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Originally Posted by Arpan
To account for competitiveness in terms of the robot competition alone (no other awards), I propose a new ranking system : WORldS last yEar ranking, or WORSE. (I really wanted that acronym.)
Since comparing teams relevant to their region is generally not going to tell you which region is strongest, we can instead use the ranking of the teams at the last world championships. Each team that attended worlds is given a score equivalent to (100- division ranking from last year).
This isn't perfect as great teams can miss worlds and, as we all know, the rankings can be messed up - but I think it'll work better than BBQ.
Anyone with access to the data and better computer skills than me want to try it?
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Interesting idea. Although, since a regional only sends about 6 teams to CMP each year, it may not be as representative of the entire regional as BBQ (not saying that BBQ is the best metric by any means). The finalists, for example, would have no effect on this system, because they didn't attend champs, even if they lost by a single point. Also, teams who don't regularly attend specific out of state events may skew the rankings in certain regionals.
Personally, I want to see some kind of standardized z-score system that takes last year's OPRs of events and compares them with the mean score of that week of competition. Of course, all the qualms of OPR would apply, but I think it's a little more numerical and detailed compared to BBQ, and takes rankings to a minimal factor.