# 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: **112.17**, rank 525 of 3708 (85.9th percentile)
- Record: 44-20-0 over 64 matches (69% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 22.4, teleop 89.7, endgame 0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 77%, RP2 18%

### 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 | 128.9 | 67 |  |
| FIM District Mason Event presented by Altair | 2026mimas | 4 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 46 | 2 | 193.5 | 74 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | 2026micmp3 | 7 | 13 | 7-5-0 | 39 | 4 | 161.4 | 84 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship | 2026micmp | 7 |  |  |  |  | 112.2 | 24 |  |
| Curie Division | 2026cur | 8 | 34 | 5-5-0 | 23 | 4 | 112.2 |  |  |
| Indiana Robotics Invitational  | 2026iri | 20 | 40 | 2-7-0 | 19 |  | 178.5 |  |  |

### 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 | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 112.2 | 525 / 3708 | 85.9 | 44-20-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 80.5 | 69 / 3687 | 98.2 | 30-23-2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 43.1 | 38 / 3475 | 98.9 | 53-18-0 | 11 |
| 2023 | 54.6 | 199 / 3284 | 94.0 | 41-21-2 | 7 |
| 2022 | 42.6 | 99 / 3053 | 96.8 | 43-17-1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 45.4 | 336 / 2024 | 83.4 | 9-7-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 26.0 | 317 / 3763 | 91.6 | 35-23-2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 112.5 | 498 / 3617 | 86.3 | 35-25-0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 84.5 | 1233 / 3331 | 63.0 | 18-17-0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 30.8 | 920 / 3114 | 70.5 | 39-28-1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 23.9 | 1105 / 2873 | 61.6 | 4-0-70 | 5 |

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