# Team 999: MechaRAMS Cheshire, Connecticut, USA. Rookie year 2002. District NE. ## Who backs them - School: Cheshire High School - Sponsors: OTIS, The Hometown Foundation, Cheshire Public Schools, IngenuityNE Inc, RTX, Medtronic, East Coast Mechanical, HW Green, Heavy Weight, Marion Manufacturing - Website: http://cheshirerobotics.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheshiremecharams - X: https://twitter.com/firstteam999 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc999mecha_rams ## 2026 season - xP rating: **47.15**, rank 1454 of 3708 (60.8th percentile) - Record: 17-23-0 over 40 matches (43% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 12.4, teleop 34.7, endgame 0.0 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 29%, RP2 7% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | NE District Waterbury Event | 2026ctwat | 3 | 18 | 6-6-0 | 21 | 6 | 31.9 | 26 | | | NE District WPI Event | 2026mawor | 5 | 23 | 6-6-0 | 27 | 5 | 36.9 | 17 | | | New England FIRST District Championship | 2026necmp | 7 | | | | | 47.1 | 24 | | | Daly Division | 2026dal | 8 | 68 | 3-7-0 | 12 | | 47.1 | | | | CIAC CT State Championship 2026 | 2026ctgla | 11 | 26 | 1-5-0 | 5 | 5 | 23.1 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026ctwat) - FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026necmp) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026ctwat) - District Championship Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026necmp) ## 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: MechaRAMS - 2015: MechaRams - 2013 – 2014: MechaRams (Cheshire Robotics and Sikorsky Helicopters) - 2004 – 2012: C.R.A.S.H. (Cheshire Robotics and Sikorsky Helicopters) - 2003: C^3 Cheshire Cyber Choppers ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 2 - Awards: 23, over 11 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Leadership | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2024 | | Quality | 3 | 2025, 2024 | | Industrial Design | 3 | 2024, 2018 | | Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2026 | | Winner | 2 | 2020, 2014 | | Finalist | 2 | 2017, 2016 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2023 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2023 | | Judges' | 1 | 2016 | | Visualization (no longer given) | 1 | 2006 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2002 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Daly Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship | | | | 2026 | NE District WPI Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ballard Division presented by Altair | | Not picked | | 2025 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ganson Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - MEIR Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2019 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2019 | NE District Waterbury Event | | Not picked | | 2018 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2018 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2017 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2017 | NE District - Waterbury Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Finalist | | 2016 | New England District Championship | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2016 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Carson Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | NE FIRST District Championship presented by United Technologies | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | New England FRC Region Championship | | Not picked | | 2014 | Hartford District Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Southington District Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2013 | Connecticut Regional sponsored by UTC | | Not picked | | 2013 | New York City Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2009 | Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Suffield Shakedown | | Top four | | 2007 | UTC Connecticut Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2005 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2004 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | UTC New England Regional | | Not picked | | 2003 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2003 | UTC New England Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | UTC New England Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 47.1 | 1454 / 3708 | 60.8 | 17-23-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 52.8 | 650 / 3687 | 82.4 | 24-17-1 | 5 | | 2024 | 25.4 | 668 / 3475 | 80.8 | 25-20-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 43.4 | 591 / 3284 | 82.0 | 30-25-0 | 5 | | 2022 | 16.4 | 1226 / 3053 | 59.9 | 11-17-0 | 2 | | 2020 | 14.8 | 1508 / 2024 | 25.5 | 8-7-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 18.0 | 1448 / 3763 | 61.5 | 10-16-2 | 4 | | 2018 | 106.5 | 701 / 3617 | 80.6 | 22-21-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 108.6 | 349 / 3331 | 89.5 | 20-20-1 | 5 | | 2016 | 40.2 | 306 / 3114 | 90.2 | 32-26-0 | 5 | | 2015 | 54.3 | 166 / 2873 | 94.3 | Not applicable (qual average) | 6 | | 2014 | 36.0 | 732 / 2697 | 72.9 | 22-23-0 | 4 | | 2013 | 5.3 | 2215 / 2510 | 11.8 | 9-7-1 | 2 | | 2012 | 5.6 | 1164 / 2332 | 50.1 | 2-8-0 | 1 | | 2011 | 12.6 | 587 / 2053 | 71.4 | 6-14-0 | 2 | | 2010 | 1.9 | 372 / 1801 | 79.4 | 5-3-2 | 1 | | 2009 | 16.0 | 870 / 1675 | 48.1 | 6-9-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 8.5 | 1062 / 1498 | 29.1 | 5-10-0 | 2 | | 2007 | 9.0 | 476 / 1295 | 63.3 | 3-6-1 | 1 | | 2006 | 13.1 | 288 / 1125 | 74.5 | 3-4-0 | 1 | | 2005 | 9.8 | 294 / 747 | 60.7 | 7-8-1 | 1 | | 2004 | 16.7 | 743 / 932 | 20.3 | 5-11-0 | 2 | | 2003 | 12.3 | 745 / 785 | 5.1 | 5-12-0 | 2 | | 2002 | 9.5 | 635 / 641 | 0.9 | 2-5-1 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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