# 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: **6.10**, rank 3365 of 3708 (9.3th percentile)
- Record: 5-6-0 over 11 matches (45% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 0.8, teleop 5.4, endgame -0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 15%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Northern Lights Regional | 2026mndu2 | 1 | 28 | 5-6-0 | 17 |  | 6.1 |  | 11 |

## 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 | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 6.1 | 3365 / 3708 | 9.3 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 40.3 | 1138 / 3687 | 69.2 | 14-8-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12.4 | 2013 / 3475 | 42.1 | 5-4-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 17.5 | 2455 / 3284 | 25.3 | 4-5-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 9.8 | 2106 / 3053 | 31.0 | 3-6-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 22.0 | 1135 / 2024 | 43.9 | 3-6-0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 10.1 | 3277 / 3763 | 12.9 | 5-4-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 81.4 | 1765 / 3617 | 51.2 | 2-7-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 62.7 | 2232 / 3331 | 33.0 | 6-3-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 21.3 | 2088 / 3114 | 33.0 | 2-6-0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 21.7 | 1238 / 2873 | 56.9 | 0-0-14 | 2 |
| 2014 | 18.6 | 1901 / 2697 | 29.5 | 4-6-0 | 1 |

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

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