# Team 8429: Valence Robotics

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

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Duke Pratt School of Engineering, Duke Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Gene Haas, Intuitive Foundation, Molex, Corning, AREA 27
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team8429
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valence_robotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **122.05**, rank 452 of 3708 (87.8th percentile)
- Record: 36-26-1 over 63 matches (57% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 23.3, teleop 98.8, endgame -0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 82%, RP2 21%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FNC District Wake County Event #1 | 2026ncwak | 1 | 3 | 9-2-1 | 31 | 2 | 84.2 | 75 |  |
| FNC District Elon University Event | 2026ncelo | 3 | 7 | 7-5-0 | 32 | 2 | 107.8 | 57 |  |
| FIRST North Carolina State Championship | 2026nccmp | 7 | 18 | 6-6-0 | 23 | 6 | 139.9 | 99 |  |
| Milstein Division | 2026mil | 8 | 42 | 4-6-0 | 20 |  | 122.1 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District FIRST Impact Award (2026ncwak)
- District Event Winner (2026ncwak)
- District Event Finalist (2026ncelo)
- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026ncwak)
- Judges' Award (2026ncelo)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 16, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leadership | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2024 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026, 2023 |
| Impact | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Winner | 1 | 2026 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2025 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2024 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2024 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2023 |
| Quality | 1 | 2023 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Milstein Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FNC District Elon University Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | FNC District Wake County Event #1 | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | Milstein Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | FNC District Catawba County Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FNC District Orange County Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | FNC District UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | FNC District Guilford County Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FNC District ECU Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 122.0 | 452 / 3708 | 87.8 | 36-26-1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 42.5 | 1043 / 3687 | 71.7 | 37-20-1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 22.1 | 955 / 3475 | 72.5 | 24-18-0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 42.2 | 645 / 3284 | 80.4 | 24-24-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5.4 | 2666 / 3053 | 12.7 | 10-17-2 | 2 |

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