# Team 555: Montclair Robotics Montclair, New Jersey, USA. Rookie year 2001. District FMA. ## Who backs them - School: Montclair High - Sponsors: Josh Weston, Picatinny STEM, IAQ Systems, Novocure, Optimum - Website: https://www.montclairrobotics.org/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/montclairrobotics555 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@montclairrobotics555 - X: https://twitter.com/frcteam555 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/montclairrobotics - GitHub: https://github.com/montclairrobotics ## 2026 season - xP rating: **64.62**, rank 1187 of 3725 (68.2th percentile) - Record: 27-29-2 over 58 matches (47% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 21.1, teleop 43.4, endgame 0.1 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 34%, RP2 11% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FMA District Warren Hills Event | 2026njwas | 1 | 21 | 4-7-1 | 17 | 3 | 29.7 | 38 | | | FMA District Mount Olive Event | 2026njfla | 4 | 13 | 6-6-0 | 23 | 4 | 75.6 | 45 | | | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | 2026mrcmp | 7 | 21 | 7-5-0 | 32 | 3 | 65.0 | 69 | | | RoboCon New Jersey Robot Rumble | 2026njrr | 30 | 12 | 3-4-1 | 16 | | 64.6 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Finalist (2026njwas) - Judges' Award (2026mrcmp) - Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026njfla) - Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026njwas) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2025, Montclair Robotics 2025 CAD — 2025 Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/714d3f2c5a379e43f2daa4ee/w/bedbfe963b653ba7794deb48/e/e0bf250f6c97525aeba2f4da - 2023, FRC 555 2023 CAD — 2023 Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8beb0d7b45dfe7f03500bcc2/w/6bf0cf3ee6dd94754d3a9cbb/e/7d2a2797ed5cc87baf534262 ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 5 - Awards: 29, over 14 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Creativity | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2013 | | Winner | 5 | 2023, 2019, 2008, 2007, 2005 | | Finalist | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2016, 2005 | | Autonomous | 3 | 2024, 2023 | | Judges' | 2 | 2026, 2019 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2022, 2017 | | Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 2 | 2005 | | Leadership | 1 | 2025 | | Quality | 1 | 2025 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2018 | | Coopertition (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2007 | | Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2005 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FMA District Mount Olive Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | FMA District Warren Hills Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2025 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | | Not picked | | 2025 | FMA District Warren Hills Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | FMA District Mount Olive Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | | Not picked | | 2024 | FMA District Warren Hills Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2024 | FMA District Allentown Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | | Not picked | | 2023 | FMA District Warren Hills Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2023 | FMA District Mount Olive Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | FMA District Montgomery Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | FMA District Bridgewater-Raritan Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FMA District Bensalem Event | Alliance 2 · backup robot | Won the event | | 2019 | FMA District Mount Olive Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | MAR District Montgomery Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | MAR District Mount Olive Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship sponsored by Johnson & Johnson | | Not picked | | 2017 | MAR District - Montgomery Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | MAR District - Mount Olive Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | MAR District - Montgomery Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | MAR District - Bridgewater-Raritan Event | Alliance 1 · backup robot | Finalist | | 2015 | MAR District - North Brunswick Event | | Not picked | | 2015 | MAR District - Bridgewater-Raritan Event | | Not picked | | 2015 | MAR District - Mt. Olive Event | | Not picked | | 2014 | Windsor Essex Great Lakes Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | MAR FIRST Robotics Clifton District Competition | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | MAR FIRST Robotics Mt. Olive District Competition | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Bridgewater-Raritan FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2013 | Mount Olive FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Mount Olive FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Rutgers University FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | New York City Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | New Jersey Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2010 | New York City Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2010 | New Jersey Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2009 | New York City Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2009 | New Jersey Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2008 | New York City Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2008 | Bayou Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2008 | Connecticut Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | New Jersey Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2007 | New Jersey Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2006 | Las Vegas Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | New Jersey Regional | | Not picked | | 2005 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2005 | New York City Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2004 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | New York City Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2003 | Galileo Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2003 | J&J Mid-Atlantic Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | J&J Mid Atlantic Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 65.0 | 1109 / 3708 | 70.1 | 24-25-1 | 4 | | 2025 | 55.3 | 573 / 3687 | 84.5 | 25-18-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 25.9 | 637 / 3475 | 81.7 | 28-14-1 | 5 | | 2023 | 38.1 | 855 / 3284 | 74.0 | 18-24-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 15.5 | 1394 / 3053 | 54.4 | 11-15-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 14.6 | 2218 / 3763 | 41.1 | 15-12-1 | 4 | | 2018 | 76.3 | 2022 / 3617 | 44.1 | 14-20-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 92.5 | 852 / 3331 | 74.4 | 18-22-0 | 4 | | 2016 | 27.4 | 1287 / 3114 | 58.7 | 12-15-0 | 3 | | 2015 | 5.5 | 2673 / 2873 | 7.0 | 0-0-36 | 3 | | 2014 | 34.9 | 865 / 2697 | 68.0 | 21-22-0 | 3 | | 2013 | 18.8 | 1039 / 2510 | 58.6 | 13-13-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 11.6 | 481 / 2332 | 79.4 | 22-14-2 | 3 | | 2011 | 8.8 | 925 / 2053 | 55.0 | 6-12-1 | 2 | | 2010 | 2.0 | 346 / 1801 | 80.8 | 11-10-8 | 3 | | 2009 | 25.8 | 133 / 1675 | 92.1 | 9-15-1 | 3 | | 2008 | 14.5 | 548 / 1498 | 63.5 | 35-24-1 | 7 | | 2007 | 18.2 | 156 / 1295 | 88.0 | 15-15-1 | 4 | | 2006 | 10.6 | 458 / 1125 | 59.3 | 12-14-1 | 3 | | 2005 | 8.7 | 378 / 747 | 49.5 | 16-9-0 | 2 | | 2004 | 32.6 | 236 / 932 | 74.8 | 7-11-0 | 2 | | 2003 | 21.1 | 266 / 785 | 66.2 | 10-8-0 | 2 | | 2002 | 12.6 | 47 / 641 | 92.8 | 3-7-1 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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