# Team 996: Mecha Knights

Casa Grande, Arizona, USA. Rookie year 2002.

## Who backs them

- School: Casa Grande Union High School
- Sponsors: Rio Verde Wireless, State Farm, Vern Lewis Welding, Wuertz Gourd Farm
- Website: http://www.cguhsd.org/cgRoboticsTeam.aspx
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mechaknights996

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **8.11**, rank 3471 of 3708 (6.4th percentile)
- Record: 5-4-0 over 9 matches (56% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 2.1, teleop 6.0, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 14%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arizona North Regional | 2026azfg | 2 | 28 | 5-4-0 | 18 |  | 8.1 |  | 13 |
| Arizona Robotics League Qualifier 1 | 2026azrl1 | 13 | 15 | 2-7-0 | 9 | 1 | 25.3 |  |  |
| Arizona Robotics League Qualifier 2 | 2026azrl2 | 17 | 8 | 4-4-0 | 18 | 1 | 26.3 |  |  |
| Arizona Robotics League Qualifier 3 | 2026azrl3 | 20 | 17 | 2-4-0 | 9 |  | 26.2 |  |  |
| Arizona Robotics League Qualifier 4 | 2026azrl4 | 29 |  | 1-5-0 |  |  | 24.2 |  |  |
| Arizona Robotics League Championship | 2026azrl | 34 |  |  |  | 8 | 30.6 |  |  |

## 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.

- 2013 – now: Mecha Knights
- 2008 – 2012: Mecha-Knights
- 2007: Nerd-U-Knights
- 2004 – 2006: Techno Wizards

## Awards, all time

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

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2022, 2014 |
| Rising All-Star | 1 | 2025 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2019 |

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, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Arizona North Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Arizona North Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Arizona North Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Arizona North Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Arizona North Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Idaho Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Arizona North Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | Arizona North Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Arizona East Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Arizona Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Phoenix Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Arizona Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Arizona Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Arizona Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Arizona Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | Arizona Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Arizona Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Arizona Regional |  |  |
| 2002 | Southern California Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 8.1 | 3471 / 3708 | 6.4 | 5-4-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 10.1 | 3472 / 3687 | 5.8 | 3-9-0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2.7 | 2913 / 3053 | 4.6 | 2-9-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 8.6 | 3572 / 3763 | 5.1 | 4-6-0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 65.3 | 2631 / 3617 | 27.3 | 3-6-0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 68.4 | 1922 / 3331 | 42.3 | 13-14-0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 18.4 | 2415 / 3114 | 22.5 | 2-7-1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 11.6 | 2152 / 2873 | 25.1 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 3.4 | 2697 / 2697 | 0.0 | 1-9-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 9.3 | 1761 / 2510 | 29.9 | 6-4-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 6.9 | 917 / 2332 | 60.7 | 7-6-0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0.3 | 2045 / 2053 | 0.4 | 3-6-1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0.2 | 1761 / 1801 | 2.2 | 1-8-1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 13.4 | 1269 / 1675 | 24.3 | 5-4-0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 9.1 | 1007 / 1498 | 32.8 | 5-4-0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0.8 | 1254 / 1295 | 3.2 | 1-7-1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 5.2 | 907 / 1125 | 19.4 | 0-9-0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 18.0 | 691 / 932 | 25.9 | 2-6-1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10.1 | 601 / 641 | 6.3 | 2-5-0 | 1 |

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

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