# Team 5962: perSEVERE Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. Rookie year 2016. District NE. ## Who backs them - Sponsors: UMASS Lowell, Merrimack Valley Robotics - Website: https://frcpersevere.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frcteam5962 - X: https://twitter.com/frcteam5962 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc5962 - GitHub: https://github.com/persevere-5962 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **63.85**, rank 1066 of 3708 (71.3th percentile) - Record: 24-25-0 over 49 matches (49% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 15.0, teleop 48.9, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 42%, RP2 9% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week 0 | 2026week0 | 0 | 17 | 1-2-0 | 4 | 2 | 23.6 | | | | NE District Minuteman Event | 2026mabil | 1 | 23 | 4-8-0 | 18 | 6 | 47.2 | 38 | | | NE District Greater Boston Event | 2026mabos | 4 | 26 | 5-7-0 | 25 | | 50.8 | 15 | | | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 9 | 9-3-0 | 42 | 7 | 63.9 | 96 | | | MA State Championship | 2026manor | 13 | 17 | 3-3-0 | 13 | 8 | 53.5 | | | | BattleCry at WPI (June) | 2026bc2 | 14 | 36 | 3-6-0 | 16 | 8 | 44.4 | | | | New England Robotics Derby | 2026matb | 32 | 23 | 1-4-0 | 6 | 4 | 52.5 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Gracious Professionalism Award (2026necmp2) - Judges' Award (2026mabos) - Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026mabil) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 5 - Awards: 18, over 9 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2026, 2022, 2016 | | Team Sustainability | 3 | 2026, 2023 | | Impact | 3 | 2019, 2018 | | Judges' | 2 | 2026, 2024 | | Winner | 2 | 2025, 2024 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2024, 2017 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 | | 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, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | NE District Greater Boston Event | | Not picked | | 2026 | NE District Minuteman Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | Week 0 | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Finalist | | 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace | | Not picked | | 2025 | NE District URI Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2025 | NE District Granite State Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ganson Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2024 | NE District BSU Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | NE District North Shore Event | | Not picked | | 2023 | NE District SE Mass Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | NE District WPI Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | NE District North Shore Event | | Not picked | | 2020 | Week 0 | Alliance 5 · captain | Finalist | | 2019 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Daly Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2018 | NE District Greater Boston Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | NE District North Shore Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | NE District - Southern NH Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | NE District - North Shore Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2016 | NE District - UNH Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NE District - North Shore Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 63.9 | 1066 / 3708 | 71.3 | 24-25-0 | 7 | | 2025 | 15.3 | 2987 / 3687 | 19.0 | 18-26-0 | 6 | | 2024 | 16.9 | 1420 / 3475 | 59.2 | 22-23-0 | 5 | | 2023 | 15.5 | 2680 / 3284 | 18.4 | 12-16-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 8.7 | 2171 / 3053 | 28.9 | 7-16-1 | 4 | | 2020 | 24.6 | 1018 / 2024 | 49.7 | 6-3-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 15.9 | 1938 / 3763 | 48.5 | 15-23-3 | 3 | | 2018 | 78.6 | 1856 / 3617 | 48.7 | 16-30-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 85.1 | 1190 / 3331 | 64.3 | 12-15-1 | 2 | | 2016 | 31.6 | 839 / 3114 | 73.1 | 17-24-0 | 4 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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