# Team 8817: Buccaneer Robotics

Homestead, Florida, USA. Rookie year 2022.

## Who backs them

- School: South Dade Senior High School
- Sponsors: Boeing, Raytheon, NAF, Motorola Solutions, Gene Haas Foundation, DoD STEM, FPL
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buccaneer_robotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **80.30**, rank 833 of 3708 (77.6th percentile)
- Record: 18-18-1 over 37 matches (49% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 14.1, teleop 66.2, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 54%, RP2 11%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orlando Regional | 2026flor | 3 | 10 | 5-2-1 | 22 | 5 | 78.3 |  | 37 |
| South Florida Regional | 2026flwp | 6 | 6 | 7-3-0 | 32 | 3 | 93.4 |  | 51 |
| Archimedes Division | 2026arc | 8 | 72 | 1-9-0 | 7 |  | 80.3 |  |  |
| Space Coast Showdown | 2026flroc | 30 | 19 | 3-4-0 | 9 | 4 | 56.4 |  |  |
| Pirate's Pillage | 2026flhom | 33 | 14 | 2-3-0 | 8 | 5 | 63.1 |  |  |
| Raiders Revenge | 2026flpin | 34 | 4 | 3-2-0 | 14 | 3 | 84.5 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Industrial Design Award (2026flwp)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 6, over 3 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2026 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2024 |
| Winner | 1 | 2024 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2022 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | Orlando Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | South Florida Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | South Florida Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 80.3 | 833 / 3708 | 77.6 | 18-18-1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 42.8 | 1004 / 3687 | 72.8 | 12-13-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10.2 | 2294 / 3475 | 34.0 | 18-27-1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 30.5 | 1279 / 3284 | 61.1 | 14-15-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 6.3 | 2506 / 3053 | 17.9 | 5-7-0 | 1 |

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

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