# Team 5331: Lightning Bots

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Rookie year 2014.

## Who backs them

- School: Macquarie University
- Sponsors: BAE Systems, Google, Rockwell Automation, National Instruments, Telstra, CSIRO, AArnet
- Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **17.65**, rank 2898 of 3708 (21.9th percentile)
- Record: 3-7-0 over 10 matches (30% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 6.0, teleop 11.7, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 18%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Southern Cross Regional | 2026ausc | 2 | 36 | 3-7-0 | 12 |  | 17.6 |  | 8 |
| Duel Down Under | 2026audd | 17 | 15 | 6-5-0 | 22 | 7 | 26.7 |  |  |

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 4, over 3 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2025 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2022 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Southern Cross Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Southern Cross Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | Australia Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2015 | Australia Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 17.6 | 2898 / 3708 | 21.9 | 3-7-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 17.6 | 2728 / 3687 | 26.0 | 4-9-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 15.4 | 1604 / 3475 | 53.9 | 4-6-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 24.3 | 1728 / 3284 | 47.4 | 5-8-0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 11.9 | 1730 / 3053 | 43.3 | 7-8-0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 86.6 | 1478 / 3617 | 59.2 | 13-18-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 91.0 | 916 / 3331 | 72.5 | 16-14-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 27.2 | 1288 / 3114 | 58.7 | 9-4-1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 11.3 | 2196 / 2873 | 23.6 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |

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

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