# Team 9710: Discovery Polybotz

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Rookie year 2024. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Discovery Polytech Early College High School
- Sponsors: Argosy Foundation, 3M, DonorsChoose, The Swarm
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dhs.polybotz

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **58.90**, rank 1218 of 3708 (67.2th percentile)
- Record: 23-23-0 over 46 matches (50% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 11.3, teleop 47.5, endgame 0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 42%, RP2 9%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District Western NE Event | 2026mawne | 2 | 19 | 6-6-0 | 25 | 1 | 65.5 | 49 |  |
| NE District Hartford Event | 2026cthar | 4 | 34 | 3-9-0 | 15 | 3 | 28.7 | 27 |  |
| New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | 2026necmp1 | 7 | 25 | 6-6-0 | 31 |  | 58.9 | 39 |  |
| MA State Championship | 2026manor | 13 | 25 | 1-5-0 | 5 | 4 | 35.3 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026mawne)
- Judges' Award (2026cthar)
- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026mawne)

## 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.

- 2025 – now: Discovery Polybotz
- 2024: Discovery PolyBotz

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 9, over 3 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Rising All-Star | 2 | 2025 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 2 | 2024 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2026 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2026 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2024 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ballard Division presented by Altair |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Richardson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | NE District Western NE Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 58.9 | 1218 / 3708 | 67.2 | 23-23-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 30.5 | 1690 / 3687 | 54.2 | 16-26-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9.9 | 2358 / 3475 | 32.2 | 15-23-0 | 3 |

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

The same page for a person: [https://www.match13.com/team/9710](https://www.match13.com/team/9710).

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