# Team 8709: Pathfinder Tech

Palmer, Massachusetts, USA. Rookie year 2022. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Pathfinder Regional Voc HS
- Sponsors: Sanderson MacLeod, DoDSTEM, Bossard

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **91.24**, rank 693 of 3708 (81.3th percentile)
- Record: 22-23-0 over 45 matches (49% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 19.5, teleop 71.8, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 63%, RP2 13%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District Western NE Event | 2026mawne | 2 | 11 | 7-5-0 | 29 | 6 | 49.8 | 39 |  |
| NE District Greater Boston Event | 2026mabos | 4 | 23 | 4-8-0 | 26 | 5 | 67.7 | 16 |  |
| New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | 2026necmp1 | 7 | 12 | 8-4-0 | 40 | 8 | 91.2 | 75 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026mawne)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 8, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2025, 2024 |
| Rookie All Star | 2 | 2022 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2026 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2023 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | NE District WPI Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Richardson Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | NE District Greater Boston Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District Central Mass Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | NE District Western NE Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 91.2 | 693 / 3708 | 81.3 | 22-23-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 17.6 | 2733 / 3687 | 25.9 | 10-17-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 26.6 | 579 / 3475 | 83.4 | 27-18-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 28.8 | 1408 / 3284 | 57.1 | 13-14-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 17.7 | 1116 / 3053 | 63.5 | 15-21-1 | 3 |

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