# Team 8738: Slice

Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2022. District FNC.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Caterpillar, 3M, Relay Inc, Gene Haas, TE Connectivity
- X: https://twitter.com/fvhsroboticteam
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fvhsroboticsclub

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **62.21**, rank 1094 of 3708 (70.5th percentile)
- Record: 21-24-0 over 45 matches (47% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 6.4, teleop 55.8, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 41%, RP2 9%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FNC District Wake County Event #1 | 2026ncwak | 1 | 13 | 5-7-0 | 19 | 8 | 44.4 | 28 |  |
| FNC District Wake County Event #2 | 2026ncwk2 | 3 | 12 | 7-5-0 | 23 | 4 | 30.0 | 32 |  |
| FIRST North Carolina State Championship | 2026nccmp | 7 | 19 | 6-6-0 | 23 | 5 | 62.2 | 93 |  |
| Southern Virginia Showdown | 2026vari | 31 | 13 | 3-4-0 | 12 | 4 | 72.4 |  |  |
| Doyenne Inspiration East | 2026ncfay | 33 | 3 | 6-2-0 | 22 | 2 | 94.2 |  |  |
| THOR East | 2026ncfay1 | 33 | 7 | 4-2-0 | 15 | 4 | 87.2 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Quality Award (2026ncwak)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026ncwk2)
- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026nccmp)

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2024, FRC 8738 2024 CAD — C Cubed Slice Off Season CAD Release (no ebox), Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/566c98fc3cfd5bcae769b6be/w/61cabc44d92399886f6ec591/e/4b23c65bb862d8fe4dd8432d
- 2023, FRC 8738 2023 CAD — Robot Workspace, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/025c7f8286f7bc12b9a5687f/w/c4c805dce1765a4553e2e975/e/46b57c164a385ce525078a4a

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 16, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 3 | 2024, 2023 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Imagery | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Industrial Design | 2 | 2025, 2024 |
| Rookie All Star | 2 | 2022 |
| Quality | 1 | 2026 |
| Winner | 1 | 2025 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FNC District Wake County Event #2 | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FNC District Wake County Event #1 | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIRST North Carolina State Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FNC District Mecklenburg County Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | Johnson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | FNC District Wake County Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2024 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIRST North Carolina District State Championship | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | FNC District Johnston County Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | Carver Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FNC District Guilford County Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FNC District ECU Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 62.2 | 1094 / 3708 | 70.5 | 21-24-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 58.2 | 493 / 3687 | 86.7 | 45-15-0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 28.8 | 445 / 3475 | 87.2 | 35-25-2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 30.1 | 1301 / 3284 | 60.4 | 28-23-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 11.0 | 1848 / 3053 | 39.5 | 10-27-0 | 5 |

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