# Team 8177: Vector

Tomball, Texas, USA. Rookie year 2020. District FIT.

## Who backs them

- School: Tomball Memorial High School
- Sponsors: Chuck Lorre Family Foundation, Tomball ISD, Business Logix, NBC Universal, Fast Track Swimming, FTS Pickleball, Harrison Family, Gene Haas Foundation, HPE, MBA Energy and Industrial, America's ER
- Website: http://www.vector8177.com/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vector8177
- X: https://twitter.com/tmhsrobotics
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vector_8177
- GitHub: https://github.com/vector8177

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **61.70**, rank 1168 of 3708 (68.5th percentile)
- Record: 19-22-0 over 41 matches (46% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 13.2, teleop 48.1, endgame 0.3
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 45%, RP2 9%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIT District Space City @ League City Event #1 | 2026txcle | 1 | 28 | 4-6-0 | 13 | 7 | 49.3 | 15 |  |
| FIT District Houston Event | 2026txhou | 3 | 12 | 6-6-0 | 24 | 5 | 72.6 | 38 |  |
| FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | 2026txcmp2 | 7 | 35 | 5-6-0 | 21 |  | 61.7 | 27 |  |
| The Remix | 2026txrm | 29 |  |  |  |  | 61.7 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Quality Award (2026txhou)

## CAD

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

- 2024, Vector 2024 CAD — 8177-0000 (Main), Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/c59eba62f3539e110f41846b/w/d12d9680394924b761171bed/e/d4229c0767dff5e38d4ee7f5
- 2023, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/d4e4908687aabe80063400e1/w/62e86f1d5af7934718aa286b/e/e5ca9071b46a063bcdf30cc6
- 2022, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ead19c1183936a78bf128d66/w/97b44a332fe600567ee677b5/e/1fa293c749eb87e0ba27aab3
- 2022, Offseason Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/345a9d3108dc5497b6e52dd1/w/f2a14d0c470934a0258e0fde/e/0588b940dade0106732e58e6

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 20, over 6 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Quality | 5 | 2026, 2024, 2023 |
| Winner | 3 | 2025, 2022 |
| Industrial Design | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2022 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2025 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2025 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2025 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2022 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2022 |
| 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: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Impact, Impact Finalist, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIT District Houston Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FIT District Space City @ League City Event #1 | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIRST In Texas District Championship | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIT District Houston Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIT District Tomball Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIT District Katy Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Curie Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | FIRST In Texas District Championship presented by Phillips 66 - APOLLO Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | FIT District Houston Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | FIT District Channelview Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | Carver Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIT District Pasadena Event #2 | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2022 | FIT District Channelview Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2020 | FIT District Greenville Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 61.7 | 1168 / 3708 | 68.5 | 19-22-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 50.7 | 715 / 3687 | 80.6 | 29-29-0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 19.4 | 1197 / 3475 | 65.6 | 23-23-0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 56.0 | 164 / 3284 | 95.0 | 36-24-2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 34.8 | 260 / 3053 | 91.5 | 45-15-0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 43.1 | 404 / 2024 | 80.1 | 8-7-0 | 4 |

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

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