# Team 7166: Red Thunder Robotics

Laingsburg, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2018. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: Laingsburg High School
- Sponsors: Gene Haas Foundation, Pro-MEC Engineering Services, Inc., Department of War (DoWSTEM), Lions Club of Laingsburg, Tial Sport
- Website: https://www.team7166.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redthunderrobotics
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redthunder7166

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **176.98**, rank 151 of 3708 (96.0th percentile)
- Record: 55-15-0 over 70 matches (79% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 43.2, teleop 134.3, endgame -0.5
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 97%, RP2 41%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Mt Pleasant Event presented by AT&T | 2026mimtp | 1 | 1 | 11-1-0 | 45 | 1 | 196.0 | 78 |  |
| FIM District Mason Event presented by Altair | 2026mimas | 4 | 3 | 11-1-0 | 46 | 1 | 189.2 | 61 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | 2026micmp3 | 7 | 2 | 10-2-0 | 49 | 2 | 185.4 | 213 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship | 2026micmp | 7 |  |  |  | 3 | 189.3 | 0 |  |
| Archimedes Division | 2026arc | 8 | 12 | 7-3-0 | 34 | 7 | 177.0 |  |  |
| Grand Rapids Girls Robotics Competition | 2026miwyo | 30 | 2 | 5-1-0 | 21 | 2 | 187.3 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District FIRST Impact Award (2026mimtp)
- District Event Winner (2026mimtp)
- District Championship Winner (2026micmp3)
- District Event Finalist (2026mimas)
- Industrial Design Award (2026mimas)
- Industrial Design Award (2026micmp3)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 6
- Awards: 23, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 4 | 2026, 2025 |
| Impact | 4 | 2026, 2024, 2020 |
| Team Sustainability | 3 | 2025, 2023 |
| Industrial Design | 2 | 2026 |
| Winner | 2 | 2026 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2025, 2020 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2025, 2024 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2024 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2023 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2019 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2026 | FIM District Mason Event presented by Altair | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | FIM District Mt Pleasant Event presented by AT&T | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | Curie Division | Alliance 4 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | FIM District Mason Event presented by LIFT | Alliance 5 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | FIM District Milford Event presented by GM Milford Proving Grounds | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Lansing Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 presented by The Gene Haas Foundation | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - FORD Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIM District Standish-Sterling Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Jackson Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Jackson Event presented by Spring Arbor and Consumers | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Lansing Event |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FIM District Forest Hills Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIM District Marysville Event |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | FIM District Marysville Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | FIM District Lansing Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 177.0 | 151 / 3708 | 96.0 | 55-15-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 72.7 | 178 / 3687 | 95.2 | 46-21-1 | 7 |
| 2024 | 30.4 | 375 / 3475 | 89.2 | 28-26-0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 40.0 | 773 / 3284 | 76.5 | 23-18-2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 26.2 | 623 / 3053 | 79.6 | 16-13-0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 13.3 | 1586 / 2024 | 21.7 | 6-6-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 19.4 | 1166 / 3763 | 69.0 | 15-12-0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 77.1 | 1977 / 3617 | 45.4 | 10-16-0 | 3 |

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