# Team 5499: Bearium

Berkeley, California, USA. Rookie year 2015. District CA.

## Who backs them

- School: Berkeley High
- Sponsors: UC Berkeley Chancellor's Community Partnership Fund, NASA Robotics Alliance Project, Berkeley Unified School District, Gene Haas Foundation
- Website: http:///team5499.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frcteam5499
- X: https://twitter.com/bhsrobot
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bearium5499
- GitHub: https://github.com/team5499

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **71.82**, rank 953 of 3708 (74.3th percentile)
- Record: 15-13-0 over 28 matches (54% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 13.2, teleop 58.6, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 48%, RP2 10%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA District Silicon Valley Event presented by Apple | 2026casnv | 2 | 23 | 6-6-0 | 25 | 3 | 25.6 | 11 |  |
| CA District East Bay Event | 2026caetb | 5 | 9 | 8-4-0 | 34 | 6 | 71.8 | 28 |  |
| CalGames | 2026cacg | 33 | 22 | 4-6-0 | 20 | 6 | 57.0 |  |  |

## 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.

- 2025 – now: Bearium
- 2017 – 2019: The Bay Orangutans
- 2015 – 2016: Berkeley High Robotics

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 4
- Awards: 10, over 3 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2017)

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 4 | 2019, 2017 |
| Industrial Design | 2 | 2018, 2017 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2019 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2019 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 |
| Quality | 1 | 2017 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | CA District East Bay Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | CA District Silicon Valley Event presented by Apple | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | East Bay Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Newton Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | Carver Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2017 | Einstein Field (Houston) | Alliance 4 · 3rd pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | Roebling Division | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | Idaho Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2017 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Idaho Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Central Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Silicon Valley Regional sponsored by Google.org |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 71.8 | 953 / 3708 | 74.3 | 15-13-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 31.0 | 1631 / 3687 | 55.8 | 11-12-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 23.1 | 656 / 3763 | 82.6 | 26-19-1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 106.7 | 696 / 3617 | 80.8 | 23-19-0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 106.8 | 390 / 3331 | 88.3 | 31-15-0 | 7 |
| 2016 | 27.2 | 1289 / 3114 | 58.6 | 16-19-0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 24.6 | 984 / 2873 | 65.8 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |

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

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