# Team 558: Elm City Robo Squad New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Rookie year 2001. District NE. ## Who backs them - School: Hill Regional Career Magnet HS - Sponsors: CT Manufacturing Innovation Fund, Yale University, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Comcast NBCUniversal, Medtronic, Cas-Kel Manufacturing Co. Inc. - Website: http://www.elmcityrobosquad.org/ - X: https://twitter.com/frcteam558 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elmcityrobosquad - GitHub: https://github.com/team558 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **74.38**, rank 953 of 3708 (74.3th percentile) - Record: 18-24-0 over 42 matches (43% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 16.5, teleop 57.3, endgame 0.6 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 56%, RP2 12% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | NE District Waterbury Event | 2026ctwat | 3 | 7 | 8-4-0 | 30 | 4 | 65.4 | 35 | | | NE District Hartford Event | 2026cthar | 4 | 17 | 6-6-0 | 27 | 8 | 67.3 | 27 | | | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 45 | 2-10-0 | 16 | | 74.4 | 36 | | | CIAC CT State Championship 2026 | 2026ctgla | 11 | 16 | 2-4-0 | 11 | 6 | 71.7 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Gracious Professionalism Award (2026cthar) - Judges' Award (2026ctwat) - Rising All-Star Award (2026necmp2) ## 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. - 2016 – now: Elm City Robo Squad - 2009 – 2015: Robo Squad - 2008: RoboSquad - 2004 – 2007: Robo Squad ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 16 - Awards: 55, over 22 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Gracious Professionalism | 8 | 2026, 2025, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2008 | | Impact | 8 | 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | | Finalist | 7 | 2024, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2006 | | Winner | 7 | 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2007 | | Judges' | 5 | 2026, 2019, 2014, 2009, 2003 | | Team Spirit | 5 | 2024, 2019, 2016, 2015, 2007 | | Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2024, 2019, 2010 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2018, 2017 | | Leadership | 2 | 2017, 2011 | | Safety (no longer given) | 2 | 2014 | | Rising All-Star | 1 | 2026 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2023 | | Quality | 1 | 2016 | | Creativity | 1 | 2013 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2008 | | Imagery | 1 | 2005 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Excellence in Engineering, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | | Not picked | | 2026 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District URI Event | | Not picked | | 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Richardson Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2023 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | NE District Waterbury Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Titanium Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Daly Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | New England District Championship | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2019 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | New England District Championship | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2017 | New England District Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2017 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | Galileo Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Finalist | | 2016 | New England District Championship | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2016 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2015 | Carson Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2015 | NE FIRST District Championship presented by United Technologies | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | NE District - Rhode Island Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2015 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2014 | Galileo Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2014 | New England FRC Region Championship | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2014 | Hartford District Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2014 | Southington District Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2014 | Groton District Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Connecticut Regional sponsored by UTC | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | WPI Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2012 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2012 | WPI Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2010 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2010 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2009 | Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Curie Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2007 | UTC Connecticut Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2006 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2005 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2004 | UTC New England Regional | | Not picked | | 2003 | UTC New England Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | UTC New England Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 74.4 | 953 / 3708 | 74.3 | 18-24-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 40.2 | 1139 / 3687 | 69.1 | 13-13-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 31.1 | 343 / 3475 | 90.2 | 20-24-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 32.9 | 1152 / 3284 | 64.9 | 9-18-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 23.9 | 743 / 3053 | 75.7 | 19-24-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 44.4 | 359 / 2024 | 82.3 | 4-10-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 22.2 | 719 / 3763 | 80.9 | 35-26-1 | 6 | | 2018 | 114.7 | 427 / 3617 | 88.2 | 25-29-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 121.3 | 124 / 3331 | 96.3 | 32-35-1 | 6 | | 2016 | 61.6 | 27 / 3114 | 99.2 | 46-22-0 | 5 | | 2015 | 35.4 | 557 / 2873 | 80.6 | 1-2-77 | 6 | | 2014 | 63.4 | 119 / 2697 | 95.6 | 58-27-0 | 6 | | 2013 | 34.1 | 402 / 2510 | 84.0 | 15-13-0 | 4 | | 2012 | 18.8 | 107 / 2332 | 95.5 | 21-12-0 | 3 | | 2011 | 27.0 | 179 / 2053 | 91.3 | 6-6-0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2.6 | 206 / 1801 | 88.6 | 8-10-4 | 2 | | 2009 | 22.2 | 294 / 1675 | 82.5 | 6-9-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 18.3 | 312 / 1498 | 79.2 | 3-5-0 | 1 | | 2007 | 12.3 | 341 / 1295 | 73.7 | 16-10-2 | 2 | | 2006 | 9.6 | 522 / 1125 | 53.6 | 4-2-0 | 1 | | 2005 | 9.4 | 340 / 747 | 54.6 | 8-6-0 | 1 | | 2004 | 13.9 | 866 / 932 | 7.1 | 2-7-0 | 1 | | 2003 | 11.7 | 750 / 785 | 4.5 | 2-7-1 | 1 | | 2002 | 11.0 | 396 / 641 | 38.3 | 0-7-1 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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