[Chris is me]

You guys can go ahead and tell yourselves 1114 isn't actually that great, other teams are just as good, they have weakness X or Y... Whatever, if it makes you feel better about your robot, great.

But make no mistake about it, 1114 is the best in the world at this point. It isn't even close. There's nobody in FIRST who can come close to matching their output. Four stacks of six with cans is more than many entire regional winning alliances did, combined. They are outscoring not only multiple robot alliances, but they're outscoring teams with tethered human player stackers - their intake is that good, their stacker is that fast.

The craziest thing is that 1114 is a team that never stops improving, and we've just seen their first event configuration. Compare 1114 at Championship last year to their performance at their first regional - the strategic addition of a goalie pole, refined cycle completion, even better driving. The leaps and bounds 1114 is going to make with this machine should be astounding.

1114 hasn't been this much better than everyone else since 2008 - and that should scare anybody who is seriously gunning for a World Championship title.