# Team 7501: Golden Gears

Brooklyn, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2019. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: Columbia Central High School
- Sponsors: Mid-America Machining, Consumers Energy, Kiwanis Club of Brooklyn, ARCH Cutting Tools - Spring Arbor, Irish Hills Powersports, ALRO Steel
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/columbiagoldengears7501

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **57.26**, rank 1197 of 3708 (67.7th percentile)
- Record: 12-18-0 over 30 matches (40% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 10.8, teleop 46.5, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 39%, RP2 8%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Chelsea Event presented by DTE | 2026miche | 1 | 20 | 5-7-0 | 24 | 8 | 55.5 | 26 |  |
| FIM District Jackson at Columbia Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | 2026mibkn | 3 | 19 | 5-7-0 | 25 | 7 | 57.3 | 35 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026miche)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026mibkn)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 12, over 6 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Innovation in Control | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Team Spirit | 2 | 2025, 2022 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2026 |
| Impact | 1 | 2024 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2019 |
| Winner | 1 | 2019 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIM District Jackson at Columbia Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FIM District Chelsea Event presented by DTE | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Jackson at Columbia Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Lake City Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Muskegon Event presented by Renk | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Jackson at Columbia Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIM District Muskegon Event presented by RENK | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Jackson Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | Alliance 8 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | FIM District Jackson Event presented by Spring Arbor and Consumers | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Muskegon Event presented by Renk | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Michigan State Championship - Ford Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FIM District Jackson Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 57.3 | 1197 / 3708 | 67.7 | 12-18-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 57.3 | 511 / 3687 | 86.2 | 24-21-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 27.1 | 543 / 3475 | 84.4 | 31-26-0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 33.9 | 1065 / 3284 | 67.6 | 18-24-2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 19.9 | 939 / 3053 | 69.3 | 15-12-1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 20.2 | 1069 / 3763 | 71.6 | 27-19-1 | 3 |

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