# Team 8592: Newton Squared

Fairfax, Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2021. District FCH.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Axiologic Solutions, Gene Haas Foundation, Booz Allen Hamilton, Novelis & Ball, Onshape
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc8592
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frc8592
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc8592
- GitHub: https://github.com/frc8592

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **115.30**, rank 506 of 3708 (86.4th percentile)
- Record: 25-20-0 over 45 matches (56% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 16.1, teleop 99.1, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 87%, RP2 24%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCH District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Porvair Filtration | 2026vagle | 2 | 19 | 6-6-0 | 20 | 7 | 56.2 | 26 |  |
| FCH District Severn MD Event presented by Arcfield | 2026mdsev | 4 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 39 | 4 | 120.3 | 43 |  |
| FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | 2026chcmp | 7 | 17 | 7-5-0 | 33 | 7 | 115.3 | 81 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Industrial Design Award (2026chcmp)
- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026mdsev)
- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026vagle)

## 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.

- 2026 – now: Newton Squared
- 2023 – 2025: Newton²
- 2022: Newton Squared

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 20, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Industrial Design | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2024 |
| Finalist | 4 | 2025, 2023 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2026, 2023 |
| Quality | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Winner | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2026 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2024 |
| Team Sustainability | 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, Gracious Professionalism, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FCH District Severn MD Event presented by Arcfield | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2026 | FCH District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Porvair Filtration | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Milstein Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Volvo | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | CHS District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Herndon Foundation | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | CHS District Owings Mills MD Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | CHS District Ashland VA Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | Newton Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | CHS District Alexandria VA Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2023 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #3 Day 2 | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | CHS District Greater DC Event #2 Day 2 | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 115.3 | 506 / 3708 | 86.4 | 25-20-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 69.0 | 244 / 3687 | 93.4 | 42-25-1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 29.4 | 411 / 3475 | 88.2 | 30-26-2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 53.6 | 220 / 3284 | 93.3 | 43-20-0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 15.2 | 1426 / 3053 | 53.3 | 13-23-0 | 3 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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