# Team 806: The Brooklyn Blacksmiths

Brooklyn, New York, USA. Rookie year 2002.

## Who backs them

- School: Xaverian High School
- Sponsors: Gene Haas Foundation, Bloomberg, NYC FIRST, S&P Global, The Beinert Family, Optimum, D'Onofrio General Contractors Corp.
- Website: http://www.xaverian.org/robotics
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc806
- X: https://twitter.com/frc806
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc806

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **-4.53**, rank 3630 of 3708 (2.1th percentile)
- Record: 9-13-0 over 22 matches (41% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 0.0, teleop -4.5, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 8%, RP2 3%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Regal Eagles Rampage | 2026nywz | 0 |  |  |  |  | -4.5 |  |  |
| FIRST Long Island Regional | 2026nyli2 | 3 | 40 | 3-6-0 | 11 | 3 | 11.9 |  | 24 |
| New York Tech Valley Regional | 2026nytr | 7 | 45 | 3-5-0 | 14 |  | -4.5 |  | 9 |

### Awards in 2026

- Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (2026nyli2)
- FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026nyli2)

## 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.

- 2009 – now: The Brooklyn Blacksmiths
- 2007 – 2008: Blacksmiths
- 2005 – 2006: Xaverian X-Men
- 2003 – 2004: Clippers

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 7, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leadership | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2022 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 2 | 2016, 2013 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2026 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2025 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | New York Tech Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIRST Long Island Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | Regal Eagles Rampage |  |  |
| 2025 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIRST Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | New York City Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIRST Long Island Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | South Florida Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIRST Long Island Regional #2 | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Midwest Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | New York City Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | New York Tech Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | SBPL2 Long Island Regional #2 |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #2 |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Hudson Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | New York City Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2015 | New York City Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | SBPLI Long Island Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | New York City Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2004 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | New York City Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2003 | New York City Regional |  | Out before the top four |
| 2002 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | -4.5 | 3630 / 3708 | 2.1 | 9-13-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 14.1 | 3085 / 3687 | 16.3 | 7-12-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 14.6 | 1732 / 3475 | 50.2 | 16-18-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 16.4 | 2571 / 3284 | 21.7 | 10-13-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 7.2 | 2464 / 3053 | 19.3 | 8-14-0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 9.7 | 3360 / 3763 | 10.7 | 6-4-0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 68.7 | 2409 / 3617 | 33.4 | 8-16-0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 47.4 | 2832 / 3331 | 15.0 | 0-9-1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 27.6 | 1260 / 3114 | 59.6 | 6-7-0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 14.8 | 1893 / 2873 | 34.1 | 0-0-10 | 1 |
| 2014 | 5.5 | 2655 / 2697 | 1.6 | 5-3-1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 10.6 | 1691 / 2510 | 32.6 | 4-4-0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2.1 | 1972 / 2332 | 15.4 | 2-6-0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0.4 | 2003 / 2053 | 2.4 | 3-4-1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0.5 | 1497 / 1801 | 16.9 | 1-4-3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 16.4 | 832 / 1675 | 50.4 | 13-8-0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 9.6 | 990 / 1498 | 33.9 | 3-5-0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2.2 | 1140 / 1295 | 12.0 | 1-4-3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 4.3 | 939 / 1125 | 16.5 | 8-6-0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 27.4 | 402 / 932 | 56.9 | 8-10-0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 10.7 | 766 / 785 | 2.4 | 1-11-0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 11.4 | 267 / 641 | 58.4 | 5-4-1 | 1 |

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