# Team 8023: Argonauts

Lewiston, Maine, USA. Rookie year 2020. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Lewiston Reg Tech Center
- Sponsors: Lewiston Regional Technical Center, Maine Army National Guard, Gamache and Lessard, Busy Town Bikes, Keener Self Storage
- Website: https://sites.google.com/view/lrtc-firstrobotics/meet-8023
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/northern.forge.359
- X: https://twitter.com/lrtc8023
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lrtc8023

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **27.48**, rank 2251 of 3708 (39.3th percentile)
- Record: 11-17-0 over 28 matches (39% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 4.8, teleop 22.7, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 20%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District Pine Tree Event | 2026mefal | 1 | 13 | 6-6-0 | 23 | 5 | 18.7 | 28 |  |
| NE District Greater Boston Event | 2026mabos | 4 | 34 | 3-9-0 | 18 |  | 27.5 | 6 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Judges' Award (2026mefal)

## 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.

- 2024 – now: Argonauts
- 2023: LRTC Androscoggin Argonauts
- 2022: LRTC 8023
- 2020: LRTC 8023 Northern Forge

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 5, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 2 | 2023, 2022 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2026 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2025 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | NE District Greater Boston Event |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | NE District Southern Maine Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District Granite State Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - WILSON Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | NE District Granite State Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Titanium Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District Pease ANG Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2020 | NE District SE Mass Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 27.5 | 2251 / 3708 | 39.3 | 11-17-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 35.3 | 1371 / 3687 | 62.8 | 22-24-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6.8 | 2905 / 3475 | 16.4 | 10-17-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 35.6 | 968 / 3284 | 70.5 | 22-17-1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 8.4 | 2199 / 3053 | 28.0 | 16-25-1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5.3 | 1959 / 2024 | 3.2 | 3-9-0 | 1 |

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

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