# Team 8267: Riptide Robotics 8267

Long Beach, New York, USA. Rookie year 2020.

## Who backs them

- School: Long Beach High School
- Sponsors: Optimum, Rapid Steel, Rainbow Research, Five Star Gymnastics, Long Beach Public Schools
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lbhs.robotics.8267

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **179.32**, rank 143 of 3708 (96.2th percentile)
- Record: 23-17-0 over 40 matches (57% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 30.0, teleop 149.4, endgame -0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 97%, RP2 41%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Regal Eagles Rampage | 2026nywz | 0 |  |  |  |  | 179.3 |  |  |
| FIRST Long Island Regional | 2026nyli2 | 3 | 15 | 5-4-0 | 21 | 2 | 136.8 |  | 55 |
| Gotham Regional | 2026nyn2 | 6 | 6 | 8-2-0 | 34 | 4 | 151.0 |  | 44 |
| Hopper Division | 2026hop | 8 | 44 | 4-6-0 | 23 |  | 179.3 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Finalists (2026nyli2)
- Rising All-Star Award (2026nyli2)

## 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.

- 2022 – now: Riptide Robotics 8267
- 2020: Riptide

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 4, over 3 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026, 2022 |
| Rising All-Star | 1 | 2026 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2025 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Gotham Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2026 | FIRST Long Island Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | Regal Eagles Rampage |  |  |
| 2025 | FIRST Long Island Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIRST Long Island Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Regal Eagle Rampage |  |  |
| 2023 | FIRST Long Island Regional #1 | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | SBPLI Long Island Regional #1 | Alliance 3 · backup robot | Finalist |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 179.3 | 143 / 3708 | 96.2 | 23-17-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 35.2 | 1435 / 3687 | 61.1 | 7-5-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 18.8 | 1257 / 3475 | 63.8 | 12-6-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 30.8 | 1291 / 3284 | 60.7 | 8-5-0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10.7 | 1991 / 3053 | 34.8 | 6-7-0 | 1 |

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

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