# Team 8159: Golden Horn

Ataşehir, Istanbul, Türkiye. Rookie year 2020.

## Who backs them

- School: Jr.Robotics Science School
- Sponsors: RAMS TURKIYE, REV ROBOTICS, TOYOTETSU, FAKIR TURKIYE, TESTINIUM
- Website: https://www.teamgoldenhorn.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teamgoldenhorn
- X: https://twitter.com/frc8159
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamgoldenhorn

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **187.75**, rank 97 of 3708 (97.4th percentile)
- Record: 28-12-0 over 40 matches (70% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 44.4, teleop 143.5, endgame -0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 98%, RP2 45%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orlando Regional | 2026flor | 3 | 4 | 7-1-0 | 28 | 3 | 164.9 |  | 59 |
| Marmara Regional | 2026tuis3 | 4 | 5 | 7-2-0 | 32 | 3 | 179.0 |  | 51 |
| Galileo Division | 2026gal | 8 | 14 | 7-3-0 | 32 | 4 | 187.8 |  |  |
| Istanbul IBB Offseasson | 2026isbay | 11 | 1 | 7-1-0 | 29 | 1 | 191.2 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Finalists (2026flor)
- Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026tuis3)
- Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026flor)

## CAD

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

- 2025, Comp Robot – REEFSCAPE (Serpentheim), Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9b4847a461c2a185e6ff320a/w/6df8cee50adeaba604998544/e/ed071581b5e32ec2f2371cae?renderMode=0&uiState=694fe001823f4d8f9fc5662b
- 2024, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/06d6a009361eda117aa6f138/w/236815bab23ef6a5c451f1c2/e/d5a269be7f1f41c7c9cbed9a

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 5
- Awards: 21, over 6 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engineering Inspiration | 4 | 2024, 2023, 2022 |
| Leadership | 3 | 2025, 2024, 2023 |
| Winner | 3 | 2025, 2023 |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2026 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2026 |
| Impact | 1 | 2025 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2025 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2024 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2024 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2023 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2020 |
| Rookie Game Changer (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Galileo Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Marmara Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2026 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | Johnson Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Marmara Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | Bosphorus Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | East Bay Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Marmara Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Haliç Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | New York City Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | Istanbul Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | Izmir Regional | Alliance 5 · backup robot | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 187.8 | 97 / 3708 | 97.4 | 28-12-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 71.4 | 200 / 3687 | 94.6 | 32-11-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 25.2 | 696 / 3475 | 80.0 | 24-20-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 22.5 | 1924 / 3284 | 41.4 | 18-20-1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 17.6 | 1195 / 3053 | 60.9 | 16-24-0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 14.5 | 1515 / 2024 | 25.2 | 3-7-0 | 1 |

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

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