# Team 8728: Argonauts

Troy, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2022. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: Troy Robotics Foundation & Athens High School
- Sponsors: Troy School District, Athens High School, International Academy East, Troy Robotics Foundation, Freudenberg North America
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/troyargonauts
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@troyargonauts
- X: https://twitter.com/troyargonauts
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/troyargonauts

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **92.95**, rank 704 of 3708 (81.0th percentile)
- Record: 15-16-0 over 31 matches (48% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 16.3, teleop 72.6, endgame 4.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 76%, RP2 18%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Marysville Event | 2026mimar | 2 | 25 | 5-7-0 | 21 | 6 | 52.0 | 29 |  |
| FIM District Troy Event presented by Aptiv Foundation | 2026mitry | 4 | 11 | 7-5-0 | 35 | 6 | 93.0 | 32 |  |
| WVROX | 2026wvrox | 22 | 9 | 12-12-0 | 63 |  | 99.3 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026mitry)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026mimar)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 17, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 3 | 2022 |
| Team Sustainability | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2024 |
| Rookie All Star | 2 | 2022 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2026 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2025 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2024 |
| Winner | 1 | 2023 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Finalist, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Judges', Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIM District Troy Event presented by Aptiv Foundation | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIM District Marysville Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Troy Event presented by Aptiv Foundation | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Belleville Event presented by Belleville Main LLC | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Ann Arbor Event presented by DTE | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Jackson at Columbia Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - CONSUMERS ENERGY Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIM District Wayne State University Event presented by Magna | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 presented by Ford | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship | Alliance 3 · backup robot | Top four |
| 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Ford Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIM District Belleville Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Rochester Event presented by Aptiv | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 93.0 | 704 / 3708 | 81.0 | 15-16-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 43.4 | 1009 / 3687 | 72.7 | 16-13-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 22.7 | 898 / 3475 | 74.2 | 14-17-0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 35.8 | 993 / 3284 | 69.8 | 25-19-1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 18.0 | 1168 / 3053 | 61.8 | 17-23-1 | 7 |

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

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