# Team 5504: The Loose Connections

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

## Who backs them

- School: Pinconning Middle High School
- Sponsors: Kerkau Manufacturing, Maple Leaf Golf Course, Nancy and Scott Carmona
- Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc5504

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **1.56**, rank 3508 of 3708 (5.4th percentile)
- Record: 4-20-0 over 24 matches (17% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 0.9, teleop 0.7, endgame -0.0
- 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 Midland Event presented by Dow | 2026mimid | 2 | 39 | 1-11-0 | 5 |  | -2.1 | 4 |  |
| FIM District Traverse City Event presented by Cone Drive | 2026mitvc | 3 | 33 | 3-9-0 | 13 |  | 1.6 | 8 |  |

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 5, over 4 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 1 | 2022 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2022 |
| Winner | 1 | 2020 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2018 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2016 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIM District Traverse City Event presented by Cone Drive |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIM District Traverse City Event presented by Cone Drive |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIM District Traverse City Event presented by Cone Drive |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIM District Traverse City Event presented by "Cone Drive by Timken" |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIM District Traverse City Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | FIM District Traverse City Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | FIM District Traverse City Event |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FIM District Midland Event |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | FIM District Midland Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | FIM District Traverse City Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | FIM District - Traverse City Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | FIM District - Midland Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | FIM District - Traverse City Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | FIM District - Standish-Sterling Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | FIM District - Great Lakes Bay Region Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | FIM District - Standish Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 1.6 | 3508 / 3708 | 5.4 | 4-20-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 15.0 | 2997 / 3687 | 18.7 | 4-20-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6.2 | 2951 / 3475 | 15.1 | 10-14-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8.7 | 3181 / 3284 | 3.1 | 6-18-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8.0 | 2335 / 3053 | 23.5 | 14-18-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 20.1 | 1219 / 2024 | 39.8 | 11-8-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 8.4 | 3508 / 3763 | 6.8 | 9-13-2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 83.3 | 1677 / 3617 | 53.7 | 13-13-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 84.2 | 1244 / 3331 | 62.7 | 9-15-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 20.5 | 2190 / 3114 | 29.7 | 3-21-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 26.7 | 923 / 2873 | 67.9 | 0-0-28 | 2 |

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

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