# Team 5902: The Wire Clippers

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. Rookie year 2016. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Portsmouth High School
- Sponsors: AVID Corporation, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and DoD STEM, Greenland Veterans Association (Greenland, NH), Service Credit Union, GE Aerospace, Portsmouth Lions Club, Beswick Engineering
- Website: https://wireclippers.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc5902
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@phs_wire_clippers
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc5902
- GitHub: https://github.com/frcteam5902

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **30.95**, rank 2077 of 3708 (44.0th percentile)
- Record: 14-17-0 over 31 matches (45% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 7.5, teleop 23.6, endgame -0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 25%, RP2 6%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District Minuteman Event | 2026mabil | 1 | 20 | 5-7-0 | 20 | 4 | 8.3 | 14 |  |
| NE District UNH Event | 2026nhdur | 4 | 20 | 6-6-0 | 28 | 7 | 30.9 | 26 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026nhdur)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 11, over 8 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Team Spirit | 4 | 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2026, 2023 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2020, 2019 |
| Winner | 1 | 2025 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2016 |
| 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', Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | NE District Minuteman Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | NE District Granite State Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | NE District UNH Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | NE District UNH Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | NE District Granite State Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District Pease ANG Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District Granite State Event |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | NE District Granite State Event |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | NE District Granite State Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | NE District UNH Event |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | NE District Granite State Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | NE District - Southern NH Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | NE District - Granite State Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - Pine Tree Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - UNH Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 30.9 | 2077 / 3708 | 44.0 | 14-17-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 26.4 | 1976 / 3687 | 46.4 | 13-16-1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 13.9 | 1829 / 3475 | 47.4 | 9-17-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 19.3 | 2260 / 3284 | 31.2 | 5-15-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 10.1 | 2066 / 3053 | 32.3 | 11-13-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 9.3 | 1787 / 2024 | 11.7 | 4-8-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 19.1 | 1218 / 3763 | 67.7 | 12-18-0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 45.7 | 3409 / 3617 | 5.8 | 9-15-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 42.6 | 2966 / 3331 | 11.0 | 8-15-0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 26.5 | 1407 / 3114 | 54.8 | 9-14-1 | 2 |

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