# Team 5454: Obsidian

Bentonville, Arkansas, USA. Rookie year 2015.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Technobotics Foundation, Gene Haas Foundation, Benton County 4-H
- Website: http://5454wildfirefrc.weebly.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc5454
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc5454

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **111.29**, rank 512 of 3708 (86.2th percentile)
- Record: 25-16-0 over 41 matches (61% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 25.2, teleop 85.5, endgame 0.5
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 76%, RP2 17%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arkansas Regional | 2026arli | 3 | 4 | 9-3-0 | 36 | 3 | 72.5 |  | 50 |
| Green Country Regional | 2026oktu | 5 | 14 | 6-4-0 | 27 | 5 | 94.9 |  | 34 |
| Hopper Division | 2026hop | 8 | 39 | 5-5-0 | 25 |  | 111.3 |  |  |
| Baxter Ozark Mountain Brawl | 2026aroz | 32 | 4 | 6-5-0 | 31 | 1 | 103.8 |  |  |
| Cow Town ThrowDown | 2026cttd | 34 | 19 | 4-4-0 | 20 | 8 | 100.9 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Winner (2026aroz)
- Race to the Match Winner (Skills Challenge) (2026aroz)
- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026arli)

## 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.

- 2022 – now: Obsidian
- 2015 – 2020: Wild Fire

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 23, over 7 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2022)

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2023, 2022 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2022, 2016 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2022 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 2 | 2015 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2026 |
| Impact | 1 | 2025 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2025 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2024 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2024 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2024 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2023 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2022 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |
| Winner | 1 | 2022 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2022 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2016 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2016 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2015 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2015 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Quality, Rising All-Star, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Green Country Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | Arkansas Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Milstein Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Oklahoma Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Green Country Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Arkansas Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Central Missouri Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | Arkansas Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | Einstein Field | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | Hopper Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | Green Country Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | Arkansas Regional presented by Harding University and Searcy A & P | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2020 | Arkansas Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Central Missouri Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Arkansas Rock City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Arkansas Rock City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Arkansas Rock City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Carson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Dallas Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Arkansas Rock City Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Hub City Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Arkansas Rock City Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 111.3 | 512 / 3708 | 86.2 | 25-16-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 47.5 | 809 / 3687 | 78.1 | 20-14-2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 21.3 | 997 / 3475 | 71.3 | 15-14-0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 45.7 | 501 / 3284 | 84.8 | 18-15-1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 36.2 | 225 / 3053 | 92.7 | 28-21-2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 25.4 | 982 / 2024 | 51.5 | 4-5-0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 16.9 | 1693 / 3763 | 55.0 | 8-12-1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 61.1 | 2852 / 3617 | 21.2 | 4-6-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 48.4 | 2793 / 3331 | 16.2 | 5-14-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 28.8 | 1102 / 3114 | 64.6 | 17-17-0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 27.9 | 794 / 2873 | 72.4 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 |

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

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