[Knufire]

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

Dave, your post is dead on point. However, I have one mild correction that I can support with our own experience--in 2014 the best robot did lead the championship alliance. Try as we might in 3 different competitions and again at Waterloo (as well as at Chezy Champs), 254 proved they were the best robot in the world. But your right that outcome rarely holds.

And as you found out this year, the alliance that generally wins the championship is the competitive alliance that got a steal of a 3rd robot. But that's for a completely different thread.