# Team 6974: Zia Robotics

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Rookie year 2018. District TX.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Gene Haas Foundation, DoD STEM, Boeing, La Academia de Esperanza
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc6974
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zia.robotics.6974

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **25.85**, rank 2350 of 3708 (36.6th percentile)
- Record: 11-17-0 over 28 matches (39% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 5.8, teleop 19.8, endgame 0.3
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 19%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIT District San Antonio Event | 2026txsan | 2 | 12 | 7-5-0 | 25 | 8 | 27.7 | 24 |  |
| FIT District Amarillo Event | 2026txama | 5 | 23 | 4-8-0 | 17 | 8 | 25.9 | 19 |  |
| ABQ RoboRumble | 2026nmalb | 19 | 6 | 4-2-0 | 13 | 4 | 32.1 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026txama)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 8, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2024, 2019 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2023, 2022 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2026 |
| Winner | 1 | 2025 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2019 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIT District Waco Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIT District Amarillo Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIT District Fort Worth Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIRST In Texas District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIT District El Paso Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | El Paso Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 25.9 | 2350 / 3708 | 36.6 | 11-17-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 46.1 | 862 / 3687 | 76.6 | 23-24-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7.5 | 2763 / 3475 | 20.5 | 8-18-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 16.5 | 2568 / 3284 | 21.8 | 7-16-1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 10.1 | 1953 / 3053 | 36.0 | 6-8-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 17.2 | 1646 / 3763 | 56.3 | 17-22-2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 68.1 | 2470 / 3617 | 31.7 | 5-10-0 | 1 |

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

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