# 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: **8.25**, rank 3463 of 3708 (6.6th percentile)
- Record: 12-17-0 over 29 matches (41% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 3.5, teleop 4.8, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 13%, 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 | 5.8 | 36 |  |
| FIM District Troy Event presented by Aptiv Foundation | 2026mitry | 4 | 30 | 5-7-0 | 22 |  | 8.2 | 10 |  |
| Detroit City Championship | 2026midet | 32 |  |  |  |  | 5.8 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026midtr)

## Awards, all time

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

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 8.3 | 3463 / 3708 | 6.6 | 12-17-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11.0 | 3410 / 3687 | 7.5 | 8-16-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 3258 / 3475 | 6.2 | 10-14-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 15.2 | 2715 / 3284 | 17.3 | 6-18-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8.8 | 2137 / 3053 | 30.0 | 13-16-2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 11.9 | 3003 / 3763 | 20.2 | 12-15-2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 57.9 | 3002 / 3617 | 17.0 | 13-11-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 40.6 | 3037 / 3331 | 8.8 | 9-15-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 26.1 | 1430 / 3114 | 54.1 | 10-16-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 24.7 | 971 / 2873 | 66.2 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 |

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