# Team 8528: AstroChimps

Tularosa, New Mexico, USA. Rookie year 2021. District FIT.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: OteroSTEM, Tularosa Groves, The Boeing Company, United States Air Force STEM, SER Robotics, FIRST Robotics New Mexico, PNM, ETV

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **24.29**, rank 2402 of 3708 (35.2th percentile)
- Record: 8-18-0 over 26 matches (31% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 5.9, teleop 18.7, endgame -0.3
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 20%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIT District Waco Event | 2026txwac | 3 | 17 | 5-7-0 | 19 | 8 | 15.0 | 20 |  |
| FIT District Amarillo Event | 2026txama | 5 | 24 | 3-9-0 | 15 |  | 24.3 | 9 |  |

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 3, over 2 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 1 | 2024 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2022 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, 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, Winner, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIT District Amarillo Event |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIT District Amarillo Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIT District Waco Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIT District Fort Worth Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 24.3 | 2402 / 3708 | 35.2 | 8-18-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 13.1 | 3188 / 3687 | 13.5 | 10-14-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 15.0 | 1681 / 3475 | 51.6 | 23-24-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 24.9 | 1707 / 3284 | 48.0 | 10-16-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 16.1 | 1339 / 3053 | 56.2 | 19-20-1 | 3 |

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