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TBA

The Blue Alliance

The community database of teams, events, matches, and results — with a public API used by many scouting tools.

also calledTBA

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where you actually meet TBA

TBA is the tab you keep open in the stands: match schedules, live results, rankings, and every match a team has ever played. Its API is also the usual first data source for a scouting system or a sponsor report — and your own TBA page, with its photos and links, is what a judge or a prospective sponsor finds when they look your team up.

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The Impact Award
Worked Examples & Mini-Projects

Automate Outreach Data with The Blue Alliance API

Write a short Python script that pulls your team's real award and event history from The Blue Alliance, so your submission's competitive context is accurate and verifiable.open Business, Operations & Fundraising
Worked Examples & Mini-Projects: Build Your Team's Business Toolkit

Mini-Project 4: Auto-Generate a Sponsor Impact Report from The Blue Alliance API

Write a small Python script that pulls your team's real competition results and awards from The Blue Alliance API and renders a sponsor-facing impact summary automatically.open Media, Branding & Outreach
Digital Presence: Social Media & Website

The Blue Alliance & Your Online Footprint

Claim and maintain your team's presence on The Blue Alliance and across the wider FRC data ecosystem.open

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Data & Scouting

Statbotics

An analytics site providing EPA ratings, predictions, and historical FRC data.

Data & Scouting

Scouting

Systematically collecting data on robots' performance to inform strategy and alliance-selection decisions.

Data & Scouting

OPR

Offensive Power Rating — a calculated estimate of a team's average scoring contribution, derived from match results.

Data & Scouting

Picklist

A ranked list of teams an alliance captain uses to decide whom to invite during alliance selection.

The Blue Alliance is one of 70 entries in the catalogue. The guides are where these words get used in order, instead of one at a time.

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