# Team 8352: CODE Gold

Detroit, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2020. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: Martin Luther King High School
- Sponsors: Kuka Robotics, Michigan Engineering Zone, RTX, Gene Haas Foundation, Detroit Public Schools CD, 313 Robotics, FISERV, CFSB, Bob Maxey Ford of Detroit, The Hepler Family
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/detroitking_codegold

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **49.44**, rank 1382 of 3708 (62.7th percentile)
- Record: 28-16-0 over 44 matches (64% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 10.8, teleop 33.5, endgame 5.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 27%, RP2 6%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Wayne State Event presented by Magna | 2026midtr | 2 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 36 | 2 | 47.7 | 61 |  |
| FIM District Troy Event #2 presented by DTE Foundation | 2026mitr2 | 5 | 12 | 8-4-0 | 31 | 7 | 60.5 | 31 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | 2026micmp1 | 7 | 26 | 6-6-0 | 28 |  | 49.4 | 33 |  |
| Detroit City Championship | 2026midet | 32 | 12 | 3-3-0 | 9 | 5 | 40.4 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Finalist (2026midtr)
- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026mitr2)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026midtr)

## 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.

- 2024 – now: CODE Gold
- 2022 – 2023: Code Gold
- 2020: M L King

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 9, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2026 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2026 |
| Rising All-Star | 1 | 2025 |
| Winner | 1 | 2025 |
| Quality | 1 | 2022 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIM District Troy Event #2 presented by DTE Foundation | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIM District Wayne State Event presented by Magna | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIM District Renaissance Event presented by DTE Foundation | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Wayne State Event presented by Magna | Alliance 4 · captain | Won the event |
| 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIM District Renaissance Event presented by DTE Energy Foundation | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Wayne State Event presented by Magna | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Detroit Event presented by DTE |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIM District Wayne State University Event presented by Magna |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIM District Troy Event presented by Magna | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Detroit Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 49.4 | 1382 / 3708 | 62.7 | 28-16-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 32.7 | 1526 / 3687 | 58.6 | 25-18-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12.1 | 2023 / 3475 | 41.8 | 24-20-0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 11.3 | 3072 / 3284 | 6.5 | 9-15-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 17.1 | 1168 / 3053 | 61.8 | 23-18-2 | 3 |

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