# Team 8122: Mechanical Mustaches

Chicago, Illinois, USA. Rookie year 2020.

## Who backs them

- School: Taft High School
- Sponsors: Littelfuse, John Deere, Honeywell, Haas Foundation, Pentair, State Farm, Chicago Robotics alliance, Molex, Friends of Representative Lindsey LaPointe, Argosy Foundation
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mechanicalmustachesteam8127
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/8122_taftrobotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **20.59**, rank 2612 of 3708 (29.6th percentile)
- Record: 16-16-0 over 32 matches (50% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 6.6, teleop 14.1, endgame -0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 19%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Northern Lights Regional | 2026mndu2 | 1 | 6 | 8-3-0 | 29 | 4 | 63.4 |  | 49 |
| Midwest Regional Presented by Baxter | 2026ilch | 4 | 34 | 2-8-0 | 10 | 1 | 20.6 |  | 31 |
| Illinois State Championship | 2026ilnap | 15 | 22 | 1-5-0 | 3 | 2 | 6.9 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Finalists (2026ilch)
- Team Spirit Award (2026ilch)
- Team Spirit Award (2026mndu2)

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2022, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5124cc5195dd2e5bffe966c5/w/5a0fefccfef491a9f815bcf9/e/280ec5de711a18988cce240a?renderMode=0&uiState=6269bcfaf3e5a46f6ae646f2

## 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.

- 2023 – now: Mechanical Mustaches
- 2020 – 2022: Robotic Eagles

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 10, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Team Spirit | 2 | 2026 |
| Imagery | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| Winner | 2 | 2022 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2026 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Midwest Regional Presented by Baxter | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Lake Superior Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | Central Illinois Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2020 | Midwest Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 20.6 | 2612 / 3708 | 29.6 | 16-16-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 43.5 | 1002 / 3687 | 72.8 | 12-16-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 28.7 | 448 / 3475 | 87.1 | 19-19-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 40.2 | 762 / 3284 | 76.8 | 13-14-0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 21.3 | 913 / 3053 | 70.1 | 25-18-0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 37.7 | 574 / 2024 | 71.7 | 6-6-0 | 1 |

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