# Team 5690: SubZero Robotics

Esko, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2015.

## Who backs them

- School: Esko High School
- Sponsors: Esko Public Schools, Irving Community Club, Gene Haas Foundation, Mont du Lac, Minnesota Power Foundation, Essentia Health, CIRRUS Design Corporation
- Website: https://subzerorobotics.wordpress.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esko-subzero-robotics-team-5690-695407257248414
- X: https://twitter.com/subzerorobotics
- GitHub: https://github.com/subzero-robotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **61.14**, rank 1110 of 3708 (70.1th percentile)
- Record: 12-13-0 over 25 matches (48% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 11.8, teleop 49.3, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 41%, RP2 9%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lake Superior Regional | 2026mndu | 1 | 13 | 6-5-0 | 27 | 7 | 56.7 |  | 30 |
| Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | 2026mnmi | 4 | 14 | 5-4-0 | 22 | 8 | 61.1 |  | 24 |
| CMRC Tournament | 2026cmrc | 32 |  |  |  |  | 48.8 |  |  |
| NMRC Open | 2026nmrc | 34 | 19 | 2-4-0 | 8 |  | 48.8 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026mndu)

## 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: SubZero Robotics
- 2015: Sub Zero Robotics

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 14, over 9 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Winner | 2 | 2019, 2017 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2017, 2016 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2026 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2025 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2025 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2024 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2022 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2016 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2015 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Green Country Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Northern Lights Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Iowa Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Colorado Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2020 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Carson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | Iowa Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Daly Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four |
| 2017 | Iowa Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event |
| 2017 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2016 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2015 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 61.1 | 1110 / 3708 | 70.1 | 12-13-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 46.3 | 854 / 3687 | 76.9 | 13-9-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 24.2 | 769 / 3475 | 77.9 | 17-11-0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 33.8 | 1074 / 3284 | 67.3 | 14-8-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 28.4 | 474 / 3053 | 84.5 | 17-12-0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 46.0 | 311 / 2024 | 84.7 | 8-6-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 19.7 | 1156 / 3763 | 69.3 | 21-21-0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 103.0 | 836 / 3617 | 76.9 | 12-13-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 116.2 | 211 / 3331 | 93.7 | 29-19-4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 28.3 | 1169 / 3114 | 62.5 | 16-10-0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 10.0 | 2343 / 2873 | 18.5 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |

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

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