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Navid Shafa 28-02-2014 13:35
PNW District Ranking System Website
 
I'm excited to direct you to the new Live PNW District Leaderboard Website:

http://district.firstwa.org/

The FRC Leaderboard was created for the 2014 FIRST Robotics Competition by Paul Malmsten and Alex Herreid.

I'd like to start by giving them a huge thank you! The site looks beautiful and already has point rankings up including Auburn Mountainview!

They've been working very hard on this the last few months and it's going to be a huge benefit to the community.

Please check out the site and remember to send any corrections or feedback to:
scorekeepers[a t]firstwa[d o t] org

Rosiebotboss 28-02-2014 15:01
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That looks awesome!

I do have a couple of questions, will it be "real time"? As in updated similar to FRC Spyder? After each match or just weekly?

What happened to teams #33 to XXX? The list stops at 32, are you going to add the rest of the list?

I passed it on to the Ops Comm at NEF. Who do they contact for including NEF teams?

Navid Shafa 28-02-2014 15:09
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosiebotboss (Post 1351024)
That looks awesome!

I do have a couple of questions, will it be "real time"? As in updated similar to FRC Spyder? After each match or just weekly?

What happened to teams #33 to XXX? The list stops at 32, are you going to add the rest of the list?

I passed it on to the Ops Comm at NEF. Who do they contact for including NEF teams?
It will be updated during the event. Not quite live, but check it around lunch and after today is finished.

The teams on the list right now are the ones currently competing at the Auburn Mountainview District. As more teams play, more will be added.

NEF is familiar with it, chances are this could be applicable to other districts too!

alectronic 28-02-2014 23:22
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Hey Dana,
As written below, our version of "real time" is not quite like "Spyder" because we can't use Twitter results, those aren't official. It is "real time" in the sense that for most users, it will be up to date "all the time", but it's more like every 10 minutes or so.
Because the system is largely automated, it doesn't know what district a team belongs in until they have an associated "win loss tie" record. As such, the only teams in PNW that have that are ones that play this week. Each week, when schedules are generated, any teams that are new that week will show up in the rankings.
As for other districts, our email address is scorekeepers[a t]firstwa[d o t] org. We are happy to answer any other questions on there as well.

Navid Shafa 05-03-2014 18:40
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After seeing some brutal play this week, I was curious to see how many PNW teams are doing 3 districts. Turns out there are 18 teams currently registered for 3 districts :eek:

Spoiler for List of teams:
360
948
1318
1425
1510
1540
2046
2517
2522
2557
2811
2928
2990
4030
4060
4512
4911
5295

Tyler2517 05-03-2014 18:49
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I think the teams doing 3 districts will have a upper hand but the chance for a huge knock out blow at the same time. The wear on the robots (especially those with spring driven shooters will be exstream) and damage could be a problem. But driver practis could be a worth while things and a chance to master strategy.

Navid Shafa 05-03-2014 19:05
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyler2517 (Post 1354095)
I think the teams doing 3 districts will have a upper hand but the chance for a huge knock out blow at the same time. The wear on the robots (especially those with spring driven shooters will be exstream) and damage could be a problem. But driver practis could be a worth while things and a chance to master strategy.
I disagree, If a team qualifies for district champs after their second event, chances are they have a functional robot. If so, I'd rather forego extra practice rather than risk inducing unnecessary wear and tear or incur any damages.

Jeffrafa 05-03-2014 20:46
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I was actually more surprised by how many spots weren't filled by teams in a 3rd play, 18 out of 153 teams is just under 12%, leaving 38 vacant spots across the 10 events. Initially the PNW district events appeared to fill and max out quickly, but when all the dust settled not a single event was completely full.

At $1000 registration, the 3rd play is a bargain compared to the typical costs associated with attending an extra regional - and when you consider that it gains you 50% more on-field driving and game strategy experience before district championships, it should be a real asset to the team, second only to building a practice bot.

Even more puzzling for PNW is that there are 2 teams that are STILL only registered for 1 district event - maybe they have special circumstances that make attending a 2nd too difficult, but its a shame to only claim half of what the registration fee paid for. I sure hope its not just a matter of confusion with the new district model.

As far as robot robustness, it is definitely a concern with the amount of play a robot sees in a competition season under the district model. Assuming a team attends 2 districts, district champs, and world champs (and makes it to semifinals at each), they will play over 60 competition matches. Regardless of a 3rd play it is vital that robots are built to handle this extra wear, through robust construction, good serviceability, preparedness with spare parts, and preventative maintenance.

It can be pretty apparent when working with Michigan teams at championships - they are generally well ahead of the average team for drive and strategy experience, although a few of the robots seem to be past their prime by the time they make it to champs. Overall it shows that the extra play time, and the opportunity for every single team to iterate between events brings the average level of competitiveness way up. I can't wait to see what the first PNW District Championship is like.

Navid Shafa 05-03-2014 20:50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeffrafa (Post 1354156)
2 teams that are STILL only registered for 1 district event - maybe they have special circumstances that make attending a 2nd too difficult
They are both from Eastern Washington, one is from Moses Lake the other from Yakima. I have suspicions that traveling is improbable for them, or they couldn't get kids out of school. One of them is going to Central the other to Eastern.

Mr V 06-03-2014 01:13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeffrafa (Post 1354156)
I was actually more surprised by how many spots weren't filled by teams in a 3rd play, 18 out of 153 teams is just under 12%, leaving 38 vacant spots across the 10 events. Initially the PNW district events appeared to fill and max out quickly, but when all the dust settled not a single event was completely full.

At $1000 registration, the 3rd play is a bargain compared to the typical costs associated with attending an extra regional - and when you consider that it gains you 50% more on-field driving and game strategy experience before district championships, it should be a real asset to the team, second only to building a practice bot.

Even more puzzling for PNW is that there are 2 teams that are STILL only registered for 1 district event - maybe they have special circumstances that make attending a 2nd too difficult, but its a shame to only claim half of what the registration fee paid for. I sure hope its not just a matter of confusion with the new district model.

I can't wait to see what the first PNW District Championship is like.
We were quite surprised and somewhat disappointed that more teams are not attending a 3rd event. Fewer teams are playing at a 3rd district event than played the more expensive 2nd regional. I sent out a couple of emails encouraging teams to attend a 3rd event but of those people who responded their concern was the time from school and work that was the deciding factor.

The two teams that have chosen to only attend a single event made a conscious choice, they were mad aware of the fact that they were entitled to attend two events.

I too an excited to see how the first PNW championship plays out.

Navid Shafa 06-03-2014 04:39
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr V (Post 1354267)
We were quite surprised and somewhat disappointed that more teams are not attending a 3rd event. Fewer teams are playing at a 3rd district event than played the more expensive 2nd regional. I sent out a couple of emails encouraging teams to attend a 3rd event but of those people who responded their concern was the time from school and work that was the deciding factor.
You'd be asking teams who did 1 or 2 events last year to now do 4, or potentially 5 with District and World Championships. We did 4 events last year; 3 back-to-back regionals and then a championship. Even if we picked closer venues and didn't have Thursday's at events, I'd personally rather not do 4 like this again if possible. I can’t imagine adding a fifth. Not only was this hard on students and mentors with time away from work/school, we had very little time in between to prepare.

Also our robot saw some major wear and tear before we even hit championships. Seeing how grueling that alone was last year, and with the kind of damage we already witnessed in week 1 this year, most teams won't be prepared for this.

On top of this, it starts to get expensive fast. For PNW teams in the I-5 corridor, they could have the luxury of attending 3 districts relatively close to home. Travel costs become practically a non-issue for these teams and lodging costs are irrelevant (These teams can now essentially do 3 for less than the price of 2 last year). For a minority of teams however, attempting to do 3 becomes more expensive. A second or third event, not including District or World Champs require additional travel and lodging expenses.

I definitely like the idea of an extra event in theory, but I understand why many teams wouldn't opt to do so. After thinking a while, I see only 3 main motives to register for an additional event:

1) For teams who don't build a practice robot, one of the benefits is additional practice time.
2) An additional 6 hours of unbag time to work on the competition robot.
3) A third event offers an additional opportunity to present Chairman's and in turn to qualify for the District Championship.

Although the rationale behind these decisions can be justified, I still see them as somewhat self-indulgent ones at that. Due to the way the District point system works, a team competing again for their third event hurts teams who are attending as one of their two qualifying districts. Points are not attributed to this third team’s record and are essentially removed from the system. i.e. If a team participates in eliminations or wins any awards, they are then taking away the opportunity from other teams to earn points towards the District Championship qualification system.

In my opinion, there is a significant difference between going to three regionals and three districts. Going to three regionals with the wild card system, your choices and sacrifices essentially affect only your team. As much as we all love to play robots, not every team has the choice to go to a third event in either setup, should they also be affected by the choices that other teams make? If I were hellbent on attending a third event in the current regional/district structure, I would choose to attend two districts and a regional instead.

Just my $0.02

These opinions are my own and do not reflect the opinions of my team and or any of my other affiliations.

Jeffrafa 06-03-2014 04:55
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr V (Post 1354267)
We were quite surprised and somewhat disappointed that more teams are not attending a 3rd event. Fewer teams are playing at a 3rd district event than played the more expensive 2nd regional. I sent out a couple of emails encouraging teams to attend a 3rd event but of those people who responded their concern was the time from school and work that was the deciding factor.
The time away from school and work does accumulate, especially if you are planning on attending world championships, but the two-day events are designed to mitigate that, and the local events make for a huge savings on travel.

I am curious to know what percentage of teams from the PNW have never attended a second regional - I hope and suspect that this year will be a real eye opener for them in regards to the opportunity to make continuous improvements between events. A big part of development is reflecting on what worked, what didn't, and how it can be improved - this process starts as early as during prototyping, but it can be difficult to do in a formalized manner early on. Following an event is a great opportunity to reflect on how things turned out, draw inspiration from other teams, and develop a plan for improvements - having a second chance at another event can give a tremendous amount of motivation to the team to improve.

From the beginning our team made it a priority to attend 2 regionals - with the idea that we would see twice as many robot designs each year, and we would have the chance to make improvements. Every single year we would experience a dramatic improvement at our second regional, sometimes after significant rebuild and modification on Thursday.

The growth of more regionals in the PNW has made it easier to attend two, and there are many teams who are known for consistently doing this, but I suspect there is a huge percentage of teams who have never had the opportunity to go to two events. It is great that districts gives more matches and two chances for one registration fee. It will be interesting to see how teams evolve between events and over the next few years.

BTW: I love the district ranking website, as well as the new splash screens at events with upcoming match listings and robot highlights. It is great to see that the PNW is not only adopting the district model, but making improvements to it in our first year. Thanks so much to all those involved in these efforts (building up two competition fields for the district is no easy feat either, excellent work in that regard as well). Looking forward to our first event in Oregon City this weekend.

Jeffrafa 06-03-2014 06:24
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Navid Shafa (Post 1354290)
Due to the way the District point system works, a team competing again for their third event hurts teams who are attending as one of their two qualifying districts. Points are not attributed to this third team’s record and are essentially removed from the system. i.e. If a team participates in eliminations or wins any awards, they are then taking away the opportunity from other teams to earn points towards the District Championship qualification system.

In my opinion, there is a significant difference between going to three regionals and three districts. Going to three regionals with the wild card system, your choices and sacrifices essentially affect only your team. As much as we all love to play robots, not every team has the choice to go to a third event in either setup, should they also be affected by the choices that other teams make? If I were hellbent on attending a third event in the current regional/district structure, I would choose to attend two districts and a regional
Two things come to mind in relation to this:

First, don't forget that third plays serve an important role in statistically evening out the playing field across the districts. Ideally, every single spot would have been filled so that all events were the exact same size. Smaller districts make for an unfair advantage for teams attending those events as part of their first two, already it has been shown that teams attending smaller PNW districts (like Mt Vernon or Corvallis) experience an opportunity advantage over the largest events equivalent to nearly 7 points in the district model. To mitigate this disparity, events must be as close to the same size as possible. They can either choose to be extremely strict about what events a team gets to attend (not sure what they would do short of assigning events to teams), which defeats letting teams pick convenient events, or they can let teams optionally enroll in a 3rd play, to help fill-up smaller events*. Although in a way 3rd plays are 'removing' points from the system, in the process they are making the other teams chances at those points more equal to the other larger district events. Without the 3rd plays, there would be an even greater disparity, as the same number of points would have been given out to an even smaller group of teams at the smallest events. (7 of the 29 teams attending Corvallis are 3rd plays).

Second,
The wild card system, although nice for regionals, was new just last year and is incompatible with the district model. It helps keep repeat regional teams from hogging spots that another team at the regional could have earned. There is a separate problem though that district-based teams competing in regionals outside their district were stealing spots from regional-only teams, with no recourse for the regional team to have a chance at a spot through the district. Since the district slots are based on the district's representation in the overall team total, district teams earning regional bids was unfair. So as of this year, any district team that chooses to attend a regional and wins a slot to championships at the regional not only consumes the regional ticket, but also consumes one of the finite spots slated for the district. ( See Regional Participation, bottom of page 3).

It does get to be a lot of events (and a lot of weekends consumed), when you consider the whole gamut from 2-3 districts through championship. The real shame is that at the end of the district championship, any of us who qualify will have to decide with a weeks notice if we can afford to arrange flights (at ~$500 each) and last-minute hotels to attend. We don't have the luxury like Michigan has of hopping on a bus and driving 8 hours to St Louis, a much more affordable travel option. I expect many district slots will trickle down the ranks to get filled by teams willing and able to go (after so many events already, I wouldn't be surprised if some go unclaimed)


*Actually, as I think about it they tried to do a little of both. If you followed the registration process closely, you probably noticed that the events were initially capped around 28 teams. Part of this was reserving spots for rookies, but another part was to make sure no event got significantly bigger than what they expected the smallest event to be (after all, they were initially planning the district venues to support up to 40 teams) As we worked through 2nd round pick and into 3rd pick, they slowly freed up more spots, until settling on the 36 team cap. In the end the disparity remained because fewer 3rd plays signed up than anticipated.

Jessica Boucher 06-03-2014 08:12
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeffrafa (Post 1354298)
*Actually, as I think about it they tried to do a little of both. If you followed the registration process closely, you probably noticed that the events were initially capped around 28 teams. Part of this was reserving spots for rookies, but another part was to make sure no event got significantly bigger than what they expected the smallest event to be (after all, they were initially planning the district venues to support up to 40 teams) As we worked through 2nd round pick and into 3rd pick, they slowly freed up more spots, until settling on the 36 team cap. In the end the disparity remained because fewer 3rd plays signed up than anticipated.
We capped at 30 to begin with for this exact same reason. In the future I can see us setting the cap higher because we hit 30 really quickly in some events and the waitlist shuffle was time consuming. 40 really is the magic number in terms of match turnaround and points distribution, and we're going to keep pushing towards that.

MikeE 06-03-2014 14:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher (Post 1354339)
We capped at 30 to begin with for this exact same reason. In the future I can see us setting the cap higher because we hit 30 really quickly in some events and the waitlist shuffle was time consuming. 40 really is the magic number in terms of match turnaround and points distribution, and we're going to keep pushing towards that.
If/when inter-district play is introduced then maintaining consistent event size across Districts becomes important. The difference between going to the smallest 2 events in PNW and the largest two in MAR is just over 12 points! That's more points than almost 30% of teams scored in the inaugural New England district event.

Thad House 09-03-2014 01:34
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
So it looks like there is a bug in the calculation where its not doing awards correctly. Maybe I'm wrong, but I calculated our points to be 83, and it only shows 73. Maybe its missing awards, because 73 is what comes out before calculating awards.

Navid Shafa 09-03-2014 01:39
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thad House (Post 1355701)
So it looks like there is a bug in the calculation where its not doing awards correctly. Maybe I'm wrong, but I calculated our points to be 83, and it only shows 73. Maybe its missing awards, because 73 is what comes out before calculating awards.
Awards are currently showing as 0 points for you here.

Thad House 09-03-2014 01:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Navid Shafa (Post 1355702)
Awards are currently showing as 0 points for you here.
Oh ok. I didn't know you could look up individual teams and see exactly what their points are coming from. It doesn't look like any teams from Oregon City have award points.

Navid Shafa 09-03-2014 01:47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thad House (Post 1355705)
Oh ok. I didn't know you could look up individual teams and see exactly what their points are coming from. It doesn't look like any teams from Oregon City have award points.
The Oregon City Award page is currently missing. Should update after that.

Jeffrafa 09-03-2014 01:55
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Very cool that you can see individual team results, I didn't realize that was a feature until now. Nice graphical interface for viewing results.

It appears that the Oregon City awards did not get uploaded/posted on the FIRST website. They should be viewable here, but instead I am getting a 404 error. Until this is resolved I suspect the leaderboard will not account for the award points from Oregon City.

alectronic 09-03-2014 14:23
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I just put in the results for Oregon awards and they should now be accounted for. There was an issue with the upload at the event, so I had to wait until I received them in an email.

bobcroucher 10-03-2014 00:47
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Thanks for the awesome website skunks. It takes all the work out of the district model. We quickly know right were we all stand, very convenient! :] See you in Portland (I hope).

Navid Shafa 10-03-2014 00:51
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobcroucher (Post 1356257)
Thanks for the awesome website skunks. It takes all the work out of the district model. We quickly know right were we all stand, very convenient! :] See you in Portland (I hope).
Paul and Alex did all the coding, they deserve the thanks. I'll see you in Portland either way :)

Joe Ross 17-03-2014 14:13
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Where does the alliance selection order come from?

alectronic 17-03-2014 16:14
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
I get it from the FTA's at each event. (As you probably know, there is no public posting of rank order by FMS)

Bob Steele 17-03-2014 17:33
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There was some discussion on teams opting out of doing a third district event.
I know that our team considered this before the season and made a conscious decision to try and get students and mentors to events as volunteers (primarily video crew) rather than try and get the whole team to another event.

This is the first year of districts and we felt that support of the entire system was more important than getting another "practice" in.

A secondary consideration was the possibility of taking away points from other teams that were competing in one of their districts that "counted" for them.

I think we need to take a look at that. If our team competed in a third event and we were lucky enough to do well or to win an award, the points we scored that don't count for us are points that a team participating for the 2nd event would not be able to get.

Yes it would be a benefit to get another practice in but at the expense of allowing other teams to get points for District qualifications.

It think this issue needs to be addressed next year. I, for one, would choose to remove 3rd play teams from the elimination rounds and also not allow them to win awards at their 3rd play. I know this seems radical but I think it is the only fair way for teams to advance to district championships.

I am in NO WAY berating teams that have chosen to do a third play this year under the rules we are playing. I am only suggesting that we need to think this through next year.

For many teams that do not have a history of success, they will see the stronger teams coming in to play for a third time as taking away their chance to score points. If we are doing it for practice... then just do it for practice...

Good luck on the fields!!

AustinH 17-03-2014 17:41
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A partial fix may be to exclude 3rd play teams from winning judged awards, or alternatively finding a way to eliminate the "optional" element by having 3 events per registration and have all the points count.

I make no claims as to how easy logistically or financially the second idea would be.

Jeffrafa 17-03-2014 21:47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Steele (Post 1360493)
A secondary consideration was the possibility of taking away points from other teams that were competing in one of their districts that "counted" for them.

I think we need to take a look at that. If our team competed in a third event and we were lucky enough to do well or to win an award, the points we scored that don't count for us are points that a team participating for the 2nd event would not be able to get.

Yes it would be a benefit to get another practice in but at the expense of allowing other teams to get points for District qualifications.

It think this issue needs to be addressed next year. I, for one, would choose to remove 3rd play teams from the elimination rounds and also not allow them to win awards at their 3rd play. I know this seems radical but I think it is the only fair way for teams to advance to district championships.
It is important to understand the reasoning for 3rd plays in the district model. Michigan has been developing and using the district model for over 5 years, and none of the decisions about how the district system works have been made without significant discussion and statistical analysis on impacts to how points are distributed. There is room for discussion and adjustments in the future - but we ought to start out with a common understanding of why things are the way they are.

First - 3rd plays are not for the sole benefit of teams that decide to take them at the cost of teams who happen to attend the same event, they exist for two reasons:
  1. To increase participation, rather than let vacant spots go to waste.
  2. To make district events fair by making sure all events have the same number of teams in attendance.
The fairness of 3rd plays has been brought up and discussed throughout the development of the district model, when it began as FiM. Jim Zondag was heavily involved in the development, and addressed many common questions last year in an FAQ, including this one - it is well worth a read. I'll include Q10 for easy reference:

Quote:
Q10: “Why do you allow some teams to play a third district, isn’t this an unfair advantage?”
A10: One of our primary goals is to increase FRC team participation wherever possible. In pursuit of
this goal, we feel that offering vacant slots to teams who want them serves the goals of FIRST and FiM
better than leaving them empty. While this does give additional playing time to some teams, all teams
who wish to play at an additional event are free to enroll in the annual lottery for these available slots.
All teams have equal opportunity for these lottery slots.
Also, if we left these spots empty, we would be giving additional advantage to any team attending a
partially unfilled event. Mathematically, the system is fairer overall if the events are all fully attended.
We want all events to have the same statistical significance in our system.
We add events in units of 40 slots. Growth forces us to add events each time we add 20 new teams.
Usually the number of teams/40 leaves a remainder of 15-20 spots open. We prefer to fill these for
event balancing.
Third play is also not intended to constitute a significant portion of available spots - if the right number of events are available for the teams in the district, only a few spots should remain (1-2 dozen, ideally - roughly 5%), instead of the ~16% remaining in PNW after second registration. And teams participating in 3rd play, although earning points that don't get counted, aren't there simply to 'steal' points away from other teams at that event - they are there to make sure those teams have the same opportunity at the points as if they attended any other district event.

Any district that is smaller gives all teams attending a clear unfair advantage over teams attending larger districts. Already the PNW district has strayed from the intended use by having unequal event sizes (I am not looking to place blame, just stating a fact). I do not envy the job of having to determine where and how many events to host, how many teams to have attend each, and how to make sure all events fill evenly. It is far from an easy task, especially in the first year of implementation. They were planning for growth going into 2014, but instead the team count shrunk (in both states). They adjusted by decreasing district sizes from 40 to 36, but this still didn't end up being sufficient - as 56 spots were left after second district registration. Really, we should have had 9 districts instead of 10, so only 20 3rd play spots would have remained (or 8 districts @ 40 teams each, leaving 14 3rd plays), but who would have forecasted that a year ago when planning started. Then 3rd plays were opened to top off events, but the 18 that went for it fell far short of the 56 required to fill up all the events.

Let's take a quick look for a case study: Mt Vernon had 28 teams, that means all but 4 automatically earned some number of alliance selection points (That's 86%, compared to 69% at Oregon City or Auburn, or 60% at a Michigan district), in addition to getting an almost de-facto chance at additional points by playing in finals. On top of that they had a better chance at winning an award since fewer teams were in attendance. This would have been even more severe if 3rd plays weren't allowed, as the disparity between the smallest and largest event would have been even greater. 3rd plays aren't there to steal points, they are there to make sure no team has an unfair advantage at points by attending a smaller event.

Also we need to keep the big picture in mind. We are not an island, and long term it is important that things are equal and fair not just within our district but between districts. Inter-District play will become a reality sooner rather than later, that's why they have already standardized the district point structure - we can't just go making our own changes to the system. By the time Inter-district hits, it will be important that our event size is the same as FiM or MAR, so that our district doesn't offer an unfair advantage.

alectronic 20-03-2014 01:52
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I know the chat in this thread changed slightly, but I wanted to point back to the website itself. Tonight we pushed version 1.2 live, and it has some great new features. We invite you to provide you feedback through the email listed on the website, PM here on CD, or just post it in the thread. We are bring new features as quickly as we can, and your feedback goes a long way in prioritizing our work.

In Version 1.1.x we introduced:
  • Match Data updates "live" during events
  • New layout for detail pages - highlights matches based on the team being viewed
  • Fixed a bug related to match display order if replay matches happened at an event
  • Administrative page changes
  • Added profile bar available to logged-in users

In Version 1.2 we are introducing:
  • Improved Caching for faster page loading
  • Fixed a bug that was causing the alliance selection points to be correct, but text version to be backwards for round 2
  • Improved the tie breaker algorithm for teams with equal district ranking points
  • Clarified text on scoring, about us and contact pages
  • Tie breaker values are shown on each team's detail page
  • Team names and numbers are clickable each time they appear and lead to the team detail page
  • On the district ranking page, you can hover over the calendar icon next to a score to see which event it was from. Or, click for the full details from that event

We hope you will enjoy these changes for week 4. For those attending competitions, good luck!

Navid Shafa 20-03-2014 02:20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alectronic (Post 1361652)
We hope you will enjoy these changes for week 4.
Wow, thanks again Alex!

Any chance we can get the qualification break down posted? A lot of people at the events have been asking the big question: "Who makes it to District Champs and World Champs?"

It's very likely that I'm off, but this is my current understanding that I've been sharing:

64 teams would qualify for the PNW District Championship. 10 district Chairman winners, 54 taken from the point system ranking.

Points accrued at the District Championship are worth (3x) as much.
PNW would then send the following (24) teams to the World Championship:
-3 Chairman’s Winners
-1 Engineering Inspiration
-1 Rookie All Star
-19 Teams based off of the District Point Ranking.

Mr V 20-03-2014 13:22
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Thanks Alex, nice work!!

Navid yes you have it correct.

Only teams that won Chairman's, Engineering Inspiration, and Rookie All Star at a district event will compete for those awards at DCMP.

Teams that won EI or RAS at a district event earn a spot at DCMP to compete for that award but they must qualify on points to bring their robot. If they win EI or RAS at DCMP then the team moves on to CMP with their robot as you noted.

Jean Tenca 24-03-2014 17:57
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
It looks like all the teams that competed in Wilsonville and Shorewood this last weekend show 0 Qualification Performance points. This is confusing to me since the official match results are available and the teams' pages show their match wins and losses correctly. Is this calculation not done automatically as data is available?

Also, great job on this tool and site, Paul and Alex! It is awesome :D

Thanks!

Bob Steele 24-03-2014 20:12
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
I noticed the same thing. No qualification points given for Wilsonville or Shorewood. Even when you look on the Event page it shows no points for any of the teams for qualifications.

Great job on the site by the way.... it is very clear and you have several formats to look at ...I like being able to look at individual events AND individual teams along with the overall rankings!!

GREAT JOB

Mr V 24-03-2014 20:39
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
I'm sure that they will get to it. Alex is a college student who does this on his free time that isn't spent volunteering at an event in one capacity or another.

alectronic 25-03-2014 03:10
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Steele (Post 1364176)
I noticed the same thing. No qualification points given for Wilsonville or Shorewood. Even when you look on the Event page it shows no points for any of the teams for qualifications.

Great job on the site by the way.... it is very clear and you have several formats to look at ...I like being able to look at individual events AND individual teams along with the overall rankings!!

GREAT JOB
Thank you! Everything is up to date through week 4 now, by the way.

Jean Tenca 25-03-2014 03:33
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by alectronic (Post 1364424)
Thank you! Everything is up to date through week 4 now, by the way.
Thanks Alex. I was really worried about being able to see all the district points and data when it was announced that we'd be changing models. I'm so impressed by this site. Truly fantastic work!

SoftwareBug2.0 26-03-2014 20:54
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Here are some estimates of where teams are as far as making it to the district championship.

This is by no means authoritative. In fact, it has some known flaws like assuming that anybody who hasn't played at all yet is not very good.

Key:
Code:
in=will make it
out=won't have enought points
~in=probably will make it
~out=probably won't make it
bubble=could go either way
Code:
Best-case points to make it to district cmp: 40
Worst-case points to make it to district cmp: 100
Best estimate: 56
{'bubble': 42, 'out': 19, '~in': 33, '~out': 49, 'in': 10}
0        in        4488 - ShockWave
1        in        2522 - Royal Robotics
2        in        1425 - Error Code Xero
3        in        2046 - Bear Metal
4        in        2557 - SOTAbots
5        in        4911 - CyberKnights
6        in        4915 - Spartronics
7        in        2471 - Team Mean Machine
8        in        4077 - M*A*S*H
9        in        1318 - Issaquah Robotics Society
10        ~in        2928 - Viking Robotics
11        ~in        360 - The Revolution
12        ~in        3070 - Team Pronto
13        ~in        4918 - The Roboctopi
14        ~in        488 - Team XBot
15        ~in        948 - NRG (Newport Robotics Group)
16        ~in        4559 - FIRST DRaFT
17        ~in        492 - Titan Robotics Club
18        ~in        2412 - Robototes
19        ~in        4125 - Confidential
20        ~in        2411 - Rebel @lliance
21        ~in        2907 - Lion Robotics
22        ~in        3674 - 4-H Clover Bots
23        ~in        1540 - Flaming Chickens
24        ~in        4061 - SciBorgs
25        ~in        2903 - NeoBots
26        ~in        2002 - Tualatin Robotics
27        ~in        4131 - Iron Patriots
28        ~in        4542 - Titanium Talons
29        ~in        3393 - Horns of Havoc
30        ~in        1294 - Top Gun
31        ~in        2635 - Lake Monsters
32        ~in        2811 - StormBots
33        ~in        3131 - Gladiators
34        ~out        2374 - Crusader Bots
35        ~out        2990 - Hotwire
36        ~out        4057 - KB Bots
37        ~out        4030 - NullPointerException
38        ~out        4726 - Robo Dynasty
39        ~in        955 - CV Robotics
40        ~out        4652 - WolfTech
41        ~out        2930 - Glacier Peak Sonic Squirrels
42        ~out        1258 - SeaBot
43        ~out        3220 - Mechanics of Mayhem
44        ~out        4089 - Stealth Robotics
45        ~in        3238 - Cyborg Ferrets
46        ~out        4681 - Murphy's law
47        ~out        2733 - Pigmice
48        ~out        4654 - Mountaineers
49        ~in        4038 - Binary Robotics
50        ~in        997 - Spartan Robotics
51        ~in        2550 - Skynet
52        ~out        2093 - Bowtie Brigade
53        bubble        5085 - LakerBots
54        ~out        4205 - ROBOCUBS
55        ~in        956 - Eagle Cybertechnology
56        ~in        2521 - SERT
57        bubble        4450 - Olympia Robotics Federation
58        ~in        2923 - Aggies
59        ~out        4051 - Sabin-Sharks
60        ~out        2517 - Green Wrenches
61        ~out        3636 - Generals
62        ~in        4120 - Jagwires
63        bubble        1983 - Skunk Works Robotics
64        out        1899 - Saints Robotics
65        bubble        3588 - the Talon
66        bubble        4608 - Duct Tape Warriors
67        bubble        4513 - Circuit Breakers
68        bubble        5198 - RoboKnight Force
69        bubble        3237 - Bionic Braves
70        bubble        3663 - CPR - Cedar Park Robotics
71        out        1778 - Chill Out..!
72        bubble        2927 - Pi Rho Techs
73        bubble        2976 - Spartabots
74        bubble        4772 - Optimistic Skyz
75        bubble        2929 - JAGBOTS
76        out        3787 - Wild Robotocats
77        out        4060 - S.W.A.G.
78        bubble        3219 - TREAD
79        out        3586 - Pride in the Tribe-Caveman Robotics
80        out        5295 - Aldernating Current
81        bubble        4579 - RoboEagles
82        bubble        3786 - Chargers
83        out        4512 - BEAR Bots
84        bubble        4980 - Canine Crusaders
85        out        949 - Wolverine Robotics
86        bubble        2192 - YAK Attack
87        out        2660 - Pengbots
88        out        3268 - Viking Robotics
89        out        1510 - Wildcats
90        out        4309 - 4-H Botsmiths
91        bubble        2980 - The Whidbey Island Wild Cats
92        bubble        2944 - Titanium Tigers
93        bubble        3574 - HIGH-TEKERZ
94        bubble        3789 - On Track Academy
95        bubble        2147 - CHUCK
96        bubble        3826 - SkyNet Robotics North West
97        bubble        1595 - Dragons
98        bubble        4461 - RAMbotics
99        bubble        3693 - GearHead Pirates
100        out        4682 - Brave Bots
101        bubble        5111 - SaxonBots
102        bubble        3711 - Iron Mustang
103        out        3781 - 4-HPenneyBots
104        out        4132 - Scotbots
105        bubble        4127 - LoggerBots
106        bubble        957 - SWARM
107        bubble        2926 - Robo Sparks
108        bubble        3684 - Electric Eagles
109        bubble        3812 - Bits & Bots
110        bubble        2605 - Sehome Seamonsters
111        bubble        847 - PHRED
112        bubble        2149 - CV Bearbots
113        bubble        3673 - C.Y.B.O.R.G. Seagulls
114        bubble        3221 - KM Royals
115        bubble        3024 - My Favorite Team
116        ~out        4662 - Tribal Tech
117        out        2542 - Go4bots
118        bubble        3575 - Okanogan FFA
119        ~out        4457 - ACE
120        out        4683 - Full-metal Robotics
121        bubble        2906 - Spanaway Lake Botworx
122        out        4692 - Metal Mallards
123        ~out        3223 - POKER Robotics
124        ~out        4043 - NerdHerd
125        ~out        2910 - Jack in the Bot
126        ~out        3218 - Panther Robotics
127        ~out        4304 - Iron Rams
128        ~out        4469 - TJ
129        ~out        4104 - Blackhawks
130        ~out        2915 - Riverdale Robotics/Pandamonium
131        ~out        4495 - Tigers
132        ~out        2148 - Mechaknights
133        ~out        2942 - Panda Machine
134        ~out        3049 - Fluffy Robotics
135        out        3681 - Raiders FRC
136        ~out        3831 - Da Bears
137        ~out        3876 - Mabton LugNutz
138        ~out        4082 - Ranching Robots
139        ~out        2922 - RoboCon
140        ~out        3576 - Clover Park High School Warriors
141        ~out        4110 - DEEP SPACE NINERS
142        ~out        4173 - Bulldogs
143        ~out        4180 - Iron Riders
144        ~out        1432 - Mahr's Metal Beavers
145        ~out        1571 - Error404
146        ~out        3192 - Tiger Bytes
147        ~out        4105 - ChiefBotsFTS
148        ~out        753 - High Desert Droids
149        ~out        2555 - RoboRams
150        ~out        1359 - Scalawags
151        ~out        3286 - the rocket surgeons
152        ~out        3712 - RoboCats

Zach O 27-03-2014 13:34
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Very cool! Someone brought me the idea of building this sort of site for FiM, but I was (and am still) too backlogged to commit to something like this.

This is the direction FIRST needs to be heading with the district system. It's 2014. We shouldn't be manually updating Excel spreadsheets and uploading them to tell people where they're ranked in their district. Very nice job!

alectronic 27-03-2014 13:46
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
I'm glad you enjoy the site! Certainly feel free to have your FiM Leadership folks shoot us an email or PM and we would be happy to add them. The system is built to handle as many districts as we want. We're hoping that once other districts see it in use for a year, we can all get on board and have a unified system.

Bob Steele 27-03-2014 17:17
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Great job Alex!
This is really helpful to the district teams
thanks for the update

Bob Steele 27-03-2014 17:24
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SoftwareBug2.0 (Post 1365371)
Here are some estimates of where teams are as far as making it to the district championship.

This is by no means authoritative. In fact, it has some known flaws like assuming that anybody who hasn't played at all yet is not very good.

Key:
Code:
in=will make it
out=won't have enought points
~in=probably will make it
~out=probably won't make it
bubble=could go either way
Code:
Best-case points to make it to district cmp: 40
Worst-case points to make it to district cmp: 100
Best estimate: 56
{'bubble': 42, 'out': 19, '~in': 33, '~out': 49, 'in': 10}
0        in        4488 - ShockWave
1        in        2522 - Royal Robotics
2        in        1425 - Error Code Xero
3        in        2046 - Bear Metal
4        in        2557 - SOTAbots
5        in        4911 - CyberKnights
6        in        4915 - Spartronics
7        in        2471 - Team Mean Machine
8        in        4077 - M*A*S*H
9        in        1318 - Issaquah Robotics Society
10        ~in        2928 - Viking Robotics
11        ~in        360 - The Revolution
12        ~in        3070 - Team Pronto
13        ~in        4918 - The Roboctopi
14        ~in        488 - Team XBot
15        ~in        948 - NRG (Newport Robotics Group)
16        ~in        4559 - FIRST DRaFT
17        ~in        492 - Titan Robotics Club
18        ~in        2412 - Robototes
19        ~in        4125 - Confidential
20        ~in        2411 - Rebel @lliance
21        ~in        2907 - Lion Robotics
22        ~in        3674 - 4-H Clover Bots
23        ~in        1540 - Flaming Chickens
24        ~in        4061 - SciBorgs
25        ~in        2903 - NeoBots
26        ~in        2002 - Tualatin Robotics
27        ~in        4131 - Iron Patriots
28        ~in        4542 - Titanium Talons
29        ~in        3393 - Horns of Havoc
30        ~in        1294 - Top Gun
31        ~in        2635 - Lake Monsters
32        ~in        2811 - StormBots
33        ~in        3131 - Gladiators
34        ~out        2374 - Crusader Bots
35        ~out        2990 - Hotwire
36        ~out        4057 - KB Bots
37        ~out        4030 - NullPointerException
38        ~out        4726 - Robo Dynasty
39        ~in        955 - CV Robotics
40        ~out        4652 - WolfTech
41        ~out        2930 - Glacier Peak Sonic Squirrels
42        ~out        1258 - SeaBot
43        ~out        3220 - Mechanics of Mayhem
44        ~out        4089 - Stealth Robotics
45        ~in        3238 - Cyborg Ferrets
46        ~out        4681 - Murphy's law
47        ~out        2733 - Pigmice
48        ~out        4654 - Mountaineers
49        ~in        4038 - Binary Robotics
50        ~in        997 - Spartan Robotics
51        ~in        2550 - Skynet
52        ~out        2093 - Bowtie Brigade
53        bubble        5085 - LakerBots
54        ~out        4205 - ROBOCUBS
55        ~in        956 - Eagle Cybertechnology
56        ~in        2521 - SERT
57        bubble        4450 - Olympia Robotics Federation
58        ~in        2923 - Aggies
59        ~out        4051 - Sabin-Sharks
60        ~out        2517 - Green Wrenches
61        ~out        3636 - Generals
62        ~in        4120 - Jagwires
63        bubble        1983 - Skunk Works Robotics
64        out        1899 - Saints Robotics
65        bubble        3588 - the Talon
66        bubble        4608 - Duct Tape Warriors
67        bubble        4513 - Circuit Breakers
68        bubble        5198 - RoboKnight Force
69        bubble        3237 - Bionic Braves
70        bubble        3663 - CPR - Cedar Park Robotics
71        out        1778 - Chill Out..!
72        bubble        2927 - Pi Rho Techs
73        bubble        2976 - Spartabots
74        bubble        4772 - Optimistic Skyz
75        bubble        2929 - JAGBOTS
76        out        3787 - Wild Robotocats
77        out        4060 - S.W.A.G.
78        bubble        3219 - TREAD
79        out        3586 - Pride in the Tribe-Caveman Robotics
80        out        5295 - Aldernating Current
81        bubble        4579 - RoboEagles
82        bubble        3786 - Chargers
83        out        4512 - BEAR Bots
84        bubble        4980 - Canine Crusaders
85        out        949 - Wolverine Robotics
86        bubble        2192 - YAK Attack
87        out        2660 - Pengbots
88        out        3268 - Viking Robotics
89        out        1510 - Wildcats
90        out        4309 - 4-H Botsmiths
91        bubble        2980 - The Whidbey Island Wild Cats
92        bubble        2944 - Titanium Tigers
93        bubble        3574 - HIGH-TEKERZ
94        bubble        3789 - On Track Academy
95        bubble        2147 - CHUCK
96        bubble        3826 - SkyNet Robotics North West
97        bubble        1595 - Dragons
98        bubble        4461 - RAMbotics
99        bubble        3693 - GearHead Pirates
100        out        4682 - Brave Bots
101        bubble        5111 - SaxonBots
102        bubble        3711 - Iron Mustang
103        out        3781 - 4-HPenneyBots
104        out        4132 - Scotbots
105        bubble        4127 - LoggerBots
106        bubble        957 - SWARM
107        bubble        2926 - Robo Sparks
108        bubble        3684 - Electric Eagles
109        bubble        3812 - Bits & Bots
110        bubble        2605 - Sehome Seamonsters
111        bubble        847 - PHRED
112        bubble        2149 - CV Bearbots
113        bubble        3673 - C.Y.B.O.R.G. Seagulls
114        bubble        3221 - KM Royals
115        bubble        3024 - My Favorite Team
116        ~out        4662 - Tribal Tech
117        out        2542 - Go4bots
118        bubble        3575 - Okanogan FFA
119        ~out        4457 - ACE
120        out        4683 - Full-metal Robotics
121        bubble        2906 - Spanaway Lake Botworx
122        out        4692 - Metal Mallards
123        ~out        3223 - POKER Robotics
124        ~out        4043 - NerdHerd
125        ~out        2910 - Jack in the Bot
126        ~out        3218 - Panther Robotics
127        ~out        4304 - Iron Rams
128        ~out        4469 - TJ
129        ~out        4104 - Blackhawks
130        ~out        2915 - Riverdale Robotics/Pandamonium
131        ~out        4495 - Tigers
132        ~out        2148 - Mechaknights
133        ~out        2942 - Panda Machine
134        ~out        3049 - Fluffy Robotics
135        out        3681 - Raiders FRC
136        ~out        3831 - Da Bears
137        ~out        3876 - Mabton LugNutz
138        ~out        4082 - Ranching Robots
139        ~out        2922 - RoboCon
140        ~out        3576 - Clover Park High School Warriors
141        ~out        4110 - DEEP SPACE NINERS
142        ~out        4173 - Bulldogs
143        ~out        4180 - Iron Riders
144        ~out        1432 - Mahr's Metal Beavers
145        ~out        1571 - Error404
146        ~out        3192 - Tiger Bytes
147        ~out        4105 - ChiefBotsFTS
148        ~out        753 - High Desert Droids
149        ~out        2555 - RoboRams
150        ~out        1359 - Scalawags
151        ~out        3286 - the rocket surgeons
152        ~out        3712 - RoboCats
3219 is not on the bubble they are in (they won chairman's)

SoftwareBug2.0 27-03-2014 22:01
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Steele (Post 1365731)
3219 is not on the bubble they are in (they won chairman's)
Yeah, this doesn't take into account chairman's or rookie points.

alectronic 28-03-2014 04:01
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
In Version 1.3 (3/28) we are introducing:
  • Apple Touch Icon (Bookmarking on iPhone)
  • Improved caching and administrative page cache changes
  • Site Announcements (messages shown on different pages as needed)
  • Improvements to automatic Win-Loss-Tie scraping
  • Improved "Live" updating during events

We hope you enjoy FRC Leaderboard- and good luck to teams playing in week 5 events.

alectronic 04-04-2014 02:01
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Tonight we have released version 1.4 of the District Leaderboard System. We have had over 100 different revisions since version last week's version 1.3. I thought I would highlight some of the key changes that you can enjoy this week and going forward (in no particular order):
  • Awards are now automatically synced from FRC HQ
  • The rankings page now indicates when a team is scheduled for a future event
  • Team, district and district event naming is now consistant site wide
  • Rookie years can be seen by hovering on the rookie points
  • Server side optimization for FMS syncing (faster update for event results)
  • Added details about the process of advancing event levels
  • Rankings page now displays when a team has declined an invitation to an event (such as district championship)
  • Rankings page now displays when a team has qualified for an event (by award, and depending on the date, by points)
  • Intelligent scraping will update the oldest event data first, ensuring the most up to date results possible
  • Administrative improvements and display updates
  • Changes to the rankings page to improve loading speed

As always, please be sure to shoot us any feedback you have. For those competing at week 6, good luck! And for those that aren't, but are "on the bubble" for qualifying, feel free to check back around 6PM Saturday and the final rankings should be posted.

Navid Shafa 04-04-2014 02:13
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by alectronic (Post 1369110)
Tonight we have released version 1.4 of the District Leaderboard System.
I was wondering why the site had scheduled maintenance tonight. Those are some awesome updates!

*It also looks like the site is still down.*

Navid Shafa 05-04-2014 20:17
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Since the site is currently down:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Navid Shafa (Post 1369648)
Just shown at OSU, the list of teams qualified for PNW DCMP:

alectronic 05-04-2014 20:34
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
The site, obviously, got quite the hit of visitors. It should be back now. Here is the final list in a different format:

Rank Points Team
1 154 4488 - ShockWave
2 138 2522 - Royal Robotics
3 130 4061 - SciBorgs
4 125 1425 - Error Code Xero
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9 115 4915 - Spartronics
10 113 4125 - Confidential
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12 110 4077 - M*A*S*H
13 109 2907 - Lion Robotics
14 107 1983 - Skunk Works Robotics
15 106 3588 - the Talon
16 105 1318 - Issaquah Robotics Society
17 99 955 - CV Robotics
18 97 997 - Spartan Robotics
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20 95 2521 - SERT
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22 95 3393 - Horns of Havoc
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24 91 3070 - Team Pronto
25 91 4918 - The Roboctopi
26 89 1595 - Dragons
27 88 4450 - Olympia Robotics Federation
28 87 488 - Team XBot
29 87 948 - NRG (Newport Robotics Group)
30 82 3663 - CPR - Cedar Park Robotics
31 80 4559 - FIRST DRaFT
32 80 492 - Titan Robotics Club
33 79 2412 - Robototes
34 73 4038 - Binary Robotics
35 73 2411 - Rebel @lliance
36 73 5111 - SaxonBots
37 71 2923 - Aggies
38 71 3789 - On Track Academy
39 71 3812 - Bits & Bots
40 70 3674 - 4-H Clover Bots
41 70 1540 - Flaming Chickens
42 70 5085 - LakerBots
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44 69 2927 - Pi Rho Techs
45 68 2002 - Tualatin Robotics
46 67 4131 - Iron Patriots
47 67 2149 - CV Bearbots
48 66 4542 - Titanium Talons
49 63 1294 - Top Gun
50 63 3574 - HIGH-TEKERZ
51 62 2147 - CHUCK
52 62 956 - Eagle Cybertechnology
53 62 3711 - Iron Mustang
54 62 4980 - Canine Crusaders
55 61 2635 - Lake Monsters
56 60 4513 - Circuit Breakers
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59 59 4120 - Jagwires
60 59 2811 - StormBots
61 58 3131 - Gladiators
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65 56 3219 - TREAD
69 54 4057 - KB Bots

Navid Shafa 08-04-2014 00:17
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Here's a site tour video I made.

I hope that other districts and teams get as excited for it as I was. This has been a great asset for the PNW this season!

alectronic 08-04-2014 01:03
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Navid Shafa (Post 1370933)
Here's a site tour video I made.

I hope that other districts and teams get as excited for it as I was. This has been a great asset for the PNW this season!
This is awesome! Thank you for taking the time to put this together!

alectronic 10-04-2014 03:13
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Tonight we have released version 1.4.6 of the District Leaderboard System. This is the final (real) release of the season. Other tweaks will be made during the off season though, so keep the feedback coming if you have opinions! In no particular order, updated:
  • Changed default sorting order for teams in upcoming event
  • Improved automatic scraping while events are in progress
  • Fixed automatic scraping to accomodate change in web results layout
  • Added special audience displays for use by A/V to show advancing teams
  • Added support informaiton section for staff use
  • Enabled multi-level cache to improve performance
  • Tie breakers now show (and account for) levels 7-9 on team detail pages

Thank you for a great season, and remember, if you want Leaderboard for your district, ask your district administration to send us a message! Good luck teams~

bobcroucher 02-03-2015 00:23
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Navid - The ranking website was awesome last year! Are you (or Skunkworks) planning to support it for 2015?

Dunngeon 02-03-2015 00:35
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bobcroucher (Post 1451906)
Navid - The ranking website was awesome last year! Are you (or Skunkworks) planning to support it for 2015?
Not sure about the Firstwa page, but it looks like FIRST itself is hosting a scoreboard for all the different districts.

http://frc-districtrankings.usfirst.org/

Obviously not working right now due to API issues

Mr V 02-03-2015 01:28
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bobcroucher (Post 1451906)
Navid - The ranking website was awesome last year! Are you (or Skunkworks) planning to support it for 2015?
Last year's ranking page was developed by Alex Herrid an alumni of 492 and one of his friends. He was since hired by FIRST, in part due to his development of the ranking listing and it is now the official FIRST page listed above.

Navid Shafa 02-03-2015 14:42
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dunngeon (Post 1451917)
Not sure about the Firstwa page, but it looks like FIRST itself is hosting a scoreboard for all the different districts.

http://frc-districtrankings.usfirst.org/

Obviously not working right now due to API issues
Yep, I'm sure Alex is working overtime on the fixes. I haven't chatted with him in a while and don't intend to bug him at the moment :p

michael.nord 08-03-2015 16:48
Re: PNW District Ranking System Website
 
http://www.thebluealliance.com/events/pnw/2015

Click on rankings tab to see a complete list.


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