# Team 8096: Cache Money

Chicago, Illinois, USA. Rookie year 2020.

## Who backs them

- School: Univ of Chicago Lab School
- Sponsors: The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Molex, Gene Haas Foundation, Chicago Sky WNBA team, Chicago Robotics Alliance, Invenergy
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cachemoney8096
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frc8096
- X: https://twitter.com/frc8096
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cachemoney.8096
- GitHub: https://github.com/cachemoney8096

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **75.24**, rank 943 of 3708 (74.6th percentile)
- Record: 14-14-0 over 28 matches (50% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 15.9, teleop 59.7, endgame -0.4
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 66%, RP2 14%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Central Illinois Regional | 2026ilpe | 3 | 18 | 5-7-0 | 25 | 6 | 54.0 |  | 28 |
| Midwest Regional Presented by Baxter | 2026ilch | 4 | 5 | 7-3-0 | 30 | 4 | 75.2 |  | 43 |
| Illinois State Championship | 2026ilnap | 15 | 6 | 5-1-0 | 21 | 4 | 92.1 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026ilpe)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026ilch)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 8, over 4 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Creativity | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Innovation in Control | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2024 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2023 |
| Quality | 1 | 2023 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2020 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Midwest Regional Presented by Baxter | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2026 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Wisconsin Regional presented by GE HealthCare |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Central Illinois Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Central Illinois Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | Midwest Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 75.2 | 943 / 3708 | 74.6 | 14-14-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 25.6 | 2041 / 3687 | 44.7 | 3-19-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 30.6 | 368 / 3475 | 89.4 | 21-15-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 47.8 | 421 / 3284 | 87.2 | 22-22-0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 10.9 | 1962 / 3053 | 35.7 | 7-16-0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 16.6 | 1400 / 2024 | 30.8 | 3-7-0 | 1 |

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