# Team 8729: Sparkling H2O

Kanata, Ontario, Canada. Rookie year 2022. District ONT.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Wesley Clover, Team DAVE
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frcteam8729
- X: https://twitter.com/frcteam8729
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparkyouthrobotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **44.07**, rank 1579 of 3708 (57.4th percentile)
- Record: 12-28-0 over 40 matches (30% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 4.5, teleop 39.5, endgame 0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 29%, RP2 7%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ONT District Durham College Event | 2026onosh | 2 | 19 | 5-7-0 | 21 | 7 | 37.3 | 21 |  |
| ONT District North Bay Event | 2026onnob | 3 | 20 | 4-8-0 | 19 | 8 | 40.3 | 18 |  |
| FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Technology Division | 2026oncmp2 | 7 | 45 | 3-9-0 | 14 |  | 44.1 | 18 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026onosh)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 14, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leadership | 3 | 2026, 2023 |
| Finalist | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2022 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2025 |
| Winner | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2023 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Technology Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | ONT District Durham College Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Technology Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | ONT District Durham College Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - Technology Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | ONT District Newmarket Complex Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship - SCIENCE Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | ONT District North Bay Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | ONT District Humber College Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | ONT District North Bay Event Day 2 | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | ONT District University of Waterloo Event Day 1 |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 44.1 | 1579 / 3708 | 57.4 | 12-28-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 46.8 | 854 / 3687 | 76.9 | 20-21-1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 24.7 | 742 / 3475 | 78.7 | 24-23-1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 32.1 | 1203 / 3284 | 63.4 | 30-32-0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 12.9 | 1708 / 3053 | 44.1 | 13-21-0 | 4 |

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