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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

What did 2052 do after the season to be able to accomplish 7 cycles? Why did they not accomplish it during the season?

2052 had another 6 hours of unbag time (Minnesota teams must bag their entire robot after their last regional of the season, they are then allowed 6 total hours to work on it out of the bag prior to the Minnesota State Tournament). During that time our driver got more driving practice, along with fixing an issue that caused jams in our hopper. If we had made a practice robot, had a practice field using real carpet, another event, or had just finished the robot sooner we did during the build season, I am confident we would have been at that level of driving earlier. Our driver that season was amazing, but he definitely got better every competition with practice. We went from 3 cycles in our first regional, to 4 at our second, to 6 at worlds during eliminations, and 7 at State. Mostly thanks to driver practice. Mecanum also helped us line up at the feeding station as we had one of the narrower loaders out there.

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

teams don't put in their top drive team for every offseason match of every event they attend.

Clearly everyone is not familiar with the Minnesota State Championship. Teams from Minnesota earn points at their first regional they attend, with point amounts being similar to how teams qualify for the Michigan State Champs. I assure you everyone in Minnesota takes this event extremely seriously, and all teams brought their best drive teams, and their A-game.