# Team 8205: Mind Over Metal

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2020. District FNC.

## Who backs them

- School: Cape Fear Academy
- Website: https://www.CFArobotics.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capefearacademyrobotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **27.21**, rank 2249 of 3708 (39.4th percentile)
- Record: 20-25-0 over 45 matches (44% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 5.3, teleop 22.0, endgame -0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 20%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FNC District Wake County Event #2 | 2026ncwk2 | 3 | 3 | 9-3-0 | 32 | 2 | 36.5 | 47 |  |
| FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | 2026ncpem | 4 | 26 | 4-8-0 | 16 | 7 | 31.9 | 19 |  |
| FIRST North Carolina State Championship | 2026nccmp | 7 | 47 | 3-9-0 | 10 | 1 | 27.2 | 36 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Championship Finalist (2026nccmp)
- Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026ncwk2)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 5, over 3 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Creativity | 2 | 2025, 2024 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2026 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2026 |
| Winner | 1 | 2025 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FNC District Wake County Event #2 | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FNC District Pitt County Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FNC District Johnston County Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | FNC District ECU Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 27.2 | 2249 / 3708 | 39.4 | 20-25-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 16.9 | 2818 / 3687 | 23.6 | 12-19-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11.9 | 2075 / 3475 | 40.3 | 13-14-1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 19.7 | 2221 / 3284 | 32.4 | 10-15-1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 9.7 | 2126 / 3053 | 30.4 | 12-22-0 | 2 |

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

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