Interesting how this has quickly turned into a "my team did this" thread... though I'm not surprised.
After all the work we've gone through, I'm thinking that an elevator type manipulator is the simplest approach to this year's challenge, even with the 60" rule lifted. Not the approach we took, but probably the cleanest.
Even so, it's not the robot with the 'best' lift design that you'll remember... It's the robot with the most unique design. 148 stands out in this category by a mile. But as mentioned above, not many bots have been posted yet.