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Re: Strongest Regionals/District 2016?
The two metrics I like to look at when gauging the top end teams at a regional during the preseason are the number of previous year Championship elimination round teams and Einstein teams. I've only counted for the events we're attending, but I'm sure someone could run the numbers across all events.
GTR East:
Champs Elim Teams: 6/52
Einstein Teams: 4/52
Waterloo:
Champs Elim Teams: 8/32
Einstein Teams: 3/32
I'm guessing no other regional is going to match the 25% number that Waterloo has, but that's probably artificially inflated by the size (or lack thereof) of the event. That being said, that 25% number also means you're not going to run into many matches without a high level team. So the event becomes that much more webcast/spectator friendly.
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