# Team 5505: V2 - Volts Squared Alpena, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2015. District FIM. ## Who backs them - School: Alpena High School - Sponsors: Alpena County Youth and Recreation Board, PIE & G, Employment Services Inc. (ESI), Besser Corporation, CFNM Youth Advisory Council, Panel Processing Inc, Wolverine State Credit Union, Alpena Buick GMC - Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wildcatsteam5505 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@voltssquared5505 - X: https://twitter.com/team5505 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team5505 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **108.96**, rank 558 of 3708 (85.0th percentile) - Record: 23-26-0 over 49 matches (47% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 21.1, teleop 85.3, endgame 2.5 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 81%, RP2 20% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIM District Muskegon Event presented by RENK | 2026mimus | 3 | 9 | 7-5-0 | 32 | 7 | 92.9 | 38 | | | FIM District Escanaba Event | 2026miesc | 6 | 5 | 8-4-0 | 38 | 4 | 112.0 | 52 | | | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | 2026micmp1 | 7 | 38 | 2-10-0 | 17 | 3 | 109.0 | 27 | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Finalist (2026miesc) - Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026mimus) ## 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: V2 - Volts Squared - 2019 – 2020: Volts Squared - 2016 – 2018: V2 Robotics - 2015: Wildcat Robotics ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 6 - Awards: 38, over 10 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 10 | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2016 | | Winner | 5 | 2024, 2018, 2017, 2016 | | Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2025, 2018, 2016 | | Team Spirit | 3 | 2024, 2017 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2022, 2018, 2016 | | Team Sustainability | 2 | 2024, 2023 | | Creativity | 2 | 2023, 2015 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2022, 2016 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2019, 2018 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2026 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2025 | | Impact | 1 | 2018 | | Judges' | 1 | 2017 | | 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, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIM District Escanaba Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist | | 2026 | FIM District Muskegon Event presented by RENK | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIM District Ferris State Event presented by Ferris State | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | FIM District Lake City Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | FIM District Central Michigan University Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2024 | FIM District Lake City Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | Milstein Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - CONSUMERS ENERGY Division | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIM District Standish-Sterling Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2023 | FIM District Escanaba Event presented by Highline Fast | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District Walled Lake Event presented by Magna | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2022 | FIM District Escanaba Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Michigan State Championship - Ford Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIM District Alpena Event #2 | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | FIM District Alpena Event #1 | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Carson Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIM District Alpena Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2018 | ONT District Windsor Essex Great Lakes Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2018 | FIM District Escanaba Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | Darwin Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2017 | FIM District - Gaylord Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2016 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Michigan State Championship | Alliance 14 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2016 | FIM District - Lake Superior State University Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2016 | FIM District - Escanaba Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2015 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | FIRST in Michigan District Championship | | Not picked | | 2015 | FIM District - Escanaba Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2015 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 109.0 | 558 / 3708 | 85.0 | 23-26-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 63.2 | 366 / 3687 | 90.1 | 38-16-1 | 3 | | 2024 | 20.8 | 1065 / 3475 | 69.4 | 30-17-1 | 3 | | 2023 | 47.2 | 448 / 3284 | 86.4 | 38-22-1 | 4 | | 2022 | 34.1 | 277 / 3053 | 91.0 | 35-21-1 | 4 | | 2019 | 23.6 | 568 / 3763 | 84.9 | 26-20-0 | 3 | | 2018 | 117.8 | 340 / 3617 | 90.6 | 52-27-0 | 6 | | 2017 | 112.3 | 244 / 3331 | 92.7 | 38-26-1 | 4 | | 2016 | 41.5 | 257 / 3114 | 91.8 | 45-34-2 | 5 | | 2015 | 43.8 | 346 / 2873 | 88.0 | 0-0-53 | 4 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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