# Team 6639: The Mechanical Minds Hickory, North Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2017. District FNC. ## Who backs them - School: Fred T Foard High & Bandys High & Challenger Early College High & St Stephens High School - Sponsors: Corning, Catawba Valley Community College, Weinig Holz-Her, Utility Solutions Inc. - Website: https://www.themechanicalminds.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mechminds6639 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mechminds6639 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **73.33**, rank 965 of 3708 (74.0th percentile) - Record: 25-28-0 over 53 matches (47% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 16.3, teleop 56.7, endgame 0.4 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 48%, RP2 10% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | 2026ncash | 2 | 9 | 7-5-0 | 25 | 6 | 45.8 | 37 | | | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | 2026ncpem | 4 | 24 | 5-7-0 | 18 | 7 | 31.5 | 22 | | | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | 2026nccmp | 7 | 22 | 7-5-0 | 23 | 2 | 63.9 | 63 | | | Hopper Division | 2026hop | 8 | 62 | 3-7-0 | 16 | | 73.3 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District FIRST Impact Award (2026ncash) - District Championship Winner (2026nccmp) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026ncash) - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026ncash) - Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026ncpem) ## 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: The Mechanical Minds - 2017: Mechanical Minds ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 3 - Awards: 16, over 7 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Leadership | 3 | 2026, 2024 | | Winner | 2 | 2026, 2024 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2023, 2018 | | Impact | 1 | 2026 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2026 | | Creativity | 1 | 2025 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2025 | | Quality | 1 | 2019 | | Judges' | 1 | 2018 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2017 | | Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Finalist, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2026 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | | Not picked | | 2025 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FNC District Catawba County Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2024 | FNC District Mecklenburg County Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FNC District Mecklenburg County Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | FNC District Guilford County Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | | Not picked | | 2019 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | NC District Forsyth County Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | NC District UNC Asheville Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | | Not picked | | 2017 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | NC District - Greensboro Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 73.3 | 965 / 3708 | 74.0 | 25-28-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 29.1 | 1796 / 3687 | 51.3 | 20-23-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 27.5 | 531 / 3475 | 84.7 | 31-22-0 | 5 | | 2023 | 11.8 | 3008 / 3284 | 8.4 | 10-20-0 | 2 | | 2022 | 4.8 | 2746 / 3053 | 10.1 | 6-18-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 13.9 | 2396 / 3763 | 36.3 | 12-14-0 | 2 | | 2018 | 38.6 | 3520 / 3617 | 2.7 | 7-17-0 | 2 | | 2017 | 76.2 | 1637 / 3331 | 50.9 | 20-23-1 | 3 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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