# Team 5160: Chargers

Cary, North Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2014. District FNC.

## Who backs them

- School: Cary Academy
- Website: http:///team5160.com
- X: https://twitter.com/robotics5160
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chargers5160
- GitHub: https://github.com/frc-5160-the-chargers

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **52.11**, rank 1379 of 3708 (62.8th percentile)
- Record: 28-19-0 over 47 matches (60% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 13.2, teleop 38.6, endgame 0.3
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 38%, RP2 8%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FNC District Wake County Event #1 | 2026ncwak | 1 | 4 | 9-3-0 | 29 | 3 | 50.9 | 33 |  |
| FNC District Wake County Event #2 | 2026ncwk2 | 3 | 5 | 8-4-0 | 30 | 3 | 72.5 | 60 |  |
| FIRST North Carolina State Championship | 2026nccmp | 7 | 25 | 7-5-0 | 22 | 3 | 52.1 | 48 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Finalist (2026ncwk2)
- District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026ncwk2)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 17, over 10 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 3 | 2026, 2022, 2017 |
| Imagery | 2 | 2023, 2018 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 2 | 2019, 2016 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2026 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2025 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2025 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2020 |
| Winner | 1 | 2020 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2017 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2016 |
| Quality | 1 | 2016 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Gracious Professionalism, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FNC District Wake County Event #2 | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | FNC District Wake County Event #1 | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FNC District Pitt County Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FNC District Johnston County Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | FNC District Guilford County Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | FNC District ECU Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2020 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2019 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | NC District Forsyth County Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | NC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | NC District - Raleigh Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | NC District - Pitt County Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Finalist |
| 2016 | NC FIRST Robotics State Championship | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | NC District - Campbell University/Johnston Community College Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | NC District - Wake County Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2014 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 52.1 | 1379 / 3708 | 62.8 | 28-19-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 25.3 | 2065 / 3687 | 44.0 | 13-17-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 22.7 | 897 / 3475 | 74.2 | 22-20-1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 37.6 | 886 / 3284 | 73.0 | 23-22-2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 8.4 | 2288 / 3053 | 25.1 | 17-20-0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 53.7 | 181 / 2024 | 91.1 | 18-0-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 17.7 | 1510 / 3763 | 59.9 | 14-15-0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 78.4 | 1920 / 3617 | 46.9 | 20-26-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 92.8 | 835 / 3331 | 75.0 | 33-28-1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 44.0 | 193 / 3114 | 93.8 | 39-27-0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 26.3 | 952 / 2873 | 66.9 | 0-0-15 | 1 |
| 2014 | 25.4 | 1377 / 2697 | 49.0 | 8-5-0 | 1 |

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

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