Depending on the game, a good rule of thumb I like to go by is to always gear your intake a bit faster than the speed you'll likely be approaching the game piece at. For example, in 2014, many teams approached the balls on the ground pretty quickly, and if their intake was slower than their drive speed they'd end up pushing the ball around with them as they drove. Teams who geared their intakes faster than the speed they were approaching the balls at could drive up to one and have it in their possession almost instantly.

This year most teams aren't going to be approaching totes and bins head on at high speeds (let's hope they don't, at least), so while intakes should be fast, they won't have to be as fast as they have been in previous years.