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Originally Posted by fox46
There are a pile of Canadian teams out there in this situation as the GTR and Waterloo regionals have long been dominated by 1114 and/or 2056 for many years. Many however have started heading south and have met with successes at foreign regionals.
854 has fielded some amazing machines in the past and for a couple years, lived in the top 8 but always lost out to the aforementioned. I remember Karthik introducing them one year during the finals as "the team that is always near the top yet something just doesn't quite work out-"
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854's 2007 robot is still one of my all time favorites.
There are a bunch of Canadian teams that have probably deserved a regional win, I'm glad that teams like 772 and 610 decided to go to American Regionals this year and got well deserved Regional Wins. It has been 10 years since 610's last and only Regional win... (that was pre 1114). The success of Canadian teams at American Regionals and at the World Championship speaks to how high the bar has been set in Canada by 1114 and 2056.