# Team 5253: Bigfork Backwoods Bots 5253

Bigfork, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2014.

## Who backs them

- School: Bigfork School
- Sponsors: Medtronics, MN Power, Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference, ISD 318 Endowment Fund, St. Cloud Technical and Community College, First State Bank of Bigfork
- Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **8.56**, rank 3444 of 3708 (7.1th percentile)
- Record: 5-6-0 over 11 matches (45% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 1.1, teleop 7.4, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 15%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Northern Lights Regional | 2026mndu2 | 1 | 28 | 5-6-0 | 17 |  | 8.6 |  | 11 |
| CMRC Tournament | 2026cmrc | 32 |  |  |  |  | 37.1 |  |  |
| NMRC Championship  | 2026nmrc2 | 34 | 17 | 3-3-0 | 12 | 2 | 28.9 |  |  |
| NMRC Open | 2026nmrc | 34 | 14 | 3-3-0 | 13 |  | 37.1 |  |  |

## 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.

- 2023 – now: Bigfork Backwoods Bots 5253
- 2014 – 2022: Bigfork Backwoods Bots

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 3, over 3 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 1 | 2025 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2017 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 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 | Northern Lights Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Great Northern Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 2 · backup robot | Finalist |
| 2016 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four |
| 2014 | Northern Lights Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 8.6 | 3444 / 3708 | 7.1 | 5-6-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 35.5 | 1360 / 3687 | 63.1 | 14-8-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10.7 | 2231 / 3475 | 35.8 | 5-4-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 17.0 | 2521 / 3284 | 23.2 | 4-5-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 9.5 | 2049 / 3053 | 32.9 | 3-6-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 21.9 | 1132 / 2024 | 44.1 | 3-6-0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 10.2 | 3361 / 3763 | 10.7 | 5-4-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 71.9 | 2226 / 3617 | 38.5 | 2-7-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 55.0 | 2529 / 3331 | 24.1 | 6-3-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 19.3 | 2298 / 3114 | 26.2 | 2-6-0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 19.7 | 1301 / 2873 | 54.7 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 16.5 | 2069 / 2697 | 23.3 | 4-6-0 | 1 |

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

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