# Team 8544: Reinforcement

Sutton, Massachusetts, USA. Rookie year 2021. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Sutton Memorial High School & Sutton Middle School & Auburn Senior High School
- Sponsors: National Grid, Siemens EDA, Pfizer, DuPont, Avangrid, RTX, Bullard House Pottery, United Ag and Turf

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **47.06**, rank 1496 of 3708 (59.7th percentile)
- Record: 18-25-0 over 43 matches (42% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 9.8, teleop 38.2, endgame -1.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 33%, RP2 7%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District URI Event | 2026rikin | 3 | 16 | 6-6-0 | 25 | 6 | 66.0 | 19 |  |
| NE District WPI Event | 2026mawor | 5 | 25 | 5-7-0 | 26 | 2 | 11.7 | 33 |  |
| New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 44 | 3-9-0 | 16 |  | 47.1 | 21 |  |
| BattleCry at WPI (May) | 2026bc | 13 | 27 | 4-5-0 | 20 | 11 | 74.8 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Finalist (2026mawor)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 9, over 4 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 2022 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2025 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2025 |
| Winner | 1 | 2025 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | NE District URI Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ballard Division presented by Altair |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District UVM Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | NE District WPI Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Richardson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District URI Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Calcium Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | NE District Central Mass Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 47.1 | 1496 / 3708 | 59.7 | 18-25-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 24.7 | 2116 / 3687 | 42.6 | 15-25-1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 18.3 | 1309 / 3475 | 62.3 | 15-26-1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 37.3 | 904 / 3284 | 72.5 | 8-22-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 19.5 | 1038 / 3053 | 66.0 | 19-22-1 | 4 |

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