# Team 972: Iron Claw Los Gatos, California, USA. Rookie year 2002. District CA. ## Who backs them - School: Los Gatos High School - Sponsors: Los Gatos High School Wildcat Foundation, Iron Claw Robotics Family and Friends, Apple, Google, Nvidia, AMD - Website: http://www.ironclaw972.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ironclaw972 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ironclaw972 - GitHub: https://github.com/iron-claw-972 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **134.33**, rank 347 of 3708 (90.7th percentile) - Record: 42-18-0 over 60 matches (70% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 21.0, teleop 113.4, endgame -0.1 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 88%, RP2 25% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Spartan Week Zero | 2026camou | 0 | | | | | 134.3 | | | | CA District Silicon Valley Event presented by Apple | 2026casnv | 2 | 4 | 9-3-0 | 40 | 3 | 157.3 | 45 | | | CA District East Bay Event | 2026caetb | 5 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 48 | 1 | 195.7 | 62 | | | FIRST California Northern State Championship | 2026cancmp | 7 | 7 | 9-3-0 | 47 | 5 | 185.0 | 147 | | | Daly Division | 2026dal | 8 | 44 | 5-5-0 | 20 | 6 | 134.3 | | | | Chezy Champs | 2026cc | 29 | 34 | 3-7-0 | 18 | | 142.4 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Finalist (2026caetb) - Championship Division Finalist (2026dal) - Industrial Design Award (2026caetb) - Industrial Design Award (2026cancmp) - Quality Award (2026casnv) - Quality Award (2026cc) ## CAD Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform. - 2023, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rkzhrlu8t5DRDs3wUFfZ-PLxZYofwk-cB2a7aHYrLZg/edit - 2023, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://lgsstudent.onshape.com/documents/8eee53968079408a18fbae86/w/c054592f12b7e94009008f00/e/8f9ed9114037d76f0eabe938 ## 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. - 2016 – now: Iron Claw - 2004 – 2008: Iron Paw ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 3 - Awards: 18, over 9 seasons - Einstein appearances: 1 (2023) | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Industrial Design | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2022, 2002 | | Finalist | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2019 | | Winner | 3 | 2023, 2018 | | Quality | 1 | 2026 | | Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 | | Leadership | 1 | 2018 | | Judges' | 1 | 2004 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Daly Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Finalist | | 2026 | FIRST California Northern State Championship | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | CA District East Bay Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2026 | CA District Silicon Valley Event presented by Apple | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | Spartan Week Zero | | | | 2025 | East Bay Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | Sacramento Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | Pinnacles Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | East Bay Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2023 | Einstein Field | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2023 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2023 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2023 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | Monterey Bay Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Hueneme Port Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Roebling Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2019 | San Francisco Regional | | Not picked | | 2018 | Roebling Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | Central Valley Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2017 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Silicon Valley Regional presented by Google.org | | Not picked | | 2016 | Central Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2006 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2005 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2005 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2004 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2003 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | Silicon Valley Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 134.3 | 347 / 3708 | 90.7 | 42-18-0 | 6 | | 2025 | 66.0 | 304 / 3687 | 91.8 | 21-23-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 35.3 | 193 / 3475 | 94.5 | 23-20-0 | 3 | | 2023 | 58.2 | 100 / 3284 | 97.0 | 40-26-0 | 5 | | 2022 | 33.6 | 292 / 3053 | 90.5 | 22-20-0 | 4 | | 2019 | 20.5 | 991 / 3763 | 73.7 | 17-19-0 | 4 | | 2018 | 76.8 | 1994 / 3617 | 44.9 | 20-21-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 73.5 | 1750 / 3331 | 47.5 | 8-12-0 | 3 | | 2016 | 19.5 | 2319 / 3114 | 25.5 | 7-11-0 | 3 | | 2008 | 17.6 | 341 / 1498 | 77.3 | 6-5-3 | 1 | | 2006 | 10.4 | 470 / 1125 | 58.3 | 5-5-0 | 1 | | 2005 | 7.3 | 465 / 747 | 37.8 | 12-9-0 | 2 | | 2004 | 26.9 | 416 / 932 | 55.4 | 7-4-0 | 1 | | 2003 | 20.8 | 294 / 785 | 62.6 | 4-5-0 | 1 | | 2002 | 10.7 | 489 / 641 | 23.8 | 5-7-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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