# Team 5852: Illusion Robotics 

Merced, California, USA. Rookie year 2016.

## Who backs them

- School: El Capitan High School
- Sponsors (2019): NASA
- Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/illusionrobotics
- X: https://twitter.com/illusion5852
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/illusionrobotics

## 2026 season

This team has no 2026 season on this site. It either did not compete that year, or the season is not one this site holds.

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 1, over 1 season

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | Central Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Central Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 8.8 | 3462 / 3763 | 8.0 | 5-5-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 81.5 | 1762 / 3617 | 51.3 | 4-8-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 81.9 | 1347 / 3331 | 59.6 | 10-5-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 28.4 | 1172 / 3114 | 62.4 | 6-5-1 | 3 |

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

The same page for a person: [https://www.match13.com/team/5852](https://www.match13.com/team/5852).

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