# Team 8: Paly Robotics Palo Alto, California, USA. Rookie year 1996. District CA. ## Who backs them - School: Palo Alto High School - Sponsors: Apple, Bayer Fund, Intuitive Foundation, Costco, Microsoft - Website: http://www.palyrobotics.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/palyrobotics - X: https://twitter.com/frc8 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/palyrobotics - GitHub: https://github.com/team8 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **176.01**, rank 156 of 3708 (95.8th percentile) - Record: 44-14-0 over 58 matches (76% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 37.7, teleop 139.0, endgame -0.7 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 97%, RP2 40% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CA District Hueneme Port Event | 2026capoh | 1 | 2 | 10-1-0 | 40 | 2 | 101.7 | 49 | | | CA District Contra Costa Event | 2026cacac | 5 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 44 | 1 | 150.0 | 72 | | | FIRST California Northern State Championship | 2026cancmp | 7 | 8 | 8-4-0 | 45 | 6 | 169.0 | 87 | | | Johnson Division | 2026joh | 8 | 23 | 6-4-0 | 28 | | 176.0 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Winner (2026cacac) - Industrial Design Award (2026cacac) ## Name history Every name FIRST recorded for this team, newest first. A span states the first and last season the name was on the team. - 2017 – now: Paly Robotics - 2015 – 2016: Team 8 - 2007 – 2014: The Vikings - 2003 – 2006: Paly Robotics ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 4 - Awards: 29, over 14 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 6 | 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015 | | Leadership | 4 | 2023, 2019, 2017 | | Finalist | 4 | 2017, 2016, 2008, 2001 | | Winner | 3 | 2026, 2020, 2006 | | Innovation in Control | 2 | 2022, 2009 | | Autonomous | 2 | 2020, 2019 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 2 | 2017, 2016 | | Industrial Design | 1 | 2026 | | Impact | 1 | 2024 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2023 | | Quality | 1 | 2020 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2019 | | Creativity | 1 | 2017 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Johnson Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIRST California Northern State Championship | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | CA District Contra Costa Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2026 | CA District Hueneme Port Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | Idaho Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2024 | Johnson Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | Arizona East Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Ventura County Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Idaho Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Utah Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Ventura County Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2020 | Utah Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2019 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2019 | Great Northern Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Del Mar Regional presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Roebling Division | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2017 | Ventura Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Silicon Valley Regional presented by Google.org | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2015 | Silicon Valley Regional sponsored by Google.org | | Not picked | | 2015 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2014 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2013 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2011 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | San Diego Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Silicon Valley Regional sponsored by Google and BAE Systems | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2010 | Autodesk Oregon Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2009 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2009 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Galileo Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2008 | Oregon Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2007 | Silicon Valley Regional | | | | 2006 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event | | 2006 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2005 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2004 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2003 | Southern California Regional | | Top four | | 2003 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Top four | | 2002 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 176.0 | 156 / 3708 | 95.8 | 44-14-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 62.1 | 390 / 3687 | 89.4 | 14-13-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 24.9 | 718 / 3475 | 79.4 | 18-17-1 | 4 | | 2023 | 42.0 | 657 / 3284 | 80.0 | 17-11-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 37.6 | 191 / 3053 | 93.8 | 18-14-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 69.9 | 34 / 2024 | 98.4 | 14-2-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 21.7 | 796 / 3763 | 78.9 | 25-15-1 | 5 | | 2018 | 113.0 | 480 / 3617 | 86.8 | 14-10-0 | 3 | | 2017 | 113.7 | 219 / 3331 | 93.5 | 18-25-1 | 5 | | 2016 | 26.0 | 1473 / 3114 | 52.7 | 14-15-1 | 5 | | 2015 | 12.1 | 2156 / 2873 | 25.0 | 0-0-20 | 3 | | 2014 | 29.2 | 1143 / 2697 | 57.6 | 8-14-0 | 4 | | 2013 | 10.8 | 1676 / 2510 | 33.2 | 9-12-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 9.8 | 663 / 2332 | 71.6 | 14-19-0 | 4 | | 2011 | 0.6 | 1906 / 2053 | 7.2 | 7-12-1 | 2 | | 2010 | 2.5 | 220 / 1801 | 87.8 | 17-9-2 | 2 | | 2009 | 13.7 | 1220 / 1675 | 27.2 | 12-11-0 | 3 | | 2008 | 5.2 | 1320 / 1498 | 11.9 | 24-25-0 | 5 | | 2007 | 8.0 | 602 / 1295 | 53.6 | 6-11-2 | 2 | | 2006 | 4.4 | 931 / 1125 | 17.3 | 18-12-0 | 2 | | 2005 | 14.5 | 100 / 747 | 86.7 | 10-5-1 | 1 | | 2004 | 23.0 | 532 / 932 | 43.0 | 2-13-0 | 2 | | 2003 | 19.3 | 382 / 785 | 51.4 | 11-12-0 | 2 | | 2002 | 10.9 | 407 / 641 | 36.6 | 9-5-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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