Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

Summer CD is boring, this thread won’t be.

I saw a recent thread started by a wonderful east coast lad, and it got me thinking.

Who are the top 5 teams that contain ‘254’ in their team number, based upon:
• Color of powder coat
• # of Mentors
• # of Girls graduated pursuing STEM careers during the past 5 years
• # of Off season events created and run in the past 5 years
• # of times featured on FRC Top 25 in the past 5 years
• Any other metric you want to create to manipulate data

I'll comment in a little bit with some data on the lovely Pacific Coast, unless someone else wants to do it.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

5254.

/thread

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

254

/thread

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

6254.

Much respect for this pre-rookie team.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

I'm with this guy

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

In Michigan: 1254.

In the PNW: Gonna have to go with 2542, even though they haven't competed since 2014.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

Since one of the questions is about female engineers, I don't think they would win. The high school they are from is a private all male catholic school, granted they do have members from other schools, but it is rare since they have to apply to be on the team.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

Is that 1254, teh Chez Cakes?

They had a stellar appearance on Newton this year.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

They've definitely got my vote out of the Canaduh teams.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

You're all thinking about this wrong. All team #s 'contain' 254... if their # is the result of a basic math equation.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

What about 2054? Do they count?

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

No. This is CD, take the threads and their topics seriously.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

I did all the West Coast calculations! Here they are:

By Color of Powdercoat:
1. 254 [Blue]
2. 2543 [none]

By # of mentors :
1. 254 [lots]
2. 2543

By # of Girls graduated pursuing STEM careers during the past 5 years:
1. 2543 [more than 0]
2. 254 [0]

By # of Offseason events created and run in the past 5 years:
1. 254
2. 2543

By # of times featured on FRC Top 25 in the past 5 years:
1. 254
2. 2543

Overall:
1. 254
2. 2543

All of this is objective, none of this is subjective, and judgement calls are not necessary with any sort of list like this.

As I said before, feel free to add on any sort of metric to the discussion!

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

I took the cosine of max in-season OPR to find the objective best teams ever.

1: 5254 (0.984259)
2: 2545 (0.747338)
3: 2544 (0.746145)
4: 1254 (0.684572)
5: 2543 (0.339690)
6: 2549 (0.088408)
7: 254 (-0.927800)

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

Guys you're all forgetting a team

In fact, 294 is 36% better than 254, according to the metric 2+9+4 = 15 > 11 = 2+5+4

I expect updated metric calculations for the west coast from WCBC.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

This is obviously a half hearted attempt to skew data that says quite the opposite.

Please, serious replies only.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

As you can see in this image the number 254 is actually secretly hidden in our team number:



Flip the 5 sideways and it's basically a 2. The 9 upside down is essentially a 5. The 4 fits in perfectly, and just forget about the 0.

Also, 5 + 9 + 4 + 0 = 18. Enough said

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

I think that we also need to look at percent of graduated girls pursuing STEM careers, in which case we cannot definitively say that 2543 is better than 254 at supporting women in STEM.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

4254 also used to be an upstate New York team, but they stopped competing a few years ago. :(

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

I think you meant to say they had a stellar appearance in the Couch division.

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

Obviously, 254 is just 234 but they moved a stick in the 3. 234 comes before 254 so I think that 254 contains "234" instead of vice verses :D . So with that said, 234 is the best team in my 1 mile radius that contains 254.

Color of powder coat
blue in 2016 just like 254
black in 2015
# of Mentors
10ish...
# of Girls graduated pursuing STEM careers during the past 5 years
1 last year so I'll guess 5?
# of Off season events created and run in the past 5 years
IRI*5
IndyRAGE*2
so...7.
# of times featured on FRC Top 25 in the past 5 years
twice in 2015 so 2 total
Any other metric you want to create to manipulate data
We have jerseys so that makes us pretty cool too ;)

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

>>> 25+254+54+254+5+54+254
900

Coincidence? I think not!

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

You know FRC is a sport played by alliances, and here in Iowa, we are all about working together to form the strongest alliance. We'll match up against anyone with not just a 2-5-4, but also the mirror image twin of them, with our alliance of...

6164-525-4646

So while all you are playing your chezy little games trying to figure who is best singlehandedly, we'll be making all teh records go pof!

#NotToBoastButWhatCoast?
#PoweredByOnlyTheBestCorn
#StillNotToChezy

Re: Best Local Teams Containing the Number '254'
 

Furthermore, 1+8=9, and 9=5+4. 2*(5+4)=18=5+9+4+0. Math checks out.