[tindleroot]

Some Einstein statistics for anyone who may be interested:

Now that I've updated my Einstein team database/spreadsheet, there have been some interesting developments in it this year. I've kept this spreadsheet for the past few years to have a record of every team that's played on Einstein since the beginning of divisions in 2001, and I also have a ranking metric to determine the "Einstein influence" of different teams.

The main teams I look at are teams with multiple Einstein appearances. Three more teams were added to this list today - 2481, 195, and 3339.

Similarly, I look for teams with Einstein streaks. FIVE teams (with a streak higher than 1) were added today - 2056, 148, 330, 3476, and 3339. 1678 has officially taken the unique second place position on this list with 4 consecutive appearances (pulling ahead of 175 and 67). 987 also has now pulled off a second 2-appearance streak (only 469, 217, and 67 have had two streaks before).

987 jumped up significantly in my influence ranking, as a semifinalist and with the Chairman's win. They are now tied in influence with 1114 for fourth. 217 jumped up to tie with 469 for sixth. 330 went up to 11th with their second championship win. 1678 is in 12th now and 148 is in 15th. 2056 is in 18th. 2481, 195, 3476, and 3339 are in 29th, 35th, 36th, and 38th respectfully (only multiple Einstein appearances are in this list).

It's crazy how many Einstein repeats there were this year, despite some of the classic big-name Einstein teams not being there. Maybe there are just getting to be a lot of good teams getting to Einstein multiple times (with twice as many spots, it's relatively easier to make it).

Final remark: every alliance on Einstein had at least one Einstein veteran on it except for the Archimedes and Carson alliances.