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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
I ran numbers in this or another thread. A bird told me the target cycle time was 7.5 minutes. Assuming 75 teams, that's 10 matches per team and 22 minutes of buffer time in the schedule. One more team adds 2 more matches and knocks the buffer down to 7 minutes. Given how things have run everywhere this year, I think they'd aim for 75 teams and the extra buffer time.
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With 75 teams and 10 matches each, that is 750 robot matches.
750 robot matches with 6 teams per match is 125 game matches
Qualifications is from 8:30-5:00 on Thursday, and 8:00 to 6:30 on Friday, That is 8.5 hours on Thursday, and 10.5 hours on Friday for a total of 19 hours.
However, there are 2 hour lunch breaks on each day, so the total for matches is 15 hours, or 900 minutes.
125 game matches at 7 minutes per match is 875 minutes, leaving 25 minutes for the 10 Audience Defense Selection (2.5 minutes per selection).