# Team 896: Blue Steel

Newark, New Jersey, USA. Rookie year 2002. District MAR.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors (2015): CENTRAL & CENTRAL
- Website: http://centralrobotics.tk/

## 2026 season

This team has no 2026 season on this site. It either did not compete that year, or the season is not one this site holds.

## Name history

Every name FIRST recorded for this team, newest first. A span states the first and last season the name was on the team.

- 2007 – 2015: Blue Steel
- 2003 – 2006: Central Blue Robodevils

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | MAR District - North Brunswick Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | MAR District - Bridgewater-Raritan Event |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | MAR FIRST Robotics Bridgewater-Raritan District Competition |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Bridgewater-Raritan FIRST Robotics District Competition |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Hatboro-Horsham FIRST Robotics District Competition |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Mount Olive FIRST Robotics District Competition |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Midwest Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Philadelphia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | New Jersey Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | New Jersey Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | New Jersey Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2005 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2005 | New Jersey Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | New Jersey Regional |  |  |
| 2003 | J&J Mid-Atlantic Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2002 | New York City Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 5.9 | 2648 / 2873 | 7.8 | 0-0-24 | 2 |
| 2014 | 13.6 | 2303 / 2697 | 14.6 | 2-10-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 18.2 | 1071 / 2510 | 57.4 | 12-12-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 6.2 | 1130 / 2332 | 51.6 | 5-7-0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3.6 | 1488 / 2053 | 27.5 | 3-6-1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0.2 | 1750 / 1801 | 2.8 | 4-10-4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 16.7 | 794 / 1675 | 52.6 | 8-8-0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 11.1 | 835 / 1498 | 44.3 | 5-3-0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 9.4 | 512 / 1295 | 60.5 | 3-3-2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 4.4 | 935 / 1125 | 16.9 | 5-9-1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4.8 | 617 / 747 | 17.4 | 6-10-0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 15.1 | 831 / 932 | 10.8 | 2-5-1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 16.4 | 572 / 785 | 27.2 | 4-6-0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9.9 | 614 / 641 | 4.2 | 1-9-0 | 1 |

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

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