# Team 5427: Steel Talons Katy, Texas, USA. Rookie year 2015. District FIT. ## Who backs them - School: Obra D. Tompkins High School - Sponsors: SOFEC, KatyISD, La Quinta Inn & Suites - Brookshire, West Katy, Baker Hughes - Website: http://www.tompkins-robotics.com - X: https://twitter.com/frc5427 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5427steeltalons ## 2026 season - xP rating: **111.29**, rank 532 of 3708 (85.7th percentile) - Record: 24-24-0 over 48 matches (50% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 20.7, teleop 91.0, endgame -0.4 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 83%, RP2 21% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIT District McAllen Event | 2026txmca | 2 | 16 | 4-8-0 | 13 | 5 | 41.9 | 38 | | | FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event #2 | 2026txcl2 | 5 | 9 | 7-5-0 | 32 | 4 | 99.2 | 52 | | | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | 2026txcmp2 | 7 | 15 | 7-5-0 | 33 | 7 | 111.3 | 66 | | | Texas Robotics Invitational | 2026txhou1 | 17 | 13 | 6-3-0 | 26 | 8 | 90.6 | | | | Texas Robotics Invitational Girls Drive Tournament | 2026txhou2 | 17 | | | | 3 | 124.5 | | | | The Remix | 2026txrm | 29 | | | | | 90.6 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026txcl2) - Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026txmca) ## 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. - 2017 – now: Steel Talons - 2016: Steel Talons or Tompkins Robotics - 2015: Tompkins Robotics/Steel Talons ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 7 - Awards: 19, over 8 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Impact | 6 | 2026, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019 | | Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2025, 2019 | | Innovation in Control | 2 | 2025, 2024 | | Finalist | 2 | 2024 | | Leadership | 2 | 2024, 2023 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2018 | | Creativity | 1 | 2026 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2023 | | Winner | 1 | 2023 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Judges', Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event #2 | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | FIT District McAllen Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | Milstein Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2024 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2023 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | FIRST In Texas District Championship presented by Phillips 66 - APOLLO Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIT District Space City @ Clear Lake Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIT District Channelview Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2022 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIT District Pasadena Event #1 | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIT District Channelview Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | FIT District Channelview Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four | | 2019 | Roebling Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIRST In Texas District Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIT District Del Rio Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIT District Channelview Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Lone Star South Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Lone Star Central Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | Lone Star North Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Lone Star Central Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Lone Star Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Lone Star Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 111.3 | 532 / 3708 | 85.7 | 24-24-0 | 6 | | 2025 | 52.0 | 672 / 3687 | 81.8 | 25-21-2 | 7 | | 2024 | 22.3 | 940 / 3475 | 73.0 | 36-25-1 | 6 | | 2023 | 42.5 | 633 / 3284 | 80.7 | 30-26-0 | 6 | | 2022 | 23.7 | 755 / 3053 | 75.3 | 15-24-1 | 5 | | 2020 | 40.7 | 476 / 2024 | 76.5 | 11-5-1 | 2 | | 2019 | 16.1 | 1857 / 3763 | 50.7 | 20-29-1 | 6 | | 2018 | 102.2 | 860 / 3617 | 76.2 | 18-14-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 98.6 | 603 / 3331 | 81.9 | 13-12-0 | 5 | | 2016 | 26.5 | 1406 / 3114 | 54.9 | 5-3-0 | 3 | | 2015 | 18.8 | 1489 / 2873 | 48.2 | 0-0-9 | 3 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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