# Team 8393: The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team

Baden, Pennsylvania, USA. Rookie year 2020. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Westinghouse, NXT Innvoations, Borrow Works, Pittsburgh Pain Physicians, Match One Medical
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brainstemlearning

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **125.72**, rank 420 of 3708 (88.7th percentile)
- Record: 19-21-0 over 40 matches (48% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 29.2, teleop 96.0, endgame 0.6
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 84%, RP2 22%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Buckeye Regional | 2026ohcl | 3 | 32 | 3-8-0 | 17 | 5 | 102.7 |  | 66 |
| Gotham Regional | 2026nyn2 | 6 | 7 | 7-3-0 | 32 | 4 | 150.2 |  | 49 |
| Daly Division | 2026dal | 8 | 43 | 4-6-0 | 20 |  | 125.7 |  |  |
| Einstein Field | 2026cmptx | 8 |  |  |  |  | 125.7 |  |  |
| NC/RC | 2026pacra | 15 | 5 | 5-3-0 | 22 |  | 114.0 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional FIRST Impact Award (2026ohcl)
- Industrial Design Award (2026nyn2)
- FIRST Impact Award Finalist (2026cmptx)

## 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.

- 2023 – now: The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team
- 2020: Wildcats2020

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 4
- Awards: 11, over 4 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2026)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2024 |
| Impact Finalist | 1 | 2026 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2026 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2024 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2023 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2023 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2023 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2023 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2023 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Einstein Field |  |  |
| 2026 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Gotham Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | Milstein Division | Alliance 5 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Buckeye Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Finger Lakes Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional presented by Argo AI | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist |
| 2023 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | FIM District Jackson Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 125.7 | 420 / 3708 | 88.7 | 19-21-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 64.2 | 344 / 3687 | 90.7 | 16-13-1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 19.4 | 1189 / 3475 | 65.8 | 15-17-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 40.5 | 746 / 3284 | 77.3 | 20-17-0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5.1 | 1932 / 2024 | 4.5 | 7-5-0 | 1 |

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