The Blue Alliance
2026 Season

Team 8429 - Valence Robotics

Part of the FIRST North Carolina District
From Durham, North Carolina, USA
aka Duke Pratt School of Engineering/Duke Electrical & Computer Engineering Department/Gene Haas/Intuitive Foundation/Molex/Corning/AREA 27 & Family/Community
Rookie Year: 2020
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Event Results

Team 8429 was 36-27-1 in official play in 2026.

As a member of the FIRST North Carolina district, Team 8429 ranked #9 having earned 231 points.

FNC District Wake County Event #1

in Wake Forest, NC, USA
to Week 1

Team 8429 was Rank 3 with a record of 14-4-1 and won the following awards:

  • District FIRST Impact Award
  • District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (Adele M)
  • District Event Winner

They competed in the playoffs as the Captain of Alliance 2 and won the event.

Captain 8429
Pick 1 4795
Pick 2 11353

District Points Earned

Category Points
Qual Points 20
Alliance Points 15
Playoff Points 30
Award Points 10
Total Points 75
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Qualifications
Quals 1
8429 3229 9788 3336 4828 6502 32 27
Quals 9
11179 10302 8429 435 4561 11285 53 67
Quals 15
8429 435 10072 11353 3336 6240 22 22
Quals 19
2059 8429 4828 11161 10302 11353 99 30
Quals 24
10354 6502 10302 8429 11179 4795 40 144
Quals 29
10072 6240 9042 9559 8429 10354 18 35
Quals 32
8738 9559 9042 8429 4861 5919 59 73
Quals 35
587 11353 4795 8738 3336 8429 70 131
Quals 41
587 10121 8429 3229 10072 3459 90 40
Quals 44
5919 11161 3229 11353 8429 4816 36 44
Quals 51
10354 3459 8429 9042 4795 5160 93 94
Quals 54
435 4861 10121 9042 8429 6502 54 140
Semifinals
Playoff Match 3
11353 4795 8429 4828 587 3336 184 90
Playoff Match 8
8429 4795 11353 9788 5919 10302 136 82
Playoff Match 11
4561 10121 2059 8429 4795 11353 200 187
Playoff Match 13
8429 4795 11353 9788 5919 10302 170 141
Finals
Finals 1
4561 10121 2059 8429 4795 11353 214 233
Finals 2
4561 10121 2059 8429 4795 11353 181 93
Finals 3
4561 10121 2059 8429 4795 11353 177 195

FNC District Elon University Event

in Elon, NC, USA
to Week 3

Team 8429 was Rank 7 with a record of 10-8-0 and won the following awards:

  • District Event Finalist
  • Judges' Award

They competed in the playoffs as the 1st Pick of Alliance 2 and were eliminated in the Finals.

Captain 4561
Pick 1 8429
Pick 2 10304

District Points Earned

Category Points
Qual Points 17
Alliance Points 15
Playoff Points 20
Award Points 5
Total Points 57
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Qualifications
Quals 3
4861 4795 11285 6240 4935 8429 129 118
Quals 9
4561 587 3506 9559 4829 8429 228 104
Quals 15
7918 587 8429 4935 4561 6729 117 160
Quals 18
7763 6502 7890 8429 11297 10412 143 99
Quals 21
5919 8429 8757 7763 9607 11146 154 41
Quals 29
7890 8429 10304 2640 4795 5919 144 214
Quals 34
3822 8757 587 2640 8429 4861 71 194
Quals 39
8429 6729 9297 10412 2640 6240 218 55
Quals 43
1533 900 2640 8429 3822 6502 172 215
Quals 48
6240 8757 6729 3506 7763 8429 72 220
Quals 52
8429 1533 4795 4935 4829 9297 177 158
Quals 55
10354 8429 4561 7918 3822 900 221 198
Semifinals
Playoff Match 3
10304 8429 4561 900 587 2640 240 174
Playoff Match 8
10304 8429 4561 6502 5919 1533 250 152
Playoff Match 11
9559 3506 4795 10304 8429 4561 231 153
Playoff Match 13
10304 8429 4561 4935 7890 9607 256 218
Finals
Finals 1
9559 3506 4795 10304 8429 4561 278 161
Finals 2
9559 3506 4795 10304 8429 4561 253 170

FIRST North Carolina State Championship

in Greensboro, NC, USA
to Week 6

Team 8429 was Rank 18 with a record of 8-8-0

They competed in the playoffs as the 1st Pick of Alliance 6 and were eliminated in the Double Elimination Bracket (Round 4).

Captain 7890
Pick 1 8429
Pick 2 8727

District Points Earned

Category Points
Qual Points 45
Alliance Points 33
Playoff Points 21
Award Points 0
Total Points 99
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Qualifications
Quals 4
7890 11146 8429 2059 6500 4534 169 247
Quals 10
9150 9559 8429 4561 5607 2640 95 129
Quals 18
9559 8746 10121 3506 8429 2724 47 288
Quals 28
8429 10077 3196 11146 9788 10248 160 52
Quals 35
4795 3196 7763 1225 8429 9297 245 175
Quals 43
2682 2724 4828 8429 1533 8757 218 157
Quals 54
11179 11353 5160 8205 8429 6004 97 231
Quals 67
9150 9297 7890 7918 8429 10302 150 270
Quals 75
11417 11353 8429 3336 6888 10302 168 101
Quals 82
8429 8727 4829 9496 1225 10077 278 471
Quals 91
8429 6502 8738 3459 11417 11285 387 60
Quals 99
8738 3229 7890 5607 8746 8429 235 229
Semifinals
Playoff Match 4
6500 5160 3506 8429 8727 7890 257 412
Playoff Match 8
7763 4795 4561 8429 8727 7890 286 264
Playoff Match 10
7890 8727 8429 8738 4828 3229 271 198
Playoff Match 12
7890 8727 8429 9032 6004 9496 383 438

Milstein Division

in Houston, TX, USA
to

Team 8429 was Rank 42 with a record of 4-7-0

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Qualifications
Quals 9
8429 3245 8808 4499 6002 5985 233 455
Quals 17
3707 10101 2403 9140 8429 686 291 369
Quals 27
8429 1671 3707 2481 4795 2200 391 675
Quals 44
2169 8429 4476 1678 4905 3492 295 414
Quals 52
343 2811 2630 287 2122 8429 197 411
Quals 70
4481 9635 2846 68 694 8429 519 589
Quals 84
6090 8429 3928 4907 8020 694 447 502
Quals 98
8429 6989 5462 4421 3277 3075 399 512
Quals 106
6238 4122 201 8429 359 3277 431 414
Quals 116
6925 70 8873 353 8429 10633 271 414
Quals 124
1640 4795 7457 7594 10950 8429 628 206
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