# Team 6186: Hope BotCats

Hope, Arkansas, USA. Rookie year 2016.

## Who backs them

- School: Hope High School
- Sponsors: DoD STEM, Leidos, Gene Haas Foundation
- Website: http://www.firstinspires.org/

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **9.56**, rank 3391 of 3708 (8.6th percentile)
- Record: 10-7-0 over 17 matches (59% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 2.9, teleop 6.7, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 14%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arkansas Regional | 2026arli | 3 | 17 | 5-7-0 | 23 | 1 | 9.6 |  | 42 |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Winners (2026arli)

## 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.

- 2018 – now: Hope BotCats
- 2016 – 2017: Knights of the Claw

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 1, over 1 season

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 1 | 2026 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Finalist, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, 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 | Arkansas Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | Arkansas Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Arkansas Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | Arkansas Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Arkansas Rock City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Arkansas Rock City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Arkansas Rock City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Arkansas Rock City Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 9.6 | 3391 / 3708 | 8.6 | 10-7-0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 16.6 | 2850 / 3687 | 22.7 | 4-8-0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7.3 | 2811 / 3475 | 19.1 | 6-6-0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 10.7 | 1742 / 2024 | 13.9 | 3-6-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 8.1 | 3619 / 3763 | 3.8 | 4-5-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 50.8 | 3304 / 3617 | 8.7 | 6-4-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 9.3 | 3325 / 3331 | 0.2 | 2-7-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 8.4 | 3084 / 3114 | 1.0 | 1-7-0 | 1 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

The same page for a person: [https://www.match13.com/team/6186](https://www.match13.com/team/6186).

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