# Team 5442: Mechanical Monarchy

Washington, Illinois, USA. Rookie year 2015.

## Who backs them

- School: Washington High School
- Sponsors: Caterpillar, Komatsu, Morton Industries
- Website: https://sites.google.com/a/wacohi.net/panther-engineering/
- X: https://twitter.com/team5442
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mechanicalmonarchy

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **41.44**, rank 1651 of 3708 (55.5th percentile)
- Record: 12-11-0 over 23 matches (52% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 9.0, teleop 32.6, endgame -0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 35%, RP2 8%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Central Illinois Regional | 2026ilpe | 3 | 14 | 7-5-0 | 28 | 8 | 36.6 |  | 23 |
| Iowa Regional | 2026iacf | 4 | 26 | 4-4-0 | 17 |  | 41.4 |  | 13 |
| ROCK RIVER ROBOTICS OFF-SEASON COMPETITION | 2026ilrr | 21 | 19 | 2-3-0 | 9 | 8 | 54.4 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026ilpe)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 10, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leadership | 2 | 2026, 2020 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2022, 2019 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 2015 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2024 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2019 |
| Winner | 1 | 2017 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2015 |

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, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Iowa Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Iowa Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Central Illinois Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Central Missouri Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Seven Rivers Regional | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Seven Rivers Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | Seven Rivers Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Daly Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Seven Rivers Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 4 · backup robot | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Iowa Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Carver Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 41.4 | 1651 / 3708 | 55.5 | 12-11-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 47.0 | 838 / 3687 | 77.3 | 12-12-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 20.2 | 1124 / 3475 | 67.7 | 9-18-0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 40.0 | 770 / 3284 | 76.6 | 11-14-1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 14.4 | 1516 / 3053 | 50.4 | 13-16-0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 25.3 | 378 / 3763 | 90.0 | 15-15-0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 101.9 | 872 / 3617 | 75.9 | 12-15-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 95.8 | 723 / 3331 | 78.3 | 20-14-3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 48.9 | 120 / 3114 | 96.2 | 16-11-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 49.8 | 234 / 2873 | 91.9 | 0-0-24 | 3 |

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