# Team 6500: GearCats Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2017. District FNC. ## Who backs them - Sponsors: Schneider Electric, Uncle Fred, Gene Haas Foundation, Enact, TE Connectivity, FIRST, IBM - Website: http://millbrookrobotics.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gearcats-6500-robotics-team-111425060465569 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gearcats_6500 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **120.40**, rank 451 of 3708 (87.9th percentile) - Record: 33-18-0 over 51 matches (65% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 20.6, teleop 99.8, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 81%, RP2 20% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FNC District Cabarrus Event | 2026nccab | 1 | 3 | 8-4-0 | 32 | 2 | 98.7 | 59 | | | FNC District Wake County Event #2 | 2026ncwk2 | 3 | 4 | 8-4-0 | 30 | 3 | 85.3 | 58 | | | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | 2026nccmp | 7 | 5 | 10-2-0 | 37 | 3 | 120.4 | 99 | | | Doyenne Inspiration East | 2026ncfay | 33 | 1 | 7-1-0 | 26 | 1 | 111.6 | | | | THOR East | 2026ncfay1 | 33 | 1 | 6-0-0 | 25 | 1 | 137.3 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Finalist (2026ncwk2) - District Event Finalist (2026nccab) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026ncwk2) - Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026nccab) ## 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. - 2022 – now: GearCats - 2020: GearCats 6500 - 2017 – 2019: GearCats ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 0 - Awards: 14, over 8 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2022 | | Innovation in Control | 3 | 2025, 2024, 2022 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2026 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2026 | | Quality | 1 | 2023 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2022 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2019 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2017 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FNC District Wake County Event #2 | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2026 | FNC District Cabarrus Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist | | 2025 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FNC District Pitt County Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FNC District Catawba County Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | | Not picked | | 2024 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2024 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FNC District Johnston County Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | | Not picked | | 2022 | FNC District Guilford County Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | FNC District ECU Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist | | 2020 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2019 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NC District Pitt County Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NC District - Raleigh Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2017 | NC District - Pitt County Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 120.4 | 451 / 3708 | 87.9 | 33-18-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 56.4 | 537 / 3687 | 85.5 | 25-19-1 | 5 | | 2024 | 17.4 | 1367 / 3475 | 60.7 | 21-24-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 31.3 | 1224 / 3284 | 62.7 | 12-17-0 | 2 | | 2022 | 21.4 | 845 / 3053 | 72.3 | 31-18-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 26.4 | 939 / 2024 | 53.6 | 7-9-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 21.5 | 870 / 3763 | 76.9 | 23-19-0 | 3 | | 2018 | 96.5 | 1073 / 3617 | 70.4 | 19-24-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 86.3 | 1133 / 3331 | 66.0 | 22-21-2 | 4 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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