# Team 6498: Castle Robotics Newburgh, Indiana, USA. Rookie year 2017. District FIN. ## Who backs them - School: Castle High School - Sponsors: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Alcoa Foundation, USI Romain College of Business, Matrix, Koch Enterprises, Ciholas, Kaiser Aluminum, Reed Auction Barn, Project Associates, CenterPoint Energy, NAPA Auto Parts - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc6498 - X: https://twitter.com/castle6498 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc6498 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **73.44**, rank 961 of 3708 (74.1th percentile) - Record: 22-23-0 over 45 matches (49% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 19.4, teleop 54.1, endgame -0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 55%, RP2 12% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIN District Columbus Event | 2026incol | 3 | 21 | 5-7-0 | 21 | 8 | 63.4 | 26 | | | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota IN & VU CARA | 2026inwas | 5 | 5 | 8-4-0 | 34 | 3 | 87.1 | 49 | | | FIRST Indiana State Championship | 2026incmp | 7 | 25 | 6-6-0 | 25 | 3 | 73.4 | 42 | | | RiverBOaT Rumble | 2026kylou | 19 | 10 | 4-6-0 | 20 | 4 | 76.0 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Industrial Design Award (2026incol) - Team Spirit Award (2026inwas) ## 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. - 2020 – now: Castle Robotics - 2017 – 2019: Castle High School ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 2 - Awards: 18, over 7 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Team Spirit | 4 | 2026, 2023, 2022 | | Finalist | 2 | 2024, 2019 | | Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2022, 2019 | | Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 2 | 2017 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2026 | | Judges' | 1 | 2025 | | Imagery | 1 | 2024 | | Impact | 1 | 2024 | | Winner | 1 | 2022 | | Leadership | 1 | 2019 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2017 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota IN & VU CARA | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | FIN District Columbus Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota Indiana and Vincennes University | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIN District Kokomo Event | | Not picked | | 2024 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota Indiana and Vincennes University | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2024 | FIN District Columbus Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIN District Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIN District Princeton Event presented by Toyota | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | FIN District Columbus Event presented by Toyota | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIN District Kokomo Event presented by AndyMark | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2020 | IN District Bloomington Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Indiana State Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | IN District Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2019 | IN District St. Joseph Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2018 | IN District Tippecanoe Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | IN District Plainfield Event sponsored by Toyota | | Not picked | | 2017 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | IN District - Perry Meridian Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | IN District - Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 73.4 | 961 / 3708 | 74.1 | 22-23-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 25.1 | 2081 / 3687 | 43.6 | 7-18-1 | 3 | | 2024 | 28.3 | 468 / 3475 | 86.6 | 22-25-1 | 4 | | 2023 | 41.4 | 694 / 3284 | 78.9 | 20-24-0 | 3 | | 2022 | 22.8 | 814 / 3053 | 73.4 | 24-26-0 | 3 | | 2020 | 40.6 | 479 / 2024 | 76.4 | 8-7-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 20.3 | 1028 / 3763 | 72.7 | 22-26-1 | 3 | | 2018 | 83.4 | 1672 / 3617 | 53.8 | 7-17-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 103.1 | 465 / 3331 | 86.1 | 26-21-2 | 4 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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