# Team 7428: Gigawatts

Fort Payne, Alabama, USA. Rookie year 2019.

## Who backs them

- School: Ft Payne High School
- Sponsors: TVA, Lockheed Martin, Intuitive, Fort Payne City Council, Amazing Fruit Products, BAE Systems, GH Metal Solutions
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gigawattsfrc
- X: https://twitter.com/7428gigawatts
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gigawattsfrc

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **26.15**, rank 2329 of 3708 (37.2th percentile)
- Record: 7-17-1 over 25 matches (28% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 5.2, teleop 20.9, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 19%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Smoky Mountains Regional | 2026tnkn | 3 | 44 | 2-8-0 | 8 | 4 | 18.1 |  | 13 |
| Rocket City Regional | 2026alhu | 6 | 31 | 4-5-1 | 20 | 6 | 26.2 |  | 22 |

### Awards in 2026

- Team Spirit Award (2026alhu)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 9, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2021 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2025 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2026 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Rocket City Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | Milstein Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Magnolia Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Rocket City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Magnolia Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Bayou Regional presented by Entergy |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Rocket City Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 26.1 | 2329 / 3708 | 37.2 | 7-17-1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 50.9 | 706 / 3687 | 80.9 | 16-13-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 17.2 | 1390 / 3475 | 60.0 | 21-16-1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 30.5 | 1281 / 3284 | 61.0 | 13-23-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 11.2 | 1815 / 3053 | 40.6 | 2-9-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 11.6 | 3068 / 3763 | 18.5 | 3-7-0 | 1 |

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

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