# Team 8706: MXS Bulldog Bots

Newark, New Jersey, USA. Rookie year 2022. District FMA.

## Who backs them

- School: Malcolm X Shabazz High School
- Sponsors: DoD STEM, Picatinny Arsenal, Argosy Foundation, Newark Board of Education

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **113.55**, rank 517 of 3708 (86.1th percentile)
- Record: 24-20-0 over 44 matches (55% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 31.0, teleop 82.2, endgame 0.3
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 84%, RP2 22%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FMA District Warren Hills Event | 2026njwas | 1 | 22 | 4-8-0 | 16 | 7 | 39.1 | 25 |  |
| FMA District Mount Olive Event | 2026njfla | 4 | 3 | 10-2-0 | 43 | 1 | 129.5 | 71 |  |
| FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship | 2026mrcmp | 7 | 36 | 4-8-0 | 24 |  | 113.6 | 36 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026njfla)
- Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026njfla)
- Rising All-Star Award (2026njwas)

## 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.

- 2025 – now: MXS Bulldog Bots
- 2022 – 2024: Malcolm X Shabazz Bulldogs

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 5, over 3 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2026 |
| Rising All-Star | 1 | 2026 |
| Winner | 1 | 2026 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2025 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FMA District Mount Olive Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | FMA District Warren Hills Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FMA District Centennial Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FMA District Warren Hills Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FMA District Warren Hills Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FMA District Seneca Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FMA District Montgomery Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FMA District Warren Hills Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FMA District Bensalem Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 113.5 | 517 / 3708 | 86.1 | 24-20-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 26.1 | 2000 / 3687 | 45.8 | 12-18-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 17.3 | 1428 / 3475 | 58.9 | 12-16-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 17.5 | 2457 / 3284 | 25.2 | 6-18-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 6.1 | 2594 / 3053 | 15.0 | 2-10-0 | 1 |

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

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