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Re: [FTC]: What generally are teams scoring?

I have been suggesting that lifts & testing for weighted rings are, compared to getting row bonuses, a waste of the end game time, which should instead be devoted to rack scoring, for the following reasons (assuming no autonomous scoring):

- 1st -- 2nd --- 3rd --- 4th --- 5th .... Scoring Trip
0 1 0__0 1 2__3 1 2__3 1 2__3 15 2 .. Upper Row
0 1 0__0 1 0__0 1 0__4 1 4__4 .1 .4 .. Middle Row
0 0 0__0 0 2__3 0 2__3 0 2__3 .5 .2 .. Lower Row

25pts -45pts -155pts 265pts 345pts .. Running Total
+25___+20 __+110__+110 __+80_ .. Trip Increment
+0____+0 ___+90___+90 __ +60_ .. Row Bonus Pts.


Unless you can get your partner lifted at least ~12"+, the last 30 seconds should be used to complete your 3rd, 4th or 5th 2-ring scoring trip to the rack.

Lifting has a lower success rate than most people who make a lift expect.
We were the only team to deploy a lift platform at our 1st week of Illinois qualifier competition.
It was far too easy to defend & prevent our partner from rolling up onto our ramp.
Without some practice (and developing trust), partners aren't typically that good at (or willing) to make the effort to attempt the end game lifting.

As for weighted rings, until you get enough scoring accumulated on the rack, trips to the corner, even with a pair of weighted rings are a waste of time better spent to complete more row bonuses.

-Dick Ledford
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