-0 | 27 | 6 | 98.6 | 35 |  |
| CA District Ventura County Event | 2026caven | 2 | 8 | 8-4-0 | 33 | 6 | 98.9 | 28 |  |
| FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm | 2026cascmp | 7 | 29 | 6-6-0 | 30 |  | 98.1 | 39 |  |

## 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.

- 2022 – now: MechaPirates
- 2014 – 2020: Mechapirates

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 7, over 3 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2014)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 3 | 2017, 2015, 2014 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2014 |
| Winner | 1 | 2014 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | CA District Ventura County Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | CA District Hueneme Port Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Ventura County Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Ventura County Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Ventura County Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Ventura County Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Ventura Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Ventura Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Ventura Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2016 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Ventura Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Inland Empire Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2014 | Einstein Field | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Finalist |
| 2014 | Newton Division | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Won the event |
| 2014 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 98.1 | 639 / 3708 | 82.8 | 24-18-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 28.4 | 1832 / 3687 | 50.3 | 5-4-0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 16.7 | 1486 / 3475 | 57.3 | 7-5-0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 26.0 | 1621 / 3284 | 50.7 | 3-6-0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 18.6 | 1124 / 3053 | 63.2 | 5-9-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 18.0 | 1445 / 3763 | 61.6 | 5-7-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 86.3 | 1517 / 3617 | 58.1 | 4-8-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 73.2 | 1754 / 3331 | 47.4 | 10-8-1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 38.4 | 369 / 3114 | 88.2 | 6-6-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 20.3 | 1355 / 2873 | 52.9 | 1-2-29 | 2 |
| 2014 | 38.8 | 697 / 2697 | 74.2 | 13-11-0 | 4 |

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

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