# Team 9312: NERD Spark

Albion, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2023. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: INNOVATE Albion
- Sponsors: Caster Concepts, Conceptual Innovations, Consumer's Energy
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nerdspark
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerd_spark9312
- GitHub: https://github.com/nerdspark

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **59.11**, rank 1214 of 3708 (67.3th percentile)
- Record: 23-21-0 over 44 matches (52% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 15.5, teleop 43.5, endgame 0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 43%, RP2 9%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Jackson at Columbia Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | 2026mibkn | 3 | 18 | 6-5-0 | 26 | 6 | 73.8 | 49 |  |
| FIM District Mason Event presented by Altair | 2026mimas | 4 | 10 | 7-5-0 | 32 | 5 | 60.7 | 33 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Foundation Division | 2026micmp4 | 7 | 22 | 6-6-0 | 27 |  | 59.1 | 51 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship | 2026micmp | 7 |  |  |  |  | 59.1 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District FIRST Impact Award (2026mibkn)
- District Event Finalist (2026mibkn)
- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026mibkn)
- FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026micmp)
- Judges' Award (2026micmp4)
- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026mimas)

## CAD

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

- 2024, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3b9deca22885c14c5e92a80c/w/8d3c7bf007b5866d3d63e618/e/bc07bffd6e8ee3c46fb020ba

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 4
- Awards: 24, over 4 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2023)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leadership | 4 | 2026, 2024 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2025, 2024 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 3 | 2023 |
| Rookie All Star | 3 | 2023 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026, 2023 |
| Impact | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Winner | 2 | 2023 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2026 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2024 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2023 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship |  |  |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Foundation Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIM District Mason Event presented by Altair | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIM District Jackson at Columbia Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Woodhaven Event presented by Altair | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Jackson at Columbia Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Galileo Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Macomb Event presented by DTE | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Jackson at Columbia Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | Einstein Field | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | Johnson Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - APTIV Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Lakeview Event #1 presented by Parker-Hannifin | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2023 | FIM District Jackson Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Finalist |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 59.1 | 1214 / 3708 | 67.3 | 23-21-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 47.3 | 828 / 3687 | 77.6 | 33-24-0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 34.9 | 205 / 3475 | 94.1 | 33-23-0 | 8 |
| 2023 | 55.6 | 175 / 3284 | 94.7 | 45-22-2 | 8 |

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