# Team 6508: Hastings Heroes

Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. Rookie year 2017.

## Who backs them

- School: Hastings Secondary College
- Sponsors: Public Schools NSW & Hastings Secondary College Port Macquarie and Westport Campus

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **27.02**, rank 2280 of 3708 (38.5th percentile)
- Record: 7-7-0 over 14 matches (50% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 1.7, teleop 25.3, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 22%, RP2 6%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Southern Cross Regional | 2026ausc | 2 | 19 | 5-5-0 | 18 | 6 | 27.0 |  | 31 |
| Duel Down Under | 2026audd | 17 | 13 | 5-6-0 | 22 | 3 | 56.5 |  |  |

## 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: Hastings Heroes
- 2017: Hastings

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 7, over 4 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Innovation in Control | 2 | 2024, 2018 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2023, 2018 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2023 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2017 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Southern Cross Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Finalist |
| 2017 | Roebling Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | South Pacific Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 27.0 | 2280 / 3708 | 38.5 | 7-7-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 20.8 | 2421 / 3687 | 34.3 | 7-6-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 21.0 | 1022 / 3475 | 70.6 | 7-6-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 31.7 | 1197 / 3284 | 63.6 | 10-7-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 17.2 | 1160 / 3053 | 62.0 | 8-7-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 25.0 | 460 / 3763 | 87.8 | 9-4-0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 108.1 | 649 / 3617 | 82.1 | 17-13-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 97.3 | 674 / 3331 | 79.8 | 16-10-1 | 2 |

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

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