[MrJohnston]

Prediction #1:
The lack of strong canburglers is apparent from the beginning and half of Curie begin designing bin-snatching devices on day 1. However, most of these are not mounted effectively until the last half of qualifications... 1114 is dominating the field - having access to all four center RC's in most matches and happily teamed up with the large number of strong feeder-station stackers. By the end of the first five or six rounds 1114 is averaging 30 points more than the second place team and is all but got the #1 seed locked up.

Meanwhile 148 is frustrated. Constantly teamed with strong feeder station stackers, their abilities seem wasted as one member of their alliance is virtually useless every match: They just don't have enough recycling containers available. Other good (but definitely weaker) stackers seem to be able to hang close to them in the standings - often using coopertition points to boost their scores. Still, when those bin-snatchers start working in the second half, 148's scores sore and they do take the #2 captaincy.

Knowing that there are many strong feeder station bot on the field, 1114 toys with the idea of choosing a the best available canburgler with its first pick. However, in the end, realizes it just doesn't want to find itself facing 148. Besides, 148 shows 1114's captain some really serious cheesecake that's ready to be mounted on their third and fourth robots.

As it becomes time to pick their last two robots, 1114 and 148 realize that they have no need for a third robot with scoring ability: They just need something to which they can attach 148's cheesecake. In a stunning move and an effort to make this feel like a true "World Championship" with a very international feel, 1114 snatches up 5654 and 5737 to complete the alliance. 148 proceeds to cheesecake both bots with strong enough cheese that they win most of their bin-battles and propel the alliance to Einstein.