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Originally Posted by MikeE
........... So I think we can conclude that there is a fairly high degree of scheduling luck, just as we expected.
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Definitely agree. I have a slightly more
anecdotal story related to this discussion.
At the old Maryland State Fair Robotics Competition, the schedule was created by hand. So, when a team did not show up for the event, there was no time to re-run the entire schedule for obvious reasons. It turned out that a team did not show up at all, but was still counted as a partner in the scheduled matches. If they were your partner you played 1 against 2 for that match.
At the end of day one, after about 8 or 9 matches, the
missing team was in
4th place. When that happened, I brought my whole team over to see the standings. It was very instructive as to how a favorable schedule can boost a team into the top 8. Just thought I would share.
