[Chris Fultz]

I think in general teams in later regionals will get higher rankings, because teams are learning how to play the game, learning from watching other events, etc. The overall scores are going to get higher each week, so anyone looking at OPR data will see steady increases.

For example, a week 1 Regional maybe a team that could score 5 tubes and a minibot was the top at an event. By week 3 that same performance would be middle of the pack, because the entire fields have matured.