# Team 5968: Little Apple Cyborgs

Manhattan, Kansas, USA. Rookie year 2016.

## Who backs them

- School: Manhattan High School
- Sponsors: Greater Manhattan Community Foundation - YES! Grant Funds, USD 383 Manhattan Ogden Unified School District, Catepillar, Gene Haas Foundation, WTC, Steel & Pipe, Flint Hills Neuropsychology, Canopy, American Digital Security, MHS Booster Club, Manhattan Optimist Club, Aeromod Wastewater Process Solutions, BHS Construction, McCullough Development, Inc
- Website: https://cyborgindians.wixsite.com/frcteam5968
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/littleapplecyborgs
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@5968-cyborgs
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littleapplecyborgs

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **52.08**, rank 1324 of 3708 (64.3th percentile)
- Record: 22-19-0 over 41 matches (54% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 20.1, teleop 32.0, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 33%, RP2 7%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oklahoma Regional | 2026okok | 1 | 14 | 6-4-0 | 24 | 1 | 44.6 |  | 32 |
| Greater Kansas City Regional | 2026mokc | 6 | 28 | 4-7-0 | 21 | 4 | 44.8 |  | 62 |
| Johnson Division | 2026joh | 8 | 47 | 5-5-0 | 19 |  | 52.1 |  |  |
| Cow Town ThrowDown | 2026cttd | 34 | 40 | 2-6-0 | 11 | 8 | 36.0 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Winners (2026okok)
- Regional Finalists (2026mokc)
- FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026okok)
- Regional Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026mokc)

## 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.

- 2023 – now: Little Apple Cyborgs
- 2016 – 2022: Cyborg Indians

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 11, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leadership | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023 |
| Winner | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2026 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2026 |
| Rising All-Star | 1 | 2025 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2024 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Quality, Team Spirit, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Johnson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | Oklahoma Regional | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Central Missouri Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Central Missouri Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Central Missouri Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Central Missouri Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Greater Kansas City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2016 | Greater Kansas City Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 52.1 | 1324 / 3708 | 64.3 | 22-19-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 39.7 | 1139 / 3687 | 69.1 | 19-23-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 15.7 | 1569 / 3475 | 54.9 | 4-7-1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 23.8 | 1768 / 3284 | 46.2 | 3-9-1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 18.8 | 1006 / 3053 | 67.1 | 8-11-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 12.2 | 2925 / 3763 | 22.3 | 4-10-0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 78.8 | 1845 / 3617 | 49.0 | 6-6-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 62.1 | 2213 / 3331 | 33.6 | 6-8-2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 15.3 | 2748 / 3114 | 11.8 | 2-8-0 | 2 |

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