# Team 5920: VIKotics 5920 Palouse, Washington, USA. Rookie year 2016. District PNW. ## Who backs them - School: Palouse School - Sponsors: Washington FIRST Robotics, W.F. Halpin Math & Science Foundation, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Gene Haas Foundation - Website: http:///www.garpal.net ## 2026 season - xP rating: **36.65**, rank 1809 of 3708 (51.2th percentile) - Record: 15-15-0 over 30 matches (50% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 3.9, teleop 32.8, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 27%, RP2 6% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | PNW District Oregon State Fair Event | 2026orsal | 1 | 16 | 6-6-0 | 25 | 1 | 37.4 | 37 | | | PNW District SunDome Event | 2026wayak | 3 | 18 | 5-7-0 | 25 | 8 | 36.7 | 20 | | | Bordie Through Time | 2026wabe | 32 | 34 | 2-8-0 | 7 | | 43.7 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Winner (2026orsal) ## 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. - 2027 – now: VIKotics 5920 - 2016 – now: VIKotics ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 3 - Awards: 13, over 7 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Winner | 3 | 2026, 2023, 2017 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2022, 2018 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2017, 2016 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 2016 | | Imagery | 1 | 2020 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2017 | | Finalist | 1 | 2016 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2016 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | PNW District SunDome Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | PNW District Oregon State Fair Event | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2025 | PNW District SunDome Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | PNW District Oregon State Fair Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | PNW District SunDome Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | PNW District Clackamas Academy Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | PNW District SunDome Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | PNW District Clackamas Academy Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2022 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship | | Not picked | | 2022 | PNW District West Valley Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | PNW District SunDome Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | PNW District West Valley Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | PNW District West Valley Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | PNW District SunDome Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Pacific Northwest District Championship | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | PNW District West Valley Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | PNW District SunDome Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Pacific Northwest District Championship | | Not picked | | 2017 | PNW District - Central Washington University Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | PNW District - West Valley Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2016 | Carver Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Pacific Northwest District Championship sponsored by Autodesk | | Not picked | | 2016 | PNW District - Central Washington University Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | PNW District - West Valley Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 36.6 | 1809 / 3708 | 51.2 | 15-15-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 42.9 | 1001 / 3687 | 72.9 | 16-15-0 | 2 | | 2024 | 12.9 | 1917 / 3475 | 44.8 | 13-16-0 | 3 | | 2023 | 32.7 | 1137 / 3284 | 65.4 | 21-26-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 24.8 | 652 / 3053 | 78.7 | 20-22-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 43.4 | 376 / 2024 | 81.5 | 7-8-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 20.4 | 1038 / 3763 | 72.4 | 13-16-0 | 3 | | 2018 | 96.6 | 1071 / 3617 | 70.4 | 23-23-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 81.9 | 1323 / 3331 | 60.3 | 25-23-0 | 3 | | 2016 | 28.8 | 1103 / 3114 | 64.6 | 32-22-1 | 5 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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