# Team 571: Paragon Robotics

Windsor, Connecticut, USA. Rookie year 2001. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Windsor High School
- Sponsors: Town of Windsor, Connecticut, RTX, ReadyCT
- Website: http://www.team-paragon.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paragonrobotics571
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frc571paragonrobotics
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamparagon571

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **157.15**, rank 229 of 3708 (93.8th percentile)
- Record: 40-17-0 over 57 matches (70% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 27.5, teleop 129.6, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 93%, RP2 32%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District Western NE Event | 2026mawne | 2 | 8 | 8-4-0 | 35 | 4 | 106.4 | 30 |  |
| NE District Hartford Event | 2026cthar | 4 | 1 | 12-0-0 | 52 | 1 | 194.9 | 73 |  |
| New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | 2026necmp1 | 7 | 19 | 6-6-0 | 33 | 7 | 157.1 | 72 |  |
| Curie Division | 2026cur | 8 | 16 | 7-3-0 | 31 |  | 157.2 |  |  |
| CIAC CT State Championship 2026 | 2026ctgla | 11 | 12 | 3-3-0 | 14 | 2 | 144.8 |  |  |
| CyberKnight Invitational 2026 | 2026ctsou | 33 | 7 | 4-4-0 | 20 | 3 | 151.9 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026cthar)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026cthar)

## 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.

- 2025 – now: Paragon Robotics
- 2024: Team Paragon Robotics
- 2003 – 2023: Team Paragon

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 32, over 21 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Imagery | 12 | 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2008 |
| Finalist | 3 | 2025, 2023, 2022 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 3 | 2017, 2008, 2006 |
| Winner | 2 | 2026, 2004 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2009, 2005 |
| Team Spirit | 2 | 2006, 2005 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2026 |
| VOTY | 1 | 2017 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2010 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2007 |
| Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 1 | 2007 |
| Quality | 1 | 2006 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2003 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2001 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Impact, Impact Finalist, Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2026 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ballard Division presented by Altair |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2024 | NE District Western NE Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - WILSON Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 3 · backup robot | Top four |
| 2019 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | NE District - Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | NE District - Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | NE District - Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | NE District - Pioneer Valley Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Hartford District Event |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Groton District Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Connecticut Regional sponsored by UTC | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | WPI Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | WPI Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | WPI Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Connecticut Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | BAE Granite State Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2008 | New York City Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2008 | Connecticut Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Suffield Shakedown |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | Philadelphia Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2007 | UTC Connecticut Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Boston Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2005 | Philadelphia Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2005 | UTC New England Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2004 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2004 | New Jersey Regional |  |  |
| 2003 | Galileo Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2003 | UTC New England Regional |  | Top four |
| 2002 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2002 | New York City Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 157.2 | 229 / 3708 | 93.8 | 40-17-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 58.9 | 473 / 3687 | 87.2 | 33-13-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 23.9 | 785 / 3475 | 77.4 | 12-14-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 37.8 | 847 / 3284 | 74.2 | 20-26-0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 7.9 | 2268 / 3053 | 25.7 | 14-17-1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 18.8 | 1301 / 3763 | 65.4 | 16-13-0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 85.9 | 1502 / 3617 | 58.5 | 15-15-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 59.7 | 2307 / 3331 | 30.8 | 8-15-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 22.1 | 1928 / 3114 | 38.1 | 10-14-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 32.3 | 608 / 2873 | 78.9 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 25.6 | 1265 / 2697 | 53.1 | 10-16-0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 16.6 | 1089 / 2510 | 56.6 | 8-16-0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 10.3 | 553 / 2332 | 76.3 | 8-11-0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 18.7 | 345 / 2053 | 83.2 | 12-12-0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1.1 | 843 / 1801 | 53.2 | 6-11-5 | 2 |
| 2009 | 17.7 | 632 / 1675 | 62.3 | 9-13-1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 15.2 | 465 / 1498 | 69.0 | 7-16-0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 15.3 | 206 / 1295 | 84.2 | 15-10-1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 11.1 | 401 / 1125 | 64.4 | 7-10-0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 10.4 | 257 / 747 | 65.7 | 14-14-0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 43.1 | 54 / 932 | 94.3 | 25-11-0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 23.2 | 142 / 785 | 82.0 | 12-9-1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11.4 | 266 / 641 | 58.6 | 12-12-0 | 2 |

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