[XaulZan11]

In determining the best design, I don't think you should look at how the top teams do, because they have enough talent, experience and dedication to make almost any design work. 111 would have been an elite scorer with 330's design, 254 would have been equally sucessful with 1503's design. Instead, I think its wise to look at which designs lead teams to have breakout years. In doing this, I think the elevator with short roller arm (like 111, 254) shows to be the best design. 1675 used this design to have easily their best year (Alliance captian at both regionals and championship) and 2122 was quietly one of the best tube scorers (upset 148/234 on Newton then IRI finalist) with this design as well. There are a few others teams that had their best year with this design, but I can't think of them right now.