# Team 5422: Stormgears Westford, Massachusetts, USA. Rookie year 2015. District NE. ## Who backs them - School: Middlesex County Robotics Club Inc - Sponsors: Rockwell Automation, Analog Devices, BAE Systems, NetScout, Dassault Systemes, SMC LTD, Hunter Automation, Boxer Properties, IBM - Website: https://www.stormgears.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stormgears - X: https://twitter.com/besafe5422 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stormgears_5422 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **104.03**, rank 571 of 3708 (84.6th percentile) - Record: 24-25-0 over 49 matches (49% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 15.6, teleop 88.4, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 72%, RP2 16% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week 0 | 2026week0 | 0 | 12 | 2-1-0 | 7 | 7 | 41.9 | | | | NE District Minuteman Event | 2026mabil | 1 | 9 | 6-6-0 | 27 | 6 | 69.2 | 44 | | | NE District WPI Event | 2026mawor | 5 | 11 | 6-6-0 | 34 | 7 | 120.3 | 26 | | | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 25 | 6-6-0 | 27 | | 104.0 | 54 | | | MA State Championship | 2026manor | 13 | 16 | 3-3-0 | 13 | 8 | 62.1 | | | | BattleCry at WPI (June) | 2026bc2 | 14 | 17 | 6-3-0 | 26 | 12 | 102.2 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Quality Award (2026mabil) - Team Spirit Award (2026necmp2) ## 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. - 2025 – now: Stormgears - 2015 – 2024: Stormgears FRC ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 7 - Awards: 36, over 11 seasons - Einstein appearances: 1 (2018) | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Engineering Inspiration | 9 | 2023, 2022, 2018, 2017, 2016 | | Impact | 6 | 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 | | Leadership | 5 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2016 | | Safety (no longer given) | 4 | 2019, 2017 | | Finalist | 2 | 2024, 2016 | | Judges' | 2 | 2023, 2022 | | Rookie All Star | 2 | 2015 | | Quality | 1 | 2026 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2026 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2025 | | Winner | 1 | 2018 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2017 | | Creativity | 1 | 2016 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Excellence in Engineering, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | | Not picked | | 2026 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | NE District Minuteman Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | Week 0 | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ballard Division presented by Altair | | Not picked | | 2025 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District Southern Maine Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Week 0 | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Richardson Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | NE District BSU Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | Week 0 | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | Daly Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | NE District WPI Event | | Not picked | | 2023 | NE District North Shore Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Calcium Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | NE District Central Mass Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Tesla Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | NE District Central Mass Event | | Not picked | | 2019 | NE District SE Mass Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | Einstein Field (Detroit) | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2018 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2018 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2018 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NE District SE Mass Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | Tesla Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2017 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | NE District - Granite State Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | NE District - Boston Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2016 | NE District - Granite State Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Tesla Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | NE District - UNH Event | | Not picked | | 2015 | NE District - Reading Event | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 104.0 | 571 / 3708 | 84.6 | 24-25-0 | 6 | | 2025 | 50.7 | 711 / 3687 | 80.7 | 25-24-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 27.1 | 546 / 3475 | 84.3 | 35-19-0 | 5 | | 2023 | 27.8 | 1479 / 3284 | 55.0 | 10-24-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 23.7 | 703 / 3053 | 77.0 | 11-37-2 | 4 | | 2019 | 16.9 | 1687 / 3763 | 55.2 | 15-31-0 | 4 | | 2018 | 87.0 | 1468 / 3617 | 59.4 | 17-30-1 | 5 | | 2017 | 98.4 | 624 / 3331 | 81.3 | 27-22-0 | 4 | | 2016 | 23.6 | 1726 / 3114 | 44.6 | 12-27-0 | 3 | | 2015 | 14.2 | 1856 / 2873 | 35.4 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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