# Team 5830: LIFE Engineering

Bowie, Maryland, USA. Rookie year 2016. District FCH.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Gene Haas Foundation, Helsing, Maryland Space Business Roundtable, Metavista Engineering
- Website: http://www.team5830.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frcteam5830
- X: https://twitter.com/life_5830
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frcteam5830
- GitHub: https://github.com/team5830

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **26.79**, rank 2293 of 3708 (38.2th percentile)
- Record: 11-15-0 over 26 matches (42% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 6.1, teleop 20.7, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 20%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCH District Pasadena MD Event presented by Plummer Industries | 2026mdpas | 2 | 31 | 4-8-0 | 15 |  | 2.3 | 12 |  |
| FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | 2026vabla | 4 | 11 | 7-5-0 | 30 | 7 | 26.8 | 30 |  |
| Chesapeake Robotics Icebreaker | 2026vaale1 | 30 | 27 | 2-4-0 | 9 |  | 25.6 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026mdpas)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026vabla)

## 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.

- 2017 – now: LIFE Engineering
- 2016: The Irrational Engineers

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 18, over 8 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Imagery | 7 | 2025, 2024, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Leadership | 3 | 2019, 2016 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2026 |
| Rookie All Star | 2 | 2016 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2022 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2019 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2019 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Gracious Professionalism, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FCH District Pasadena MD Event presented by Plummer Industries |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Volvo | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | CHS District Pasadena MD Event presented by Plummer Industries | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | CHS District Owings Mills MD Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | CHS District Timonium MD Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | CHS District Bethesda MD Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #3 Day 1 |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #1 Day 1 | Alliance 4 · backup robot | Top four |
| 2019 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | CHS District Owings Mills MD Event sponsored by Leidos | Alliance 1 · backup robot | Finalist |
| 2019 | CHS District Bethesda MD Event sponsored by Bechtel | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | CHS District Greater DC Event co-sponsored by Micron |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | CHS District Northern Virginia Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | CHS District - Central Maryland Event sponsored by Leidos |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | CHS District - Hampton Roads Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Carver Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | CHS District - Central Maryland Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | CHS District - Greater DC Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 26.8 | 2293 / 3708 | 38.2 | 11-15-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 22.5 | 2276 / 3687 | 38.3 | 13-16-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7.2 | 2841 / 3475 | 18.2 | 13-19-1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 22.6 | 1900 / 3284 | 42.2 | 11-13-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4.9 | 2701 / 3053 | 11.5 | 7-16-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 15.7 | 2005 / 3763 | 46.7 | 19-21-5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 71.2 | 2285 / 3617 | 36.8 | 12-12-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 53.8 | 2587 / 3331 | 22.3 | 6-17-1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 24.1 | 1671 / 3114 | 46.4 | 8-24-0 | 4 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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