# Team 6517: So-Kno Robo

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Rookie year 2017.

## Who backs them

- School: South-Doyle High School
- Sponsors: ETEBA, Knox County School District, Denso, TVA, Arconic, Boyd Foundation, Dow
- Website: https://www.soknorobo.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/6517soknorobo

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **156.38**, rank 231 of 3708 (93.8th percentile)
- Record: 25-15-0 over 40 matches (63% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 35.6, teleop 120.8, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 93%, RP2 31%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Smoky Mountains Regional | 2026tnkn | 3 | 2 | 10-0-0 | 39 | 2 | 114.9 |  | 71 |
| Rocket City Regional | 2026alhu | 6 | 21 | 4-6-0 | 24 | 4 | 122.0 |  | 27 |
| Hopper Division | 2026hop | 8 | 26 | 5-5-0 | 29 | 2 | 156.4 |  |  |
| Indiana Robotics Invitational  | 2026iri | 20 | 31 | 4-5-0 | 25 | 3 | 128.3 |  |  |
| Robo-Rodeo at the TN Valley Fair | 2026tnkno | 29 | 2 | 7-3-0 | 29 | 2 | 131.6 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Winners (2026tnkn)
- Championship Division Finalist (2026hop)
- FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026tnkn)
- Industrial Design Award (2026tnkn)

## 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: So-Kno Robo
- 2019: SoKno Robo
- 2017 – 2018: Team FTW

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 18, over 8 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2022 |
| Innovation in Control | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2018 |
| Industrial Design | 2 | 2026, 2021 |
| Winner | 2 | 2026, 2023 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2026 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2024 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2023 |
| Skills Winner (no longer given) | 1 | 2021 |
| 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, Engineering Inspiration, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Judges', Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Hopper Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2023 | Hopper Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Smoky Mountains Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 156.4 | 231 / 3708 | 93.8 | 25-15-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 54.6 | 586 / 3687 | 84.1 | 12-13-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 31.5 | 331 / 3475 | 90.5 | 22-9-2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 37.4 | 866 / 3284 | 73.7 | 17-23-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 25.4 | 620 / 3053 | 79.7 | 19-11-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 17.6 | 1527 / 3763 | 59.4 | 3-9-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 97.1 | 1052 / 3617 | 70.9 | 8-5-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 77.2 | 1543 / 3331 | 53.7 | 8-12-0 | 3 |

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

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