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9879 · Root Negative One

Location: Springdale, AR, USA

Region: Arkansas

Rookie year: 2015

Seasons played: 7

Website

FIRST team page

University of Arkansas Department of Industrial Engineering/Cassady Children's Center&Family/Community

Career

Season	Game	Ev	W-L-T	Best NP	Rank	Auto	Max NP	Awards	Best event
2026–27	BIOBUZZ
2025–26	DECODE	10	56-18-0	253.1	#2 /8,375	54.4	514	16	USCHSLAOS
2024–25	INTO THE DEEP	7	39-15-0	175.5	#156 /7,608	46.4	408	10	FPEMICLA
2023–24	CENTERSTAGE	4	23-5-0	156.1	#48 /6,671	52.5	354	6	USALHUOS
2022–23	POWERPLAY	3	14-9-0	98.2	#433 /5,707	34.8	227	5	USARCMP
2021–22	FREIGHT FRENZY	5	18-13-0	126.0	#436 /5,027	39.3	358	5	USARCMP
2020–21	ULTIMATE GOAL	9	16-5-0	275.3	#120 /3,857	73.5	515	18	USALHUCT1
2019–20	SKYSTONE	4	18-3-1	38.8	#89 /4,572	30.0	79	12	2019ARQ4
8 seasons		42	184-68-1					72

2025–26 · DECODE

202620252024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

56-18-0

Record

10 events

253.1

Best NP OPR

#2 of 8,375 · USCHSLAOS

514

Best match NP

Awards

Events

Dates	Event	Rk	W-L-T	NP OPR	Auto	TeleOp	Endgame	Artifacts	Pattern	Depot	Classified	Avg NP	Max NP
2025-12-13	Arkansas Mountain Home Mayhem	8	2-4-0	46.1	10.0	36.1	5.0	31.9	6.6	-0.1	10.48	78.5	121
2026-01-17	Arkansas Bentonville Bash	7	4-2-0	58.1	25.6	32.5	10.9	37.0	7.2	-0.0	11.92	83.5	135
2026-02-27 – 02-28	Arkansas Championship	1	8-0-0	142.9	44.8	98.1	8.1	123.6	8.8	-0.1	40.60	177.6	209
2026-04-18	Pre Worlds/Premier Event Scrimmage	2	5-1-0	166.6	46.7	119.9	11.4	147.8	4.3	-0.1	48.57	259.8	378
2026-04-29 – 05-02	FIRST Championship - FIRST Tech Challenge
2026-04-29 – 05-02	FIRST Championship - FIRST Tech Challenge - Edison Division	22	5-5-0	183.5	46.1	137.4	8.3	168.3	4.2	0.1	55.58	299.0	409
2026-05-28 – 05-30	Run for the Robots Premier Event		1-2-0	178.1	40.3	137.8	10.0	156.6	8.3	0.2	51.49	356.3	429
2026-05-28 – 05-30	Run for the Robots Premier Event - Secretariat Division	1	9-0-0	180.0	44.7	135.3	7.2	162.5	7.5	0.0	54.13	285.3	345
2026-06-09 – 06-10	Cowtown Invitational Premier Event	1	7-1-0	156.7	46.7	110.1	8.3	140.1	5.0	0.1	46.48	233.3	274
2026-06-18 – 06-21	Michiana Premier Event Presented by GEARS
2026-06-18 – 06-21	Michiana Premier Event Presented by GEARS - Croft Division	2	9-1-0	191.4	45.6	145.8	5.3	176.9	6.4	0.0	58.80	291.2	387
2026-06-26 – 06-28	Multinational Tech Invitational	9	6-2-0	253.1	54.4	198.7	3.9	240.1	6.3	0.0	80.40	418.0	514

Match Log

Arkansas Mountain Home Mayhem

Match	Res	Score	Partner(s)	Opponents	Own NP	Opp NP
Q3 ●	L	23–91	20074	7343 7209	23	76
Q5 ●	W	240–55	20087	20074 21418	105	55
Q8 ●	L	93–114	23050	21418 28512	93	69
Q12 ●	L	104–112	92	7572 20087	104	112
Q15 ●	L	74–134	7343	23050 26717	44	54
Q18 ●	L	121–157	21418	31047 7343	121	82
Q20 ●	W	74–65	8373	92 28512	74	65
Playoff 1 ●	L	84–115	23050	20087 92	84	115
Playoff 3 ●	W	77–38	23050	26717 7343	62	38
Playoff 5 ●	W	140–115	23050	7209 21418	65	90
Playoff 6 ●	W	119–85	23050	20087 92	59	75
Playoff 7 ●	L	57–101	23050	20087 92	57	96

Arkansas Bentonville Bash

Match	Res	Score	Partner(s)	Opponents	Own NP	Opp NP
Q4 ●	W	96–27	28522	28523 24009	76	27
Q8 ●	W	170–92	30511	31047 25705	135	57
Q13 ●	L	21–46	32174	28512 23854	21	16
Q21 ●	W	169–109	21418	26717 7343	134	84
Q27 ●	L	82–113	28512	7572 20087	72	103
Q32 ●	W	88–55	14586	92 32174	63	55
Playoff 4 ●	W	274–123	7572	28512 7343	119	63
Playoff 7 ●	W	228–138	7572	20087 7209	73	133
Playoff 10 ●	W	131–125	7572	20087 7209	96	125

Arkansas Championship

Match	Res	Score	Partner(s)	Opponents	Own NP	Opp NP
Q2 ●	W	183–19	26717	28522 23854	153	19
Q8 ●	W	195–46	28522	14586 32709	180	46
Q17 ●	W	178–130	24009	21418 23050	173	125
Q22 ●	W	209–99	20087	31047 14628	209	99
Q28 ●	W	176–69	14628	92 28505	166	59
Q35 ●	W	195–106	30511	32174 20087	180	96
Q43 ●	W	163–146	33813	7343 20074	163	91
Q52 ●	W	222–62	7209	28512 25705	197	42
Playoff 3 ●	W	204–71	20087	23050 7343	199	66
Playoff 7 ●	W	205–146	20087	21418 7209	200	121
Playoff 10 ●	W	232–137	20087	21418 7209	227	132

Pre Worlds/Premier Event Scrimmage

Match	Res	Score	Partner(s)	Opponents	Own NP	Opp NP
Q1 ●	L	226–251	11572	10355 14906	226	246
Q5 ●	W	232–115	19668	14906 20087	232	115
Q6 ●	W	383–268	14906	18802 99901	378	248
Q10 ●	W	255–130	99901	99902 19668	255	65
Q11 ●	W	237–222	10355	99901 11572	232	222
Q14 ●	W	236–117	20087	11572 7209	236	92
Playoff 1 ●	W	337–201	14906	20087 18802	337	196
Playoff 1-2 ●	W	360–182	14906	20087 18802	360	182

FIRST Championship - FIRST Tech Challenge - Edison Division

Match	Res	Score	Partner(s)	Opponents	Own NP	Opp NP
Q2 ●	L	372–468	10084	27674 11329	367	453
Q22 ●	W	303–144	19955	26064 9808	293	139
Q31 ●	W	390–176	21936	6093 24751	370	176
Q51 ●	W	391–277	14954	26089 12331	366	257
Q60 ●	W	284–232	13375	5237 20515	279	222
Q85 ●	L	139–321	23504	506 24090	114	286
Q93 ●	W	305–290	21225	23305 6133	265	290
Q112 ●	L	419–434	14525	8680 19066	409	419
Q129 ●	L	268–279	22105	6962 23350	253	249
Q139 ●	L	339–403	26501	14204 17861	274	363
Playoff 3 ●	L	394–430	16236 14525	14631 21936 11444	359	415
Playoff 6 ●	W	439–316	16236 14525	506 22105 29029	394	276
Playoff 9 ●	L	359–427	16236 14525	6962 8680 24751	354	387

Run for the Robots Premier Event - Secretariat Division

Match	Res	Score	Partner(s)	Opponents	Own NP	Opp NP
Q2 ●	W	325–88	8645	17621 30696	320	88
Q15 ●	W	355–194	21865	25706 27019	345	194
Q24 ●	W	282–126	21457	32078 4982	252	126
Q36 ●	W	330–153	30435	8651 26398	315	148
Q42 ●	W	220–148	5553	16249 25795	210	133
Q52 ●	W	292–180	19459	22335 20182	277	170
Q61 ●	W	324–144	10588	26171 14706	319	124
Q66 ●	W	239–118	8651	16028 31047	219	118
Q75 ●	W	316–133	23638	7842 5553	311	108
Playoff 3 ●	W	477–171	30435	21457 25717	457	161
Playoff 7 ●	W	384–319	30435	23638 22335	379	294
Playoff 10 ●	W	453–363	30435	23638 22335	443	333

Run for the Robots Premier Event

Match	Res	Score	Partner(s)	Opponents	Own NP	Opp NP
Playoff 1 ●	W	439–405	30435	8803 30564	429	385
Playoff 1-2 ●	L	256–420	30435	8803 30564	236	360
Playoff 1-3 ●	L	419–422	30435	8803 30564	404	417

Cowtown Invitational Premier Event

Match	Res	Score	Partner(s)	Opponents	Own NP	Opp NP
Q8 ●	W	217–167	23344	33830 18802	197	97
Q16 ●	W	257–99	25950	13582 24378	247	74
Q27 ●	W	287–100	21418	20163 24976	252	100
Q32 ●	W	261–228	32001	18340 11572	246	108
Q44 ●	W	309–177	23414	29659 6547	274	147
Q58 ●	L	215–271	17035	27393 21813	200	241
Q65 ●	W	259–239	31039	26949 12398	254	159
Q73 ●	W	211–151	13709	10055 5395	196	116
Playoff 1 ●	W	390–215	21813	17035 6547	390	200
Playoff 7 ●	W	328–215	21813	31039 26949	323	210
Playoff 11 ●	W	390–209	21813	25950 22586	370	184
Playoff 14 ●	W	343–262	21813	27393 30303	323	247

Michiana Premier Event Presented by GEARS - Croft Division

Match	Res	Score	Partner(s)	Opponents	Own NP	Opp NP
Q2 ●	W	278–152	10615	12014 23284	278	142
Q24 ●	W	427–198	11329	3311 22660	387	198
Q35 ●	W	238–199	15789	8620 25609	233	164
Q48 ●	W	275–190	17969	11409 8579	275	160
Q57 ●	W	277–237	14739	24358 18221	247	227
Q63 ●	W	374–106	21865	30451 31541	369	101
Q81 ●	L	223–255	25627	17962 16832	193	210
Q95 ●	W	377–311	19652	14906 13474	372	291
Q102 ●	W	290–186	22331	26013 27318	285	181
Q118 ●	W	278–72	5385	27202 20032	273	62
Playoff 3 ●	W	485–208	22489 5189	25627 25609 17106	460	203
Playoff 8 ●	W	447–317	22489 5189	17962 24909 12014	437	307
Playoff 11 ●	L	502–589	22489 5189	11329 18221 22331	462	489
Playoff 13 ●	W	449–430	22489 5189	14906 27991 19652	429	420
Playoff 14 ●	L	473–568	22489 5189	11329 18221 22331	463	538

Multinational Tech Invitational

Match	Res	Score	Partner(s)	Opponents	Own NP	Opp NP
Q7 ●	L	422–472	10809	772 23641	417	422
Q12 ●	W	552–355	25650	23641 12599	487	340
Q33 ●	L	234–406	7149	23400 23435	234	366
Q39 ●	W	385–268	23928	9791 8721	350	243
Q53 ●	W	437–406	19564	19376 19066	387	381
Q62 ●	W	534–402	11260	11525 22489	514	392
Q67 ●	W	515–439	30030	8393 23521	490	419
Q78 ●	W	470–332	3565	24180 19862	465	317
Playoff 3 ●	L	484–595	11260	30030 12808	484	555
Playoff 6 ●	L	492–556	11260	25650 19564	462	521

Awards

Finalist Alliance - 1st Team Selected — Arkansas Mountain Home Mayhem
Inspire Award 2nd Place — Arkansas Bentonville Bash
Winning Alliance - 1st Team Selected — Arkansas Bentonville Bash
Inspire Award — Arkansas Championship
Winning Alliance - Captain — Arkansas Championship
Winning Alliance - 1st Team Selected — Pre Worlds/Premier Event Scrimmage
Control Award 3rd Place — FIRST Championship - FIRST Tech Challenge - Edison Division
Finalist Alliance - Captain — Run for the Robots Premier Event
Secretariat Division Winning Alliance - Captain — Run for the Robots Premier Event
Think Award — Run for the Robots Premier Event - Secretariat Division
Winning Alliance - Captain — Run for the Robots Premier Event - Secretariat Division
Inspire Award 2nd Place — Cowtown Invitational Premier Event
Winning Alliance - Captain — Cowtown Invitational Premier Event
Croft Division Finalist Alliance - Captain — Michiana Premier Event Presented by GEARS
Finalist Alliance - Captain — Michiana Premier Event Presented by GEARS - Croft Division
Reach Award 2nd Place — Michiana Premier Event Presented by GEARS - Croft Division