# 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: **67.60**, rank 1060 of 3708 (71.4th percentile)
- Record: 12-13-0 over 25 matches (48% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 12.8, teleop 53.1, endgame 1.7
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 57%, RP2 12%

### 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 | 72.9 |  | 30 |
| Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | 2026mnmi | 4 | 14 | 5-4-0 | 22 | 8 | 67.6 |  | 24 |

### 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 | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 67.6 | 1060 / 3708 | 71.4 | 12-13-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 47.8 | 808 / 3687 | 78.1 | 13-9-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 25.1 | 699 / 3475 | 79.9 | 17-11-0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 34.7 | 1043 / 3284 | 68.3 | 14-8-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 30.1 | 438 / 3053 | 85.7 | 17-12-0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 45.3 | 339 / 2024 | 83.3 | 8-6-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 21.4 | 839 / 3763 | 77.7 | 21-21-0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 103.2 | 820 / 3617 | 77.4 | 12-13-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 118.2 | 159 / 3331 | 95.3 | 29-19-4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 28.9 | 1127 / 3114 | 63.8 | 16-10-0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 11.2 | 2242 / 2873 | 22.0 | 0-0-9 | 1 |

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