# Team 6909: SAKURA Tempesta

Chiba, Chiba, Japan. Rookie year 2018.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: JERA Co, Inc., fuRo (Future Robotics Technology Center), BOSCH Corp., MISUMI Group Inc., SAKURA internet Inc., Autodesk Inc., THK Co., LTD., Markforged, Inc., Nulab inc., Leave a Nest Co., Ltd., SmartMeeting Inc., WorkRobotics, KOSUMOSU BUS Co., Ltd., Chiba Institute of Technology, D&Pmedia Co., Inc.
- Website: https://sakura-tempesta.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sakura.tempesta
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/sakuratempesta
- X: https://twitter.com/sakuratempesta
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sakura_tempesta

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **36.67**, rank 1808 of 3708 (51.3th percentile)
- Record: 5-5-0 over 10 matches (50% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 6.9, teleop 29.7, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 25%, RP2 6%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Minnesota North Star Regional | 2026mnum | 5 | 26 | 5-5-0 | 20 |  | 36.7 |  | 40 |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026mnum)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 11, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2023 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2022, 2018 |
| Impact | 2 | 2020, 2019 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2022 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2018 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Minnesota North Star Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Hawaii Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Tesla Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Carson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 36.7 | 1808 / 3708 | 51.3 | 5-5-0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 33.4 | 1485 / 3687 | 59.7 | 7-13-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9.5 | 2409 / 3475 | 30.7 | 10-7-0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 18.6 | 2333 / 3284 | 29.0 | 9-13-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 14.3 | 1427 / 3053 | 53.3 | 5-9-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 20.3 | 1058 / 3763 | 71.9 | 13-14-0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 91.1 | 1281 / 3617 | 64.6 | 12-13-0 | 2 |

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

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