Re: Top FIRST States 2006
 

I think this might be more what you were thinking.
This query repeats the team once for each event they've signed up for.

http://www.usfirst.org/frc/map/index...list&year=2006

Re: Top FIRST States 2006
 

OK, so I felt a little geekier than usual this evening, and decided to look into FRC 2006 registration statistics. Using crude techniques in Excel, I count:

4 teams (48,302,1114,1503, all are registered for the Championship) that have registered for 4 events,

48 teams (1,4,16,25,33,34,45,47,56,65,66,67,68,71,74,79,93, 103,111,126,157,175,176,180,188,190,233,254,287,33 7,341,343,358,365,378,395,469,519,573,703,716,772, 830,1319,1403,1507,1511,1675) that have registered for 3 events,

173 teams that have registered for 2 events, and

915 teams that have registered for 1 event.

4x4 + 3x48 + 2x173 +1x915 = 1421 total registrations for all 2006 FRC events including the Championship.

Of the four-event teams, two are from Canada, one is from Michigan, and one is from California. Of the three-event teams, 13 are from Michigan, 6 are from New York, and 4 are from Indiana; it is interesting to note that 41 of these 48 teams first competed in 2001 or earlier. So experience seems to be correlated with the ability to muster support for participating in more events. And it would be natural to conclude that Michigan leads all states in supporting teams to participate in FIRST events.

This count does not include 301 pending (unpaid) registrations.

Re: Top FIRST States 2006
 

The Kauffman Foundation wants to have a Kansas City Regional In 2007 and insisted that 25 new teams be made available for it. The did however put their money where their heart is...

Re: Top FIRST States 2006
 

Are all those new teams receiving other support, such as engineer mentors, as well? I imagine it must be quite a load on the existing teams and rookie mentors getting such a high percentage of rookies acclimated to FIRST and off and running.

It looks like most of you are attending the Colorado or St. Louis Regionals this year, with a smattering of Wisconsin, Midwest, Indiana, Great Lakes, and Florida.

Good Luck to 1653 in Colorado!

Re: Top FIRST States 2006
 

Richard's numbers made me curious about the total registration numbers (including the 301 pending teams -now 297), so I'll share those.

4-events - 12 teams
3-events - 128 teams
2-events - 302 teams
1-event.. - 692 teams

Okay, so I have nothing better to do during lunch.

P.S. To expand on Richard's Michigan comments, It turns out 2/3 of Michigan teams go to 2 or more events. By comparison, 50% of California goes to more than 1 event.

Re: Top FIRST States 2006
 

im having the same problem i think its internet explorer, it just won't connect to the link.

Re: Top FIRST States 2006
 

The link is not working for me either, and I was using Firefox.

For whoever mentioned international teams, Mexico will be competing again this year with team 1401, they'll be attending the Arizona Regional for the 3rd year.

For international attendance, there are 4 regionals with teams from 3 countries, 10 regionals with teams from 2 countries, and 19 regionals with teams from 1 country.

Re: Top FIRST States 2006
 

It depends on whether you're talking percentage growth or just # of new teams. It's surprising, the number of old teams that are still around.

Percentage growth is probably the more important stat, seeing as it (to me) indicates more accurately the growth that matters to our community. In 1995, 200 new teams was huge.

Just my 2cp.