[Citrus Dad]

Why a No 8 might knock of a No 1 this year? There's been a surprising number of rookies getting to No 1 in competitions this year. The ranking rewards working with your alliance members to get some level of RPs, and that's pulled teams into alliance captains that would not have made it in previous years based solely on win records. So a No 1 may not be the best bot for the elimination rounds but was set up well to qualify high. Gotta get to the ball before ya can dance...