# Team 589: Falkon Robotics La Crescenta, California, USA. Rookie year 2001. District CA. ## Who backs them - School: Crescenta Valley High School - Sponsors: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Boeing, Walt Disney Imagineering, Mary Pinola & Crescenta Valley Chamber Education Fund, Community Foundation of the Verdugos, J's Maintenance, Gene Haas Foundation, Intuitive Foundation, Glendale Unified School District CTE, Google, Los Angeles Breakfast Club, Medtronic, FIRST, J. Park, Bernie and Leo the Dogs, Latte and Lani the Dogs, Ruth the Cat, Friends of Falkon Robotics, Inc. - Website: http://www.cvrobots.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/589falkons - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@falkon589 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/falkon.589 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **64.50**, rank 1115 of 3708 (69.9th percentile) - Record: 22-29-0 over 51 matches (43% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 11.3, teleop 50.7, endgame 2.6 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 40%, RP2 9% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CA District Ventura County Event | 2026caven | 2 | 23 | 5-7-0 | 21 | 1 | 54.4 | 52 | | | CA District Aerospace Valley Event | 2026caasv | 5 | 24 | 5-7-0 | 22 | | 56.8 | 15 | | | FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm | 2026cascmp | 7 | 56 | 4-8-0 | 18 | | 67.4 | 48 | | | Curie Division | 2026cur | 8 | 68 | 3-7-0 | 13 | | 64.5 | | | | SoCal Showdown | 2026cass | 32 | | | | | 66.0 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026caven) - District Championship FIRST Impact Award (2026cascmp) - District Event Winner (2026caven) - Gracious Professionalism Award (2026caasv) ## 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. - 2013 – now: Falkon Robotics - 2004 – 2012: FalKON ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 9 - Awards: 35, over 14 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Imagery | 7 | 2025, 2024, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017 | | Leadership | 6 | 2025, 2024, 2020, 2019, 2013 | | Engineering Inspiration | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2020, 2017 | | Woodie Flowers | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2018, 2017 | | Impact | 3 | 2026, 2019 | | Team Spirit | 3 | 2023, 2016 | | Winner | 2 | 2026, 2022 | | Finalist | 2 | 2025, 2024 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 | | Judges' | 1 | 2015 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2007 | | Leadership in Control (no longer given) | 1 | 2003 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIRST California Southern State Championship presented by Qualcomm | | Not picked | | 2026 | CA District Aerospace Valley Event | | Not picked | | 2026 | CA District Ventura County Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2025 | Johnson Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | East Bay Regional | | Not picked | | 2025 | Ventura County Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2024 | Johnson Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | Ventura County Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2023 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | | Not picked | | 2023 | Hueneme Port Regional | | Not picked | | 2022 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2022 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2020 | Los Angeles North Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Turing Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | Aerospace Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2018 | Ventura Regional | | Not picked | | 2018 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2017 | Orange County Regional | | Not picked | | 2017 | Ventura Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Ventura Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | | Not picked | | 2014 | San Diego Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | | Not picked | | 2013 | San Diego Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2012 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2011 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | San Diego Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2010 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2007 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Southern California Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2004 | Southern California Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2003 | Southern California Regional | | Out before the top four | | 2002 | Southern California Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 64.5 | 1115 / 3708 | 69.9 | 22-29-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 24.6 | 2123 / 3687 | 42.4 | 12-22-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 18.3 | 1305 / 3475 | 62.5 | 19-20-1 | 3 | | 2023 | 25.2 | 1689 / 3284 | 48.6 | 8-12-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 13.5 | 1633 / 3053 | 46.5 | 11-16-2 | 2 | | 2020 | 36.7 | 615 / 2024 | 69.6 | 7-7-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 17.5 | 1546 / 3763 | 58.9 | 11-19-3 | 3 | | 2018 | 65.4 | 2591 / 3617 | 28.4 | 10-11-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 62.2 | 2252 / 3331 | 32.4 | 10-20-1 | 3 | | 2016 | 27.0 | 1333 / 3114 | 57.2 | 10-12-0 | 2 | | 2015 | 26.6 | 924 / 2873 | 67.9 | 0-0-23 | 2 | | 2014 | 36.7 | 768 / 2697 | 71.6 | 5-6-0 | 1 | | 2013 | 19.4 | 996 / 2510 | 60.3 | 15-7-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 6.6 | 1060 / 2332 | 54.6 | 5-7-2 | 1 | | 2011 | 12.2 | 692 / 2053 | 66.3 | 16-11-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 1.5 | 581 / 1801 | 67.8 | 4-5-1 | 1 | | 2009 | 13.5 | 1237 / 1675 | 26.2 | 3-4-0 | 1 | | 2008 | 8.5 | 1079 / 1498 | 28.0 | 4-7-0 | 1 | | 2007 | 21.9 | 77 / 1295 | 94.1 | 4-2-2 | 1 | | 2006 | 5.7 | 826 / 1125 | 26.6 | 4-8-0 | 1 | | 2004 | 28.7 | 356 / 932 | 61.9 | 7-3-0 | 1 | | 2003 | 21.1 | 268 / 785 | 65.9 | 4-4-0 | 1 | | 2002 | 10.8 | 457 / 641 | 28.8 | 3-4-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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