# Team 9730: Metal Maniacs

Escondido, California, USA. Rookie year 2024. District CA.

## Who backs them

- School: Del Lago Academy
- Sponsors: Gene Haas Foundation, Qualcomm, Inc., Express Appliance Service, Intuitive Foundation
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frcteam9730
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dlarobotics_9730
- GitHub: https://github.com/metal-maniacs

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **34.75**, rank 1908 of 3708 (48.6th percentile)
- Record: 8-16-0 over 24 matches (33% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 8.9, teleop 26.0, endgame -0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 26%, RP2 6%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA District San Diego Event presented by Qualcomm | 2026casnd | 3 | 26 | 5-7-0 | 21 |  | 25.8 | 16 |  |
| CA District Orange County Event | 2026caoec | 5 | 33 | 3-9-0 | 16 |  | 34.7 | 12 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026caoec)
- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026casnd)
- Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026caoec)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 4, over 2 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leadership | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2026 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | CA District Orange County Event |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | CA District San Diego Event presented by Qualcomm |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 34.8 | 1908 / 3708 | 48.6 | 8-16-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 16.1 | 2891 / 3687 | 21.6 | 3-6-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 3203 / 3475 | 7.8 | 2-7-0 | 1 |

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