# Team 5478: Pershing Doughbots

Detroit, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2015. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: Pershing High School
- Sponsors: Michigan Engineering Zone, DTE Energy, Ford Motor Company, Google, Toyota, Michigan Department of Education, NASA
- Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pershingdoughbots_5478

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **5.76**, rank 3378 of 3708 (8.9th percentile)
- Record: 12-17-0 over 29 matches (41% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 2.5, teleop 3.4, endgame -0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 11%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Wayne State Event presented by Magna | 2026midtr | 2 | 39 | 2-10-0 | 6 | 1 | 3.0 | 36 |  |
| FIM District Troy Event presented by Aptiv Foundation | 2026mitry | 4 | 30 | 5-7-0 | 22 |  | 5.8 | 10 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026midtr)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 6, over 4 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 2 | 2026, 2022 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 2015 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2018 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2015 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIM District Troy Event presented by Aptiv Foundation |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIM District Wayne State Event presented by Magna | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIM District Troy Event presented by Aptiv Foundation |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIM District Wayne State Event presented by Magna |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIM District Wayne State Event presented by Magna |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIM District Milford Event presented by GM Milford Proving Ground |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIM District Livonia Event presented by Aisin |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIM District Wayne State University Event presented by Magna |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIM District Troy Event presented by Magna |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIM District Detroit Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | FIM District Troy Event |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FIM District Southfield Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | FIM District Troy Event |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | FIM District Center Line Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | FIM District - Livonia Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | FIM District - Center Line Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | FIM District - Center Line Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | FIM District - Southfield Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | FIRST in Michigan District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | FIM District - Center Line Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2015 | FIM District - Waterford Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 5.8 | 3378 / 3708 | 8.9 | 12-17-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11.8 | 3297 / 3687 | 10.6 | 8-16-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5.0 | 3130 / 3475 | 9.9 | 10-14-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 15.4 | 2676 / 3284 | 18.5 | 6-18-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 11.3 | 1906 / 3053 | 37.6 | 13-16-2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 10.1 | 3283 / 3763 | 12.8 | 12-15-2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 59.1 | 2926 / 3617 | 19.1 | 13-11-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 34.3 | 3167 / 3331 | 4.9 | 9-15-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 28.2 | 1196 / 3114 | 61.6 | 10-16-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 26.6 | 930 / 2873 | 67.7 | 0-0-43 | 3 |

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