# Team 9431: Snider Panthers- "The Gold Standard"

Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. Rookie year 2024. District FIN.

## Who backs them

- School: R Nelson Snider High School
- Sponsors: Fort Wayne Medical Informatics Engineering, IN-MAC Education and Workforce, Indiana Department of Education, Haas Foundation, Argosy Grant, Doug Horner, American Electric Power, Don Wood Foundation, Ft. Wayne Komets, Go Engineers, Lincoln Coders
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/affc9rrkq6sqjcud
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thegoldstandard9431
- X: https://twitter.com/sniderrobotics
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snider_robotics9431
- GitHub: https://github.com/snidercs

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **59.60**, rank 1205 of 3708 (67.5th percentile)
- Record: 21-20-0 over 41 matches (51% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 9.9, teleop 47.1, endgame 2.7
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 40%, RP2 9%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIN District Mishawaka Event | 2026inmis | 1 | 17 | 6-6-0 | 25 | 7 | 67.6 | 24 |  |
| FIN District Columbus Event | 2026incol | 3 | 5 | 10-2-0 | 39 | 3 | 83.1 | 33 |  |
| FIRST Indiana State Championship | 2026incmp | 7 | 30 | 4-8-0 | 20 |  | 59.6 | 27 |  |

## 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.

- 2026 – now: Snider Panthers- "The Gold Standard"
- 2024 – 2025: Snider Panthers

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 3, over 1 season

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rookie All Star | 2 | 2024 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2024 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST Indiana State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIN District Columbus Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIN District Mishawaka Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIN District Lafayette Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIN District Mishawaka Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Milstein Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIRST Indiana State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIN District Plainfield Event presented by Carrier |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIN District Mishawaka Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 59.6 | 1205 / 3708 | 67.5 | 21-20-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 29.3 | 1775 / 3687 | 51.9 | 9-14-1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8.0 | 2656 / 3475 | 23.6 | 14-37-0 | 4 |

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

The same page for a person: [https://www.match13.com/team/9431](https://www.match13.com/team/9431).

---

- Every URL on this site: [https://www.match13.com/sitemap.xml](https://www.match13.com/sitemap.xml)
- What this site is for: [https://www.match13.com/llms.txt](https://www.match13.com/llms.txt)
- Send `Accept: text/markdown` to any page here to read it as markdown.