So, I got a little more in depth with my
pre-event scouting. It's my last regional, so I figured why not. The link will take you to a google spreadsheet with previous regionals attended, team awards won, OPR/CCWM, seasonal/regional records, and average match score for both qualifications and eliminations. I'll be going back to update the spreadsheet after this weekend.
Facts and Trivia:
Razorback Regional is a first year regional. Thank you to Team
16 for making this happen!
At the time I'm writing this, there are 4 wild card possible teams. Those teams are
1730, 1912, 1939, and 3284. Interesting note, all 4 slots were earned in different ways. Engineering Inspiration, Regional Chairman's, the very FIRST wild card, and Regional winner, respectively.
The average OPR of teams attending is 24.32. Congratulations to Team
1939 for bringing the highest OPR of 58.6, and an honorable mention to Team
1421 for being just half a point behind The Kuh-Nig-Its at 58.1.
The average CCWM is 10.08. Interestingly enough, the top two OPR teams switch places for CCWM, with
1421 taking top spot with an CCWM of 44, and Team
1939 right behind them at 38.5.
Of teams that have previously competed, the average ranking at previous events is ~21. Low and behold, Team
1939 holds the title for highest previous ranking, at 2nd seed.
Seven previous regionals are represented here, with a majority of teams coming down from Greater Kansas City (eight teams), closely followed by coming over from the Bayou (six teams). Guess we just wanted to pay Team
16 back for coming to GKC so often! The other represented regionals are Hub City (one team), Lone Star (two teams), St. Louis (one team), Wisconsin (one team), and Oklahoma (two teams).
Speaking of attending previous regionals, 18 teams will be stepping foot on an official Ultimate Ascent field for the first time this season. That's 47.3% of the field having never played!
Of those 18 teams, 11 of them will be stepping on an official Ultimate Ascent field for the first time EVER. A little under a third of the field (28.9%) of the field are rookies. Let's show them they could not have pick a better FIRST regional.
For the remaining 20 teams, over half of them (11) have played in Eliminations somewhere, with 2 of them having played twice! Four teams out in Quarters, four out in Semis, a final four (
16, 1421, 1929, and 3847), and one Regional Winner in
3284.
Finally, some congratulations:
Team 1912 on their Regional Chairman's Award at Bayou! You can bet we'll be sending a few students your way to take notes. I imagine your receiving of an RCA has something to do with your WFFA and Dean's List program...
Team 1730 on their 3RD(!) Engineering Inspiration Award Y'all certainly inspire us and drive us to do better.
There is a plethora of Safety Award winners in attendance, with titles being held by teams
456, 3284, and 3612.
Funnily enough, there is as much Entrepreneurship going around Arkansas as safety, with three Entrepreneurship awards, including one double winner (
3847).
Congratulations to Team
1939 on receiving the very FIRST Wild card in FIRST History! I cannot think of a more deserving team than you guys, and I wish you luck at Champs!
I'll update this when Week 5 comes to an end. (Probably in a new post.)