# Team 9032: RoboWhales

Cary, North Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2023. District FNC.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: Glenn W Bailey Foundation, The BERMANS, HITACHI, Gene Haas Foundation, John Deere
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robowhales9032

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **172.69**, rank 167 of 3708 (95.5th percentile)
- Record: 53-11-0 over 64 matches (83% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 30.5, teleop 142.9, endgame -0.7
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 96%, RP2 39%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FNC District Wake County Event #2 | 2026ncwk2 | 3 | 2 | 10-2-0 | 42 | 1 | 184.5 | 72 |  |
| FNC District UNC Pembroke Event | 2026ncpem | 4 | 1 | 11-1-0 | 45 | 1 | 222.2 | 76 |  |
| FIRST North Carolina State Championship | 2026nccmp | 7 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 49 | 1 | 179.9 | 186 |  |
| Archimedes Division | 2026arc | 8 | 16 | 7-3-0 | 33 | 3 | 172.7 |  |  |
| Indiana Robotics Invitational  | 2026iri | 20 | 21 | 4-5-0 | 28 | 6 | 199.2 |  |  |
| Chezy Champs | 2026cc | 29 | 38 | 1-9-0 | 14 | 7 | 166.9 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026ncpem)
- District Event Winner (2026ncwk2)
- District Championship Finalist (2026nccmp)
- Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (2026nccmp)
- District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026ncpem)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026nccmp)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026ncwk2)

## 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.

- 2024 – now: RoboWhales
- 2023: Fellowship of the Whale

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 4
- Awards: 15, over 3 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Innovation in Control | 3 | 2026, 2025 |
| Winner | 3 | 2026, 2025 |
| Autonomous | 3 | 2025, 2024 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2026 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2026 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2025 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2025 |

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

## Playoff runs

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

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 172.7 | 167 / 3708 | 95.5 | 53-11-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 60.8 | 426 / 3687 | 88.5 | 36-23-0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 25.8 | 647 / 3475 | 81.4 | 23-23-0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 18.9 | 2302 / 3284 | 29.9 | 12-17-0 | 2 |

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