# Team 581: Blazing Bulldogs San Jose, California, USA. Rookie year 2001. District CA. ## Who backs them - School: San Jose High School - Sponsors: Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Google, UST, Salas O'Brien, John Deere, Apple, Gene Haas Foundation, Raytheon, TE Connectivity, Intuitive Foundation, BAE Systems, PTC, West Coast Products, Fabworks - Website: https://team581.club - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frcteam581 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frcteam581 - X: https://twitter.com/frcteam581 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frcteam581 - GitHub: https://github.com/team581 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **246.39**, rank 28 of 3708 (99.3th percentile) - Record: 47-19-0 over 66 matches (71% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 56.3, teleop 190.1, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 100%, RP2 70% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CA District Silicon Valley Event presented by Apple | 2026casnv | 2 | 3 | 9-3-0 | 42 | 2 | 149.2 | 60 | | | CA District Pinnacles Event presented by Apple | 2026capin | 4 | 2 | 10-2-0 | 46 | 1 | 195.5 | 72 | | | FIRST California Northern State Championship | 2026cancmp | 7 | 9 | 8-4-0 | 44 | 4 | 208.7 | 93 | | | Hopper Division | 2026hop | 8 | 9 | 7-3-0 | 38 | 2 | 246.4 | | | | Sunset Showdown | 2026sunshow | 21 | 1 | 10-0-0 | 48 | 1 | 306.4 | | | | Chezy Champs | 2026cc | 29 | 6 | 7-3-0 | 33 | 3 | 308.1 | | | | MadTown Throwdown | 2026mttd | 36 | 6 | 6-3-0 | 30 | 5 | 334.2 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Winner (2026sunshow) - District Event Winner (2026capin) - District Event Finalist (2026casnv) - Championship Division Finalist (2026hop) - Finalist (2026cc) - Quality Award (2026capin) - Quality & Reliability Award (2026sunshow) - Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026casnv) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2026, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/766d37b113335d7a60cc2375/w/8b35fc383279c1954cec5b72/e/bd3188f47c23702bef9f1fc8?renderMode=0&uiState=6a284c39e39535e5b60eb5fd - 2025, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/608b0dda0f1838442e89d736/w/5ea2acc09519fc306dd88bdc/e/77f704f88876565f2b34a5eb - 2024, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e0b1ba5e437ff36752e3516b/w/09c92da8e227d0ad729ed92d/e/6a79f6313b90f11e04930444 ## 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. - 2009 – now: Blazing Bulldogs - 2004 – 2008: Bulldog Robotics ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 4 - Awards: 18, over 5 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2024 | | Winner | 3 | 2026, 2024, 2006 | | Creativity | 2 | 2025, 2024 | | Industrial Design | 2 | 2025, 2023 | | Leadership | 2 | 2025, 2023 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2026 | | Quality | 1 | 2026 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2025 | | Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2024 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Hopper Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2026 | FIRST California Northern State Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | CA District Pinnacles Event presented by Apple | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2026 | CA District Silicon Valley Event presented by Apple | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | Johnson Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | Pinnacles Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | Daly Division | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | East Bay Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2024 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event | | 2023 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2019 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2018 | San Francisco Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | San Francisco Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Silicon Valley Regional presented by Google.org | | Not picked | | 2016 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Silicon Valley Regional sponsored by Google.org | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Seattle Cascade Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Silicon Valley Regional sponsored by Google and BAE Systems | | Not picked | | 2009 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Oregon Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Silicon Valley Regional | | | | 2006 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2006 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2005 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2004 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2003 | Pacific Northwest Regional | | Top four | | 2003 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 246.4 | 28 / 3708 | 99.3 | 47-19-0 | 7 | | 2025 | 80.6 | 92 / 3687 | 97.5 | 33-16-0 | 6 | | 2024 | 41.3 | 88 / 3475 | 97.5 | 46-16-0 | 6 | | 2023 | 62.9 | 46 / 3284 | 98.6 | 17-10-0 | 5 | | 2022 | 12.1 | 1716 / 3053 | 43.8 | 4-5-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 16.8 | 1732 / 3763 | 54.0 | 13-10-0 | 2 | | 2018 | 82.0 | 1693 / 3617 | 53.2 | 7-12-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 89.9 | 970 / 3331 | 70.9 | 8-11-0 | 2 | | 2016 | 19.4 | 2278 / 3114 | 26.9 | 6-10-0 | 2 | | 2015 | 32.1 | 619 / 2873 | 78.5 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 | | 2014 | 24.9 | 1308 / 2697 | 51.5 | 3-8-0 | 1 | | 2013 | 11.9 | 1500 / 2510 | 40.3 | 6-16-0 | 3 | | 2012 | 3.4 | 1714 / 2332 | 26.5 | 9-11-0 | 2 | | 2011 | 7.9 | 974 / 2053 | 52.6 | 7-10-1 | 3 | | 2010 | 0.7 | 1247 / 1801 | 30.8 | 4-4-2 | 1 | | 2009 | 14.3 | 1144 / 1675 | 31.7 | 3-4-1 | 2 | | 2008 | 4.7 | 1375 / 1498 | 8.2 | 7-10-0 | 3 | | 2007 | 9.3 | 454 / 1295 | 65.0 | 1-5-0 | 1 | | 2006 | 15.5 | 194 / 1125 | 82.8 | 13-12-0 | 2 | | 2005 | 11.4 | 207 / 747 | 72.4 | 7-7-0 | 1 | | 2004 | 33.0 | 219 / 932 | 76.6 | 3-4-1 | 1 | | 2003 | 28.5 | 20 / 785 | 97.6 | 14-10-0 | 2 | | 2002 | 9.7 | 631 / 641 | 1.6 | 3-8-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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