# Team 5982: Merrill's Circuits of Destruction Merrill, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2016. District FIM. ## Who backs them - School: Merrill High School - Sponsors: Dow, FIRST in Great Lakes Bay Region, Michigan Department of Education, Hemlock Semiconductor - Website: https://merrillfrc5982.weebly.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frcteam5982 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **54.11**, rank 1318 of 3708 (64.5th percentile) - Record: 21-21-0 over 42 matches (50% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 6.9, teleop 47.5, endgame -0.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 38%, RP2 8% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIM District Mt Pleasant Event presented by AT&T | 2026mimtp | 1 | 6 | 9-3-0 | 33 | 5 | 51.4 | 35 | | | FIM District Ferris State Event presented by Ferris State University | 2026mibig | 6 | 7 | 8-4-0 | 33 | 3 | 70.5 | 37 | | | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Foundation Division | 2026micmp2 | 7 | 40 | 2-10-0 | 13 | | 54.1 | 12 | | ### Awards in 2026 - Quality Award (2026mibig) - Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026mimtp) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2026, Comp Robot – Full Robot CAD Release, Fusion: https://a360.co/3NHiaZ3 - 2026, Comp Robot, Fusion: https://merrillschools3.autodesk360.com/g/shares/SH28cd1QT2badd0ea72b78157f2232d262f5 - 2025, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/77af01a1ce55e46039db6b72/w/4798adf385c550ba540229c5/e/3193a2a760f186184f2e18bd ## 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. - 2026 – now: Merrill's Circuits of Destruction - 2019 – 2025: Circuits of Destruction - 2016 – 2018: Circuits of Destruction ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 0 - Awards: 3, over 2 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Imagery | 1 | 2026 | | Quality | 1 | 2026 | | Judges' | 1 | 2017 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Finalist, Gracious Professionalism, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Foundation Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIM District Ferris State Event presented by Ferris State University | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIM District Mt Pleasant Event presented by AT&T | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIM District Mt. Pleasant Event | | Not picked | | 2024 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | FIM District Lake City Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIM District St. Joseph Event presented by Whirlpool Corporation | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIM District Gull Lake Event presented by Parker Hannifin | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIM District Shepherd Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIM District Midland Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2018 | FIM District Shepherd Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIM District Midland Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Shepherd Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIM District - Midland Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | FIM District - Midland Event | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 54.1 | 1318 / 3708 | 64.5 | 21-21-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 33.1 | 1542 / 3687 | 58.2 | 10-17-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 16.2 | 1542 / 3475 | 55.6 | 18-15-0 | 2 | | 2023 | 24.6 | 1739 / 3284 | 47.1 | 14-17-0 | 2 | | 2022 | 10.5 | 2018 / 3053 | 33.9 | 9-15-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 13.0 | 2626 / 3763 | 30.2 | 14-17-1 | 2 | | 2018 | 98.7 | 997 / 3617 | 72.5 | 14-14-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 78.3 | 1514 / 3331 | 54.6 | 7-17-0 | 2 | | 2016 | 20.9 | 2147 / 3114 | 31.1 | 7-16-1 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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