# Team 6709: S.P.U.D. INC

Big Lake, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2017.

## Who backs them

- School: Big Lake High School
- Sponsors: Big Lake SpudFest
- Website: https://biglakerobotics.wix.com/mysite
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spudinc6709
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@6709spudinc
- X: https://twitter.com/spudinc6709
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/6709spudinc

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **52.27**, rank 1373 of 3708 (63.0th percentile)
- Record: 7-14-0 over 21 matches (33% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 10.5, teleop 41.7, endgame 0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 40%, RP2 9%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Becker Week Zero Scrimmage | 2026cisw0 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 52.3 |  |  |
| Get Ready for Week one Scrimmage | 2026cisw1 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 52.3 |  |  |
| Great Northern Regional | 2026ndgf | 2 | 28 | 3-6-0 | 17 |  | 65.8 |  | 17 |
| Minnesota Granite City Regional | 2026mnmi2 | 6 | 39 | 3-6-0 | 14 | 4 | 52.3 |  | 13 |

### Awards in 2026

- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026ndgf)

## 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.

- 2025 – now: S.P.U.D. INC
- 2023 – 2024: Spudinc Big Lake Robotics
- 2017 – 2022: Spudinc

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 3, over 2 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Imagery | 1 | 2026 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Minnesota Granite City Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Great Northern Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Get Ready for Week one Scrimmage |  |  |
| 2026 | Becker Week Zero Scrimmage |  |  |
| 2025 | Minnesota Granite City Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Shamrock Showdown |  |  |
| 2025 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Minnesota Granite City Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by Medtronic | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Minnesota North Star Regional at La Crosse |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Great Northern Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional presented by the Medtronic Foundation |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Great Northern Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Medtronic Foundation Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 52.3 | 1373 / 3708 | 63.0 | 7-14-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 42.2 | 1061 / 3687 | 71.2 | 12-12-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 21.3 | 1015 / 3475 | 70.8 | 10-9-1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 19.2 | 2272 / 3284 | 30.8 | 9-15-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 13.3 | 1661 / 3053 | 45.6 | 2-8-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 14.5 | 2249 / 3763 | 40.2 | 4-14-1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 77.7 | 1949 / 3617 | 46.1 | 5-4-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 75.0 | 1687 / 3331 | 49.4 | 7-2-1 | 2 |

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

The same page for a person: [https://www.match13.com/team/6709](https://www.match13.com/team/6709).

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