# Team 5509: Like a Boss Midland, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2015. District FIM. ## Who backs them - School: Midland High School - Sponsors: Case Systems, Malek Family fund, Dow Inc, Grandma Allers, Niles Foundation, MDE Grant, Gene Haas Foundation, Fisher Contracting, FIRST GLBR, Nexteer Automotive, Dupont, Midland Steel, Servinski Sod - Website: https://sites.google.com/midlandps.org/mhsrobotics - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chembots5509 - X: https://twitter.com/mhsrobotics5509 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mhs_robotics5509 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **17.93**, rank 2745 of 3708 (26.0th percentile) - Record: 13-14-0 over 27 matches (48% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 5.9, teleop 10.9, endgame 1.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 18%, RP2 5% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | 2026mimid | 2 | 15 | 7-5-0 | 26 | 8 | 14.6 | 23 | | | FIM District Traverse City Event presented by Cone Drive | 2026mitvc | 3 | 24 | 6-6-0 | 19 | 6 | 17.9 | 25 | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026mitvc) ## 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. - 2019 – now: Like a Boss - 2015 – 2018: Like a Boss. ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 3 - Awards: 19, over 10 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 4 | 2019, 2017, 2015 | | Team Spirit | 3 | 2020, 2019, 2018 | | Team Sustainability | 2 | 2025, 2023 | | Winner | 2 | 2019, 2018 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2018, 2017 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2026 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 | | Impact | 1 | 2022 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2016 | | Judges' | 1 | 2016 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2015 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIM District Traverse City Event presented by Cone Drive | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIM District Muskegon Event presented by RENK | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIM District Lake City Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIM District Saline Event | | Not picked | | 2023 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - APTIV Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District Kettering University Event #2 presented by Ford | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 | | Not picked | | 2019 | Curie Division | Alliance 5 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Michigan State Championship - Dow Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2019 | FIM District Shepherd Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIM District Midland Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Won the event | | 2019 | FIM District Kettering University Event #2 | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIM District Midland Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2018 | FIM District Gaylord Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Daly Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2017 | FIM District - Lake Superior State University Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Midland Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Midland Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Kettering University Event #1 | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | FIRST in Michigan District Championship | | Not picked | | 2015 | FIM District - Great Lakes Bay Region Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist | | 2015 | FIM District - Standish Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 17.9 | 2745 / 3708 | 26.0 | 13-14-0 | 2 | | 2025 | 50.4 | 723 / 3687 | 80.4 | 25-16-1 | 4 | | 2024 | 12.3 | 2024 / 3475 | 41.8 | 12-17-0 | 3 | | 2023 | 7.0 | 3229 / 3284 | 1.7 | 6-18-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 19.0 | 1089 / 3053 | 64.4 | 17-25-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 12.5 | 1627 / 2024 | 19.6 | 2-10-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 19.0 | 1235 / 3763 | 67.2 | 41-37-1 | 6 | | 2018 | 118.6 | 312 / 3617 | 91.4 | 25-22-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 113.6 | 220 / 3331 | 93.4 | 41-21-2 | 5 | | 2016 | 32.1 | 804 / 3114 | 74.2 | 16-13-0 | 2 | | 2015 | 45.3 | 318 / 2873 | 89.0 | 0-4-56 | 5 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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