# Team 868: TechHOUNDS

Carmel, Indiana, USA. Rookie year 2002. District FIN.

## Who backs them

- School: Carmel Senior High School
- Sponsors: Martin Marietta, Resultant, APTIV Foundation, Thrifty Bot, Lockheed Martin, Texas Instruments, Joe's Grille, Gaylor Electric, Heldman Exteriors, Kiwanis Club of Carmel, Precision Additive, Seven Corners, SRS Distribution, Rider Kenley
- Website: http://www.techhounds.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc868
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/team868
- X: https://twitter.com/techhounds868
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc868
- GitHub: https://github.com/frc868

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **127.14**, rank 397 of 3708 (89.3th percentile)
- Record: 49-21-0 over 70 matches (70% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 23.8, teleop 103.4, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 85%, RP2 22%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIN District Columbus Event | 2026incol | 3 | 6 | 9-3-0 | 38 | 4 | 83.4 | 41 |  |
| FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota IN & VU CARA | 2026inwas | 5 | 2 | 10-2-0 | 41 | 2 | 104.0 | 74 |  |
| FIRST Indiana State Championship | 2026incmp | 7 | 10 | 8-4-0 | 34 | 6 | 134.3 | 144 |  |
| Newton Division | 2026new | 8 | 22 | 6-4-0 | 31 | 1 | 151.2 |  |  |
| Einstein Field | 2026cmptx | 8 |  |  |  | 8 | 127.1 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District FIRST Impact Award (2026incol)
- District Event Winner (2026inwas)
- Championship Division Winner (2026new)
- Championship Finalist (2026cmptx)
- FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026incmp)
- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026inwas)
- FIRST Leadership Award (2026cmptx)
- District Championship Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026incmp)
- District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026inwas)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 26
- Awards: 84, over 22 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 3 (2004, 2018, 2026)

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 20 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2009, 2004 |
| Innovation in Control | 11 | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2010, 2009 |
| Finalist | 7 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2016, 2014, 2009, 2004 |
| Leadership | 6 | 2026, 2024, 2014 |
| Creativity | 6 | 2018, 2012, 2010, 2007, 2006 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2018, 2012 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 5 | 2024, 2015, 2014, 2011 |
| Industrial Design | 5 | 2014, 2013, 2006, 2003 |
| Impact | 4 | 2026, 2017, 2016 |
| Autonomous | 3 | 2025, 2023, 2022 |
| Visualization (no longer given) | 3 | 2008, 2006 |
| Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2025, 2008 |
| Quality | 2 | 2017, 2016 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2005, 2003 |
| Website (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 |
| Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2005 |
| Visualization Rising Star (no longer given) | 1 | 2005 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Einstein Field | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | Newton Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota IN & VU CARA | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2026 | FIN District Columbus Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Newton Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota Indiana and Vincennes University | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIN District Kokomo Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Galileo Division | Alliance 4 · 3rd pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota Indiana and Vincennes University | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event |
| 2024 | FIN District Plainfield Event presented by Carrier | Alliance 5 · captain | Won the event |
| 2023 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIN District Princeton Event presented by Toyota | Alliance 1 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIN District Mishawaka Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIN District Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIN District Kokomo Event presented by AndyMark | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | IN District Bloomington Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | Darwin Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2019 | IN District Center Grove Event sponsored by Toyota | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2019 | IN District Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | Einstein Field (Detroit) | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | IN District Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | IN District Plainfield Event sponsored by Toyota | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | Miami Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Darwin Division |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | IN District - Perry Meridian Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2017 | IN District - Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2016 | Carson Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2016 | Queen City Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2016 | IN District - Walker Warren Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2016 | IN District - Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Indiana FIRST District Championship | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | IN District - Purdue Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | IN District - Indianapolis Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Newton Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Queen City Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist |
| 2014 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2014 | Crossroads Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2013 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Crossroads Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2013 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2012 | Galileo Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2012 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Wisconsin Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2010 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2010 | Greater Kansas City Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2009 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2008 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Boilermaker Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | St. Louis Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | St. Louis Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Newton Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | Pittsburgh Regional |  | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | Newton Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | West Michigan Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2004 | Einstein Field |  | Finalist |
| 2004 | Galileo Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2004 | Great Lakes Regional |  |  |
| 2003 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2003 | Peachtree Regional |  | Out before the top four |
| 2003 | St. Louis Regional |  | Out before the top four |
| 2002 | Motorola Midwest Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 127.1 | 397 / 3708 | 89.3 | 49-21-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 83.4 | 67 / 3687 | 98.2 | 56-13-0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 38.4 | 140 / 3475 | 96.0 | 41-17-1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 43.7 | 576 / 3284 | 82.5 | 23-21-0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 24.3 | 682 / 3053 | 77.7 | 16-26-0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 27.4 | 910 / 2024 | 55.1 | 10-7-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 31.2 | 111 / 3763 | 97.1 | 50-13-2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 136.1 | 102 / 3617 | 97.2 | 66-23-0 | 8 |
| 2017 | 103.8 | 473 / 3331 | 85.8 | 28-29-1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 61.7 | 32 / 3114 | 99.0 | 53-27-1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 50.3 | 220 / 2873 | 92.4 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 |
| 2014 | 77.8 | 38 / 2697 | 98.6 | 41-23-0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 73.1 | 15 / 2510 | 99.4 | 39-7-0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 22.8 | 62 / 2332 | 97.4 | 25-17-0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 18.8 | 341 / 2053 | 83.4 | 8-19-0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3.4 | 102 / 1801 | 94.4 | 23-13-5 | 4 |
| 2009 | 26.0 | 127 / 1675 | 92.5 | 27-12-1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 10.0 | 900 / 1498 | 39.9 | 6-19-0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 13.1 | 265 / 1295 | 79.6 | 13-9-0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 14.4 | 233 / 1125 | 79.4 | 18-19-0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 17.4 | 44 / 747 | 94.2 | 15-9-1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 37.7 | 127 / 932 | 86.5 | 16-8-2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 23.5 | 126 / 785 | 84.1 | 15-13-0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 10.8 | 468 / 641 | 27.0 | 5-6-0 | 1 |

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

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