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Originally Posted by asid61
Yes, they were good. But could they have been better? That's not said as a challenge, but I am legitimately interested in why they go with a single speed over a two speed.
As a counterexample, 254 has been shifting for about a decade now, and they have two championship wins.
I would like somebody from 118's opinon on this.
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I don't understand this, there are numerous factors as to whether a team wins or not, and I doubt shifting is a major one.
I would hesitate to use wins/losses as evidence to back up certain points, mainly because correlation is not causation.
As a counterexample to your counterexample, 610 in 2013 was extremely competitive to the point that they took home the Championship. They also only used one speed - I recommend looking up their philosophy on that, I believe Mr. Lim and Mr. Rob Stehlik have some in-depth posts about it. Back to my point, personally while I thought they had a very good robot, I would not attribute the win to them having the single best robot on the field, but rather to 1241, 1477, and 610's capability to play as an alliance instead of playing as three teams.
I still believe one choice is not inherently better than another, both have benefits and drawbacks, and it just depends on the game or team preference.