# Team 5856: Bullbots

Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. Rookie year 2016. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Crosby High School
- Sponsors: Waterbury Board of Education, University of Connecticut
- Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **-6.47**, rank 3663 of 3708 (1.2th percentile)
- Record: 7-17-0 over 24 matches (29% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 0.0, teleop -6.5, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 8%, RP2 3%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District Waterbury Event | 2026ctwat | 3 | 20 | 5-5-0 | 20 |  | 18.6 | 11 |  |
| NE District Hartford Event | 2026cthar | 4 | 37 | 1-11-0 | 4 |  | -6.5 | 4 |  |

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 5, over 2 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 2016 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 2 | 2016 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2018 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | NE District Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | NE District Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | NE District Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | NE District Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | NE District Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | NE District Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | New England District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | NE District Southern CT Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2017 | NE District - Rhode Island Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | NE District - Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - Waterbury Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | -6.5 | 3663 / 3708 | 1.2 | 7-17-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 16.1 | 2899 / 3687 | 21.4 | 9-15-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 12.6 | 2941 / 3284 | 10.4 | 8-16-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 7.2 | 2458 / 3053 | 19.5 | 13-13-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 21.0 | 1169 / 2024 | 42.3 | 6-6-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 17.8 | 1483 / 3763 | 60.6 | 14-12-0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 94.5 | 1159 / 3617 | 68.0 | 21-24-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 65.7 | 2108 / 3331 | 36.7 | 11-14-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 21.7 | 2027 / 3114 | 34.9 | 10-14-0 | 2 |

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