# Team 5613: ThunderDogs

Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA. Rookie year 2015. District TX.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, United States Air Force STEM, Tularosa Groves, SER Robotics, Otero County Electric Cooperative, ETV, Farmers Insurance John Glass, OteroSTEM, FIRST Robotics New Mexico
- Website: http:///www.thunderdogs5613.com
- X: https://twitter.com/thunderdogs5613
- GitHub: https://github.com/thunderdogs5613

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **15.57**, rank 3046 of 3708 (17.9th percentile)
- Record: 9-20-0 over 29 matches (31% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 1.5, teleop 14.0, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 15%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIT District Waco Event | 2026txwac | 3 | 20 | 4-8-0 | 17 | 3 | 20.1 | 30 |  |
| FIT District Amarillo Event | 2026txama | 5 | 30 | 2-10-0 | 12 |  | 15.6 | 10 |  |
| ABQ RoboRumble | 2026nmalb | 19 | 10 | 2-4-0 | 7 | 1 | 26.6 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026txama)
- Rising All-Star Award (2026txwac)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 10, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Judges' | 2 | 2019, 2018 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2026 |
| Rising All-Star | 1 | 2026 |
| Winner | 1 | 2023 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2022 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2019 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2018 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2015 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Finalist, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Leadership, Quality, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIT District Amarillo Event |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FIT District Amarillo Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIT District Waco Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIT District Waco Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIRST In Texas District Championship presented by Phillips 66 - APOLLO Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIT District Fort Worth Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIT District El Paso Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Arizona West Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | El Paso Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Hub City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Hub City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Hub City Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Arizona North Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Hub City Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 15.6 | 3046 / 3708 | 17.9 | 9-20-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 13.1 | 3223 / 3687 | 12.6 | 8-16-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10.4 | 2268 / 3475 | 34.7 | 11-16-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 33.9 | 1066 / 3284 | 67.6 | 19-25-1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 12.9 | 1611 / 3053 | 47.2 | 18-21-1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 8.3 | 3604 / 3763 | 4.2 | 10-16-1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 63.8 | 2711 / 3617 | 25.1 | 16-21-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 59.7 | 2310 / 3331 | 30.7 | 11-11-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 29.6 | 1009 / 3114 | 67.6 | 11-12-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 23.1 | 1073 / 2873 | 62.7 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |

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

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