[Mr V]

Thanks for the hard numbers, I knew overall that PNW teams had a better showing at Championships but volunteering at the event kept me from being able to follow as close as I would have liked to.

It is important to point out that participating in a District System played a part in the improved performance of the teams. Before they made it to CMP every team had played in 36 qualification matches and and average of somewhere around 8-12 playoff matches with some playing even more.

Having a practice robot and using it certainly is an advantage but I feel that the additional actual matches is even more of an advantage. I'd say that many teams had played with somewhere near 50 other teams so in addition to the sheer playing time they had more experience adapting their play to suit their alliance partners abilities.

While CMP certainly shows that it is also important to note that many of the teams that didn't make it to CMP or even DCMP report increased performance, student learning/understanding and general satisfaction thanks to being part of a District System.