2024 Season
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Citrus circuits Hits the final note of the 2024 season
Houston world championship results
For the tenth consecutive year, we won our division at the FIRST World Championship. A total of 46 students from our team, along with parents and mentors, attended the event with our robot, Nik. The Archimedes Division consisted of 75 teams from around the world.
After 10 grueling qualification matches, we placed second, setting the game high score twice and the world record, and were selected as a member of the first alliance by 4613 Barker Redbacks along with 4206 Robo Vikes and 2718 Team OKC e’possums (Σ 1/n! x 10 3). We went undefeated in all 5 elimination matches, advancing to the Einstein Field, and also receiving the Autonomous Award, recognizing our consistent, reliable, and high-performing robot operation during the autonomous period.
On Einstein, we lost our first match but bounced back, winning 3 matches in the lower bracket and advancing to the semi-finals. After a hard-fought match, we were eliminated by the Daly alliance, placing third in the world.
“This was a great conclusion to our 20th season and really shows the level of excellence our team is able to achieve,” said head coach Mike Corsetto. “The team has come a long way since 2004, and we’re excited to be among the best in the world.”
Silicon Valley regional results
We started our competition season off at Silicon Valley Regional in Santa Clara, California. From February 29 to March 3, 2024, we competed against 41 overall teams from California, Nevada, Hawaii, Idaho, and Mexico. After 11 qualification matches, we placed second with a record of 9-1-1, a ranking score of 3.09, and an average match score of 73.27 points. We were picked by Team 581 Blazing Bulldogs to be in the first alliance along with Team 8048 HH East Palo Alto Churrobots.
We won our first three elimination matches, advancing to the finals, where we faced the third alliance, captained by Team 604 Quixilver. During the finals, we faced fierce competition, winning our first match but falling short in our second. In the third finals match, we beat the third alliance with a score of 94-67, winning the regional and qualifying for the 2024 FIRST World Championship.
We also won the Impact Award, the most prestigious award at FIRST, which honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the mission of FIRST, reflecting our commitment to our community and STEM outside of competition.
Sacramento Regional results
We competed at our second competition of the season from March 13 to 16 at Pleasant Grove High School in Elk Grove, California. We seeded second after 11 qualification matches, becoming the captain of the second alliance and selecting Team 5419 Berkelium from Berkeley, California, and Team 1072 Harker Robotics from San Jose, California.
After losing only one elimination match, we advanced to the finals against the first alliance, captained by Team 604 Quixilver alongside Team 254 The Cheesy Poofs and Team 4135 Iron Patriots. After two hard-fought matches, we finished the event as finalists, marking the end of our decade-long competition win streak spanning 31 official FRC events, including 23 regional victories and 8 divisional wins.
In addition to finishing as an event finalist, we also received the Excellence in Engineering Award, recognizing the technical accomplishments of our team in planning, designing, constructing, and operating our robot.
east bay Regional results
On April 4-7, we won our third regional of the 2024 season at the East Bay Regional! We competed with top teams from across California, as well as teams from Australia, Turkey, and India at Berkeley High School. We seeded second after qualification matches with a record of 8-1.
We were picked by Team 254 Cheesy Poofs to be in the first alliance, along with Team 1160 with Titanium Robotics. We sailed through the elimination bracket, scoring an event-high of 189 points, and advancing to the finals, where we met the second-ranked alliance captained by 5940 BREAD. We emerged victorious after two close finals matches, becoming the first winner of the newly created East Bay Regional. We also received the Innovation in Control Award, celebrating our innovative control system and application of electrical, mechanical, and software components.
Citrus Service, our outreach program composed of eight dedicated Citrus Circuits members that provides aid to other FIRST robotics teams at competition, provided help to a total of 57 of the 61 teams across 174 different instances.