# Team 568: Nerds of the North

Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Rookie year 2001. District PNW.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors (2024): JEDC, ASD C&TE, UAA College of Engineering, Alaska Airlines, VIPER Transitions, Boeing Foundation, Alaska Airlines Foundation, FIRST
- Website: http://frc568.akfirstrobotics.org/
- X: https://twitter.com/frc568
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frcteam568
- GitHub: https://github.com/frc-568

## 2026 season

This team has no 2026 season on this site. It either did not compete that year, or the season is not one this site holds.

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2018, Comp Robot, STEP: https://grabcad.com/library/frc-nerds-of-the-north-568-2018-design-1

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 5
- Awards: 17, over 10 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engineering Inspiration | 4 | 2019, 2018 |
| Judges' | 4 | 2019, 2016, 2007, 2006 |
| Impact | 3 | 2022, 2020 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2022, 2015 |
| Winner | 1 | 2022 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2019 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2017 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2005 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | Colorado Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | PNW District Bonney Lake Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | PNW District Wilsonville Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | PNW District Wilsonville Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | PNW District Clackamas Academy Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | Roebling Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | PNW District Clackamas Academy Event |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | PNW District Auburn Mountainview Event |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Turing Division |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | PNW District Auburn Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | PNW District Wilsonville Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | PNW District - Wilsonville Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | PNW District - Auburn Mountainview Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | PNW District - Mount Vernon Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2016 | PNW District - Glacier Peak Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2014 | San Diego Regional  |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Autodesk Oregon Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Autodesk Oregon Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | San Diego Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Oregon Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | San Diego Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | Silicon Valley Regional  |  |  |
| 2006 | Davis Sacramento Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | Silicon Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2003 | Pacific Northwest Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2002 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2002 | Pacific Northwest Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | 5.8 | 3066 / 3475 | 11.8 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 18.8 | 2307 / 3284 | 29.8 | 11-16-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8.8 | 2144 / 3053 | 29.8 | 26-23-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 13.2 | 2642 / 3763 | 29.8 | 10-23-1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 89.7 | 1349 / 3617 | 62.7 | 16-19-1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 47.1 | 2832 / 3331 | 15.0 | 8-18-1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 23.9 | 1690 / 3114 | 45.7 | 11-18-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 29.8 | 706 / 2873 | 75.5 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 17.4 | 1983 / 2697 | 26.5 | 6-5-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 7.4 | 1991 / 2510 | 20.7 | 6-5-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 6.1 | 1048 / 2332 | 55.1 | 10-8-0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3.5 | 1716 / 2053 | 16.4 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0.4 | 1631 / 1801 | 9.4 | 2-7-1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 13.6 | 1242 / 1675 | 25.9 | 5-2-0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 6.8 | 1228 / 1498 | 18.0 | 2-8-0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 6.6 | 702 / 1295 | 45.8 | 3-3-0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 11.6 | 374 / 1125 | 66.8 | 8-3-2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 5.4 | 569 / 747 | 23.9 | 6-6-0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 23.3 | 492 / 932 | 47.3 | 5-7-1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 17.2 | 511 / 785 | 34.9 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 12.1 | 112 / 641 | 82.7 | 7-10-1 | 2 |

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