# Team 5434: Falcon Robotics

Faribault, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2015.

## Who backs them

- School: Faribault Senior High School
- Sponsors: Tru Vue, Mercury, MRG, SolidWorks, Bosch
- Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/falcon.robotics
- X: https://twitter.com/falcon_robotics
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faribault.falcon.robotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **67.31**, rank 1024 of 3708 (72.4th percentile)
- Record: 5-5-0 over 10 matches (50% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 19.1, teleop 48.1, endgame 0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 44%, RP2 9%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Minnesota North Star Regional | 2026mnum | 5 | 24 | 5-5-0 | 21 |  | 67.3 |  | 13 |

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 7, over 6 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2025 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2023 |
| Skills Finalist (no longer given) | 1 | 2021 |
| Winner | 1 | 2018 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2016 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Minnesota North Star Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Minnesota North Star Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | Johnson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by Medtronic | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by Medtronic | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by the Medtronic Foundation | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Northern Lights Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Darwin Division |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Medtronic Foundation Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Iowa Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2015 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 67.3 | 1024 / 3708 | 72.4 | 5-5-0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 44.5 | 932 / 3687 | 74.7 | 4-6-0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 25.1 | 687 / 3475 | 80.3 | 9-5-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 49.7 | 361 / 3284 | 89.0 | 15-9-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 30.8 | 385 / 3053 | 87.4 | 10-3-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 48.7 | 267 / 2024 | 86.9 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 16.7 | 1739 / 3763 | 53.8 | 8-12-0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 112.7 | 493 / 3617 | 86.4 | 19-17-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 99.2 | 594 / 3331 | 82.2 | 10-9-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 44.4 | 199 / 3114 | 93.6 | 9-4-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 20.5 | 1231 / 2873 | 57.2 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |

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

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