Clyde

Robot Facts

Clyde from April 2022 Event

Clyde from March 2022 Event

Clyde fighting Red Beard at the November 13th 2021 NHRL competition.

Builder	Clyde is built by twin brothers Alex Brown and Gabriel Brown.
Driver	Gabriel Brown
Weight Class	3lb
Body Material	TPU chassis, UHMW outer forks, assorted materials for interior forks
Weapon	Flamethrower
Drive	Repeat Robotics direct drive
Power	4s 850 mAh

Clyde is a beetleweight flamethrower control bot built by Alex and Gabe Brown. It's unique strategy of surrounding, pinning, and torching opponents makes it one of the most competitive robots at NHRL. It utilizes an impact absorbing TPU 3D printed chassis and long forks to control other robots, and a custom flamethrower system that has become more dangerous with each iteration to deal damage. If you have to fight Clyde, make sure to cover your robot in aluminum tape and don't leave any exposed electronics.

The robot first competed under team WPI, where Alex and Gabe got their start doing combat robotics. Thanks to the excellent team environment at WPI Combat Robotics, they got help from experienced mentors and turned their jury-rigged fire hazard into an engineered torch on wheels. The bot took inspiration from the durable construction of Ian MacInerney's Fully Defined, and has since helped inspire other TPU robots from team WPI.

Each iteration of Clyde has been a leap frog between armor improvements and flamethrower improvements. The first version of Clyde in November 2021 used an arc lighter and an off the shelf lighter refill tank as a jury-rigged flamethrower with minimum damage potential. Clyde first achieved real damage with it's fire in March of 2023, where it melted much of Blackbird to secure a spot in the 2023 World Championship. This version used a frosty-t burner designed based on those used by hobby blacksmiths. This pulled in extra air to mix with the butane in a burning chamber, and allowed Clyde to deal damage to exposed belts and small TPU parts. This increased heat necessitated additional chassis heat resistance. The latest iteration of the flamethrower, which first competed April 2024, mixed even more air in with the butane to create a flamethrower powerful enough to melt most TPU parts and even some UHMW parts. This included the UHMW and TPU armor on Clyde. At the 2024 World Championship, Clyde is planning on utilizing a new front end armor configuration that should be able to withstand their powerful flame.

If you're a builder interested in building a flamethrower and have any questions about flamethrower design, reach out to Clyde builders Gabe and Alex Brown on the NHRL discord. They're happy to answer any questions you have and love to see more fire at NHRL.

Check out Alex and Gabe's YouTube channel if you want to learn more about how Clyde works: https://www.youtube.com/@Alex_and_Gabes_Bad_Ideas

Statistics

Info

• Rank: #12 in 3lb.
• Last 5 fights: LWWWL
• Current streak: L1 (0 KOs/KO'd)
• Longest winning streak: 7 (5 KOs)
• Longest losing streak: 3 (1 KO'd)
• Avg fight time (seconds): 137.7

Record

Year	Events	Fights	W	L	%	KOs	KO'd
2018-19
2020
2021	1	4	2	2	0.500	1	1
2022	3	13	7	6	0.538	2	2
2023	3	16	12	4	0.750	5	2
2024	2	11	9	2	0.818	5	0
2025	1	4	3	1	0.750	2	0
All-Time	10	48	33	15	0.688	15	5

Events

Date	Fought as	Reached	Place	Fights	W	L	KOs	KO'd
November 13, 2021	Clyde	Losers 3		4	2	2	1	1
March 26, 2022	Clyde	Elimination 4A		5	3	2	0	1
April 23, 2022	Clyde	Elimination 2		3	1	2	1	0
November 12, 2022	Clyde	Elimination 5		5	3	2	1	1
March 18, 2023	Clyde	Third Place	4th	8	6	2	2	1
June 24, 2023	Clyde	Round 4		4	3	1	2	1
November 11, 2023	Clyde	Quarterfinals		4	3	1	1	0
April 20, 2024	Clyde	Final	1st	7	7	0	5	0
December 7, 2024	Clyde	Quarterfinals		4	2	2	0	0
February 1, 2025	Clyde	Round of 16		4	3	1	2	0

Opponents

Opponent	Fights	W	L	KOs	KO'd	Last Meeting
Spartan	3	3	0	1	0	April 20, 2024
Archangel	1	1	0	1	0	November 13, 2021
I Saw Uranus!	1	1	0	1	0	November 12, 2022
SSA (Shameless Self Advertising)	1	1	0	1	0	March 18, 2023
War? Hard!	1	1	0	1	0	March 18, 2023
BoxBot	1	1	0	1	0	June 24, 2023
Cybot	1	1	0	1	0	June 24, 2023
YEETUS	1	1	0	1	0	February 1, 2025
Breakneck Nyan Nyan	1	1	0	1	0	February 1, 2025
Red Hawk	1	1	0	1	0	April 23, 2022
Wreck Creation	1	1	0	1	0	April 20, 2024
Red Panda	1	1	0	1	0	April 20, 2024
Rhino	1	1	0	1	0	April 20, 2024
Blindside	1	1	0	1	0	April 20, 2024
Choose Kindness	1	1	0	1	0	April 20, 2024
Red Beard	1	1	0	0	0	November 13, 2021
Saber	1	1	0	0	0	November 12, 2022
Droopy	1	1	0	0	0	November 11, 2023
Silent X	1	1	0	0	0	November 11, 2023
Tothik	1	1	0	0	0	March 26, 2022
Voxel (3lb)	1	1	0	0	0	March 26, 2022
Taurine	1	1	0	0	0	March 26, 2022
Cynder	1	1	0	0	0	March 18, 2023
EMOTIONAL DREAM	1	1	0	0	0	March 18, 2023
Power Surge II	1	1	0	0	0	March 18, 2023
Blackbird	1	1	0	0	0	March 18, 2023
PRAMH3DA	1	1	0	0	0	June 24, 2023
Money Shot	1	1	0	0	0	February 1, 2025
Jelly Baby	1	1	0	0	0	December 7, 2024
Scurryfest	1	1	0	0	0	December 7, 2024
MK NERD	1	1	0	0	0	April 20, 2024
Outburst	1	0	1	0	1	November 13, 2021
Underbit3	1	0	1	0	1	November 12, 2022
Silk	1	0	1	0	1	March 26, 2022
BeetleJuice	1	0	1	0	1	March 18, 2023
Caldera	1	0	1	0	1	June 24, 2023
Murple	1	0	1	0	0	November 13, 2021
Venti Waspachino	1	0	1	0	0	November 12, 2022
Supreme Ruler	1	0	1	0	0	November 11, 2023
Sepi01	1	0	1	0	0	March 26, 2022
Voxel v;1	1	0	1	0	0	March 18, 2023
Silent Spring	1	0	1	0	0	February 1, 2025
Eruption	1	0	1	0	0	December 7, 2024
Radix	1	0	1	0	0	December 7, 2024
Division	1	0	1	0	0	April 23, 2022
Apex	1	0	1	0	0	April 23, 2022

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Full Fight History

Date	Opponent	Round	Result	By	Points	Fight Length (s)	Video
November 13, 2021	Archangel	Winners 1	Win	KO	1.00	107	https://youtu.be/ds70uaP__A4?t=1642
November 13, 2021	Murple	Winners 2	Loss	Judges Decision	-1.01	180	https://youtu.be/ds70uaP__A4?t=8373
November 13, 2021	Scrapper	Losers 1	Win	Forfeit	0.00
November 13, 2021	Red Beard	Losers 2	Win	Judges Decision	1.00	180	https://youtu.be/ds70uaP__A4?t=16890
November 13, 2021	Outburst	Losers 3	Loss	KO	-1.10	142	https://youtu.be/ds70uaP__A4?t=28180
March 26, 2022	Taurine	Undefeated 1B	Win	Judges Decision	1.00	180	https://youtu.be/uZmq9Hl75Ts?t=3398
March 26, 2022	Voxel (3lb)	Elimination 2A	Win	Judges Decision	1.17	180	https://youtu.be/KgyKEvpO6uU?t=9447
March 26, 2022	Tothik	Elimination 3A	Win	Judges Decision	1.00	180	https://youtu.be/oGyUA37khcY?t=1573
March 26, 2022	Silk	Elimination 4A	Loss	KO	-1.00	57	https://youtu.be/oGyUA37khcY?t=6792
March 26, 2022	Sepi01	Elimination 4A	Loss	Judges Decision	-1.01	180	https://youtu.be/oGyUA37khcY?t=12744
April 23, 2022	Apex	Undefeated 1	Loss	Judges Decision	-1.27	180	https://youtu.be/It5MpH50dvs?t=5608
April 23, 2022	Red Hawk	Elimination 1	Win	KO	1.18	8	https://youtu.be/LmS-A1QhbRc?t=4967
April 23, 2022	Division	Elimination 2	Loss	Judges Decision	-1.06	180	https://youtu.be/LmS-A1QhbRc?t=10516
November 12, 2022	I Saw Uranus!	Undefeated 1	Win	KO	1.00	38	https://youtu.be/GrwhM8JogeE?t=5796
November 12, 2022	Underbit3	Undefeated 2	Loss	KO	-1.00	110	https://youtu.be/heNXK2dNk18?t=7120
November 12, 2022	Ooooolin	Elimination 2	Win	Forfeit	0.00
November 12, 2022	Saber	Elimination 3	Win	Judges Decision	1.08	180	https://youtu.be/heNXK2dNk18?t=15515
November 12, 2022	Spartan	Elimination 4	Win	Judges Decision	1.10	180	https://youtu.be/GrwhM8JogeE?t=26724
November 12, 2022	Venti Waspachino	Elimination 5	Loss	Judges Decision	-1.00	180	https://youtu.be/GrwhM8JogeE?t=31347
March 18, 2023	Cynder	Round 2	Win	Judges Decision	1.00	180
March 18, 2023	War? Hard!	Boss	Win	KO	1.00
March 18, 2023	SSA (Shameless Self Advertising)	Round 3	Win	KO	1.00	180	https://youtu.be/RyjtWMjVV2k?t=12380
March 18, 2023	EMOTIONAL DREAM	Round 4	Win	Judges Decision	1.12	180
March 18, 2023	Power Surge II	Round 5	Win	Judges Decision	1.00	180	https://www.youtube.com/live/xQTbCkwBmD4?feature=share&t=39168
March 18, 2023	Blackbird	Quarterfinals	Win	Judges Decision	1.07	180	https://www.youtube.com/live/xQTbCkwBmD4?feature=share&t=41724
March 18, 2023	Voxel v;1	Semifinals	Loss	Judges Decision	-0.56	180	https://www.youtube.com/live/_NBMKbN9YLI?feature=share&t=2742
March 18, 2023	BeetleJuice	Third Place	Loss	KO	-1.00	63	https://www.youtube.com/live/_NBMKbN9YLI?feature=share&t=4579
June 24, 2023	Power Surge II	Boss	Win	Forfeit	0.00	0
June 24, 2023	BoxBot	Round 1	Win	KO	1.00	55	https://www.youtube.com/live/vmbdOf7MSDs?feature=share&t=18712
June 24, 2023	Cybot	Round 2	Win	KO	1.00	95	https://www.youtube.com/live/vmbdOf7MSDs?feature=share&t=25519
June 24, 2023	PRAMH3DA	Round 3	Win	Judges Decision	1.10	180	https://www.youtube.com/live/vmbdOf7MSDs?feature=share&t=29539
June 24, 2023	Caldera	Round 4	Loss	KO	-1.00	125	https://www.youtube.com/live/qXrPu3xU61Y?feature=share&t=1562
November 11, 2023	Spartan	Play-in Round 1	Win	KO	1.01	155	https://www.youtube.com/live/fqgrigHtMI4?si=JSa_1M3Ny7Rbr_Tb&t=8230
November 11, 2023	Silent X	Play-in Round 2	Win	Judges Decision	1.33	180	https://www.youtube.com/live/fqgrigHtMI4?si=V0VbjNkz8iUhQ6Ij&t=20095
November 11, 2023	Droopy	Bracket Round 1	Win	Judges Decision	1.29	180	https://www.youtube.com/live/v624a4_oY7w?si=KgTkn7JLJzpDi_4s&t=Clyde
November 11, 2023	Supreme Ruler	Quarterfinals	Loss	Judges Decision	-1.00	180	https://www.youtube.com/live/v624a4_oY7w?si=Pxi3J4GLLofUokbV&t=8850
April 20, 2024	MK NERD	Qualifiers Rd. 1	Win	Judges Decision	1.00	180	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=EX-6e111c15656f4a9e&tournamentID=nhrl_apr24_3lb
April 20, 2024	Wreck Creation	Qualifiers Rd. 2	Win	Tapout	1.00	78	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=EX-bb63d2ff2ea4470f&tournamentID=nhrl_apr24_3lb
April 20, 2024	Choose Kindness	Round of 32	Win	Tapout	1.00	32	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=W-32&tournamentID=nhrl_apr24_3lb
April 20, 2024	Blindside	Round of 16	Win	Tapout	1.00	74	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=W-48&tournamentID=nhrl_apr24_3lb
April 20, 2024	Rhino	Quarterfinals	Win	Tapout	1.00	46	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=W-56&tournamentID=nhrl_apr24_3lb
April 20, 2024	Spartan	Semifinals	Win	Judges Decision	1.50	180	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=W-60&tournamentID=nhrl_apr24_3lb
April 20, 2024	Red Panda	Final	Win	Tapout	1.57	138	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=W-62&tournamentID=nhrl_apr24_3lb
December 7, 2024	Radix	Qualifiers Rd. 2	Loss	Forfeit	-1.23		https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=EX-3eb77d4a276e4372&tournamentID=nhrl_dec24_3lb
December 7, 2024	Jelly Baby	Qualifiers Rd. 3	Win	Judges Decision	1.02	180	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=EX-51f143fedf10401a&tournamentID=nhrl_dec24_3lb
December 7, 2024	Scurryfest	Round of 16	Win	Judges Decision	1.21	180	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=W-1&tournamentID=nhrl_dec24_3lb
December 7, 2024	Eruption	Quarterfinals	Loss	Judges Decision	-1.05	180	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=W-8&tournamentID=nhrl_dec24_3lb
February 1, 2025	Breakneck Nyan Nyan	Qualifiers Rd. 1	Win	Tapout	1.00	14	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=EX-5732fc48a1664653&tournamentID=nhrl_feb25_3lb
February 1, 2025	YEETUS	Qualifiers Rd. 2	Win	Tapout	1.00		https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=EX-43e7843ad8d94c3f&tournamentID=nhrl_feb25_3lb
February 1, 2025	Money Shot	Round of 32	Win	Judges Decision	1.00	180	https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=W-38&tournamentID=nhrl_feb25_3lb
February 1, 2025	Silent Spring	Round of 16	Loss	Forfeit	-1.00		https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=W-51&tournamentID=nhrl_feb25_3lb

* Forfeits before the 2024 season are not counted in a bot's W-L record. Forfeits from 2024 and on are counted in a bot's W-L record.

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