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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV
Also 2056 and 1114 are really good.
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Yep. This is something the Canadian teams have been saying for years.
They've knocked it out of the park again. Its amazing how year in and year out the pair can build such elegant machines that play the given game with such finesse.
The 4343/1241/216 alliance was strong enough to win at many regionals, but not up against 2056/1114/1325. Their losing scores were significantly higher than the winning scores at several regionals this weekend.
1114 and 2056 have raised the bar so high for Canadian teams. Canada is overrepresented in Einstein appearances by a large margin. Something like 5% of teams at CMP are Canadian, but in the last several years, there have been at least 2 of the Einstein 12 be Canadian.
2012: 400 teams at CMP, 20 Canadians (5%), 3/12 Einstein Canadians (25%)
2011: 352 teams at CMP, 17 Canadians (4.8%), 2/12 Einstein Canadians (16.7%)
2010: 344 teams at CMP, 13 Canadians (3.8%), 2/12 Einstein Canadians (16.7%)
2009: 348 teams at CMP, 12 Canadians (3.4%), 0/12 Einstein Canadians (0%)
2008: 340 teams at CMP, 10 Canadians (2.9%), 1/12 Einstein Canadians (8.3%)
5yr avg: 4.03% of CMP teams are Canadian, 13.3% of Einstein teams are Canadian.