# Team 5872: Wiredcats

Davie, Florida, USA. Rookie year 2016.

## Who backs them

- School: Western High School
- Sponsors: Motorola Solutions Foundation, Business Light Engineering of the Motorola Solutions Inc., Lockheed Martin, FIRST Organization, Town of Davie, FPL
- Website: http://www.thewiredcats.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc-5872-western-wiredcats-893925140715155
- X: https://twitter.com/whswiredcats
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewiredcats

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **18.69**, rank 2830 of 3708 (23.7th percentile)
- Record: 7-8-0 over 15 matches (47% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 3.6, teleop 13.8, endgame 1.3
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 15%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| South Florida Regional | 2026flwp | 6 | 37 | 4-6-0 | 17 | 3 | 18.7 |  | 25 |

## 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.

- 2026 – now: Wiredcats
- 2016 – 2025: WiredCats

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 8, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 2 | 2024, 2019 |
| Rookie All Star | 2 | 2016 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2022 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2022 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2019 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2017 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | South Florida Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Tallahassee Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Tallahassee Regional | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | South Florida Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Orlando Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Bayou Regional presented by Entergy | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | Turing Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | South Florida Regional  |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | South Florida Regional  |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | South Florida Regional  |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Bayou Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 18.7 | 2830 / 3708 | 23.7 | 7-8-0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12.3 | 3305 / 3687 | 10.4 | 6-16-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10.1 | 2316 / 3475 | 33.4 | 11-11-1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 13.4 | 2888 / 3284 | 12.1 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 12.9 | 1604 / 3053 | 47.5 | 9-8-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 17.4 | 1603 / 3763 | 57.4 | 13-11-1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 78.0 | 1894 / 3617 | 47.6 | 5-5-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 61.1 | 2246 / 3331 | 32.6 | 10-11-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 22.9 | 1830 / 3114 | 41.2 | 10-19-0 | 3 |

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

The same page for a person: [https://www.match13.com/team/5872](https://www.match13.com/team/5872).

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