# Team 5712: Hemlock's Gray Matter

Hemlock, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2015. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: Hemlock High School
- Sponsors: Hemlock Semiconductor, KEEL, Interpower Induction, Erskine Law, Saginaw Control and Engineering, Fullerton Tool, SME, Hemlock Public School District
- Website: http://team5712.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frcteam5712
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/frcteam5712
- X: https://twitter.com/frcteam5712
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frcteam5712
- GitHub: https://github.com/hemlock5712

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **215.89**, rank 73 of 3732 (98.1th percentile)
- Record: 55-29-0 over 84 matches (65% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 38.8, teleop 177.0, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 97%, RP2 48%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | 2026mimid | 2 | 10 | 8-4-0 | 32 | 1 | 91.2 | 67 |  |
| FIM District Mason Event presented by Altair | 2026mimas | 4 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 46 | 2 | 163.1 | 74 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | 2026micmp3 | 7 | 13 | 7-5-0 | 39 | 4 | 147.2 | 84 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship | 2026micmp | 7 |  |  |  |  | 119.4 | 24 |  |
| Curie Division | 2026cur | 8 | 34 | 5-5-0 | 23 | 4 | 119.4 |  |  |
| Indiana Robotics Invitational  | 2026iri | 20 | 40 | 2-7-0 | 19 |  | 171.0 |  |  |
| Goonettes Invitational | 2026mibro1 | 32 |  |  |  |  | 178.5 |  |  |
| Great Lakes Bay Bot Bash | 2026mimid1 | 35 | 4 | 4-2-0 | 23 | 1 | 215.9 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026mimas)
- District Event Winner (2026mimid)
- District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026mimas)
- District Championship Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026micmp)
- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026mimid)
- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026cur)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 12
- Awards: 37, over 11 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 9 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2015 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 7 | 2026, 2025, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 4 | 2026, 2023, 2022 |
| Imagery | 4 | 2025, 2019, 2018 |
| Impact | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2022 |
| Team Sustainability | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Team Spirit | 2 | 2019, 2015 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2018, 2017 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2025 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2024 |
| Quality | 1 | 2016 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2015 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Curie Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship |  |  |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIM District Mason Event presented by Altair | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2026 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | Galileo Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIM District West Michigan Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Mt. Pleasant Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Milstein Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2024 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2024 | FIM District St. Joseph Event presented by Whirlpool | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Daly Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - CONSUMERS ENERGY Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | FIM District St. Joseph Event presented by Whirlpool Corporation | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | Roebling Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Ford Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2022 | FIM District Milford Event presented by GM Proving Grounds | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | FIM District Milford Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | Carson Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Michigan State Championship - Ford Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIM District Midland Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | FIM District Kettering University Event #2 | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | Curie Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 5 · backup robot | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | FIM District Midland Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2018 | FIM District Kettering University Event #2 | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2017 | FIM District - Shepherd Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2017 | FIM District - Midland Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Carson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Michigan State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | FIM District - Lake Superior State University Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | FIM District - Midland Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | FIM District - Standish-Sterling Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Tesla Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | FIRST in Michigan District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | FIM District - Escanaba Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2015 | FIM District - Great Lakes Bay Region Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2015 | FIM District - Standish Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 119.4 | 463 / 3708 | 87.5 | 44-20-0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 81.5 | 81 / 3687 | 97.8 | 30-23-2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 44.2 | 48 / 3475 | 98.6 | 53-18-0 | 11 |
| 2023 | 55.9 | 180 / 3284 | 94.5 | 41-21-2 | 7 |
| 2022 | 44.5 | 89 / 3053 | 97.1 | 43-17-1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 45.8 | 321 / 2024 | 84.2 | 9-7-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 27.0 | 298 / 3763 | 92.1 | 35-23-2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 112.3 | 513 / 3617 | 85.8 | 35-25-0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 85.3 | 1176 / 3331 | 64.7 | 18-17-0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 32.6 | 747 / 3114 | 76.0 | 39-28-1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 25.5 | 923 / 2873 | 67.9 | Not applicable (qual average) | 5 |

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