# Team 6180: Mechanical Lions

Mission, Texas, USA. Rookie year 2016. District FIT.

## Who backs them

- School: Juan Diego Academy
- Sponsors: Kenedy Memorial Foundation, Royal Technologies, Friends and Family of 6180
- Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/
- X: https://twitter.com/mechanicalions

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **25.30**, rank 2344 of 3708 (36.8th percentile)
- Record: 12-19-0 over 31 matches (39% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 8.2, teleop 16.4, endgame 0.7
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 21%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIT District McAllen Event | 2026txmca | 2 | 12 | 5-7-0 | 17 | 4 | 22.1 | 36 |  |
| FIT District Manor Event | 2026txman | 4 | 22 | 4-8-0 | 17 | 5 | 25.3 | 14 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026txmca)

## 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.

- 2017 – now: Mechanical Lions
- 2016: JDA Lions

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 2, over 2 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Imagery | 1 | 2026 |
| Winner | 1 | 2024 |

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, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIT District Manor Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIT District McAllen Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FIT District Manor Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIT District Tomball Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIT District Houston Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | FIT District Waco Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIT District Waco Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIT District Pasadena Event #1 |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | FIT District Del Rio Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | FIT District Del Rio Event |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FIT District Austin Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | Alamo Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Alamo Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Lone Star Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 25.3 | 2344 / 3708 | 36.8 | 12-19-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 9.8 | 3446 / 3687 | 6.5 | 9-17-1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6.4 | 2932 / 3475 | 15.6 | 10-16-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 21.9 | 1994 / 3284 | 39.3 | 14-11-1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 7.0 | 2483 / 3053 | 18.7 | 11-15-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 29.8 | 839 / 2024 | 58.6 | 8-9-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 8.5 | 3482 / 3763 | 7.5 | 12-15-1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 40.8 | 3493 / 3617 | 3.4 | 4-6-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 40.2 | 3035 / 3331 | 8.9 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 10.8 | 3007 / 3114 | 3.4 | 2-6-0 | 1 |

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